man again NOVA means NEW in LATIN!!!!! your dictionary shows you the meaning from English Language!!!! NOVA is LATIN!!!!! and refears new thing that apear..that are created..it neans NEW!!! regards > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Phipps [mailto:mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Freitag, 25. Oktober 2002 04:23 > To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [openbeos] Re: OBOS new name > > > >> Begin - verb - to start. > > > >I like the way this one works with Be. *Be*gin. Too bad > gin doesn't have > >too much to do with this project or something. > > The submitter (who shall remain nameless) brought just that up to me. > > >> Firefly - a winged insect, native to North America (other > places?) that > >emits light > > > >I don't know if this is still an issue, but there was an > agent program for > >doing Internet searching (eventually bought by someone) > called Firefly. > > Unless they are doing something vaguely OS related, it is a non-issue. > > >> Nova - an exploded star > > > >Nova means new. A supernova is an exploded star. (e.g., > Nova Scotia = New > >Scotland) > > A nova is an exploded star. Really. Look it up. (And I > thought that my college astronomy class would never be useful). ;-) > >