From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl> |
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To: | Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)myrealbox(dot)com> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> |
Subject: | Re: Disaster! |
Date: | 2004-01-26 18:42:19 |
Message-ID: | 20040126184219.GC10570@dcc.uchile.cl |
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On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:52:58PM +0900, Michael Glaesemann wrote:
> I don't know if the 'canaveral' prompt had anything to do with it
> (maybe it was just the subject line), but I kept thinking of shuttle
> disasters, o-rings, and plane crashes reading through this. I won't
> claim to understand everything in huge detail, but from this newbie's
> point of view, well explained! I enjoyed reading it.
Just for the record, the Canaveral you are thinking about is derived
from the spanish word "Cañaveral", which is a place where "cañas" grow
(canes or stems, according to my dictionary -- some sort of vegetal
living form anyway). I suppose Cape Kennedy was filled with those
plants and that's what the name comes from.
I dunno if Chris' machine's name derives from that or not; Merriam
Webster does not list any other meaning for that word.
--
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"The Gord often wonders why people threaten never to come back after they've
been told never to return" (www.actsofgord.com)
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