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« on: November 10, 2007, 12:26:45 PM »

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/09/nanotube_acronyms/

You have carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the Chinese have been working on Copper versions...

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« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2007, 11:24:44 AM »

Isnt that like a few years back when Cranfield University got all nice new NT Servers and they needed to give them a name..  Someone suggested to the boss to use an acronym includint the university name and the boss agreed...
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« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2007, 02:46:50 PM »

Isnt that like a few years back when Cranfield University got all nice new NT Servers and they needed to give them a name..  Someone suggested to the boss to use an acronym includint the university name and the boss agreed...

Sounds like the (probably apocryphal) story of the time Newcastle Polytechnic became a university and the suggested new name was the City University of Newcastle upon Tyne, before some spoilsport stopped it.
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