Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Fancy-smanchy installers that don't work? Date: 26 Oct 2025 01:50:24 GMT Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <7dlhrlxmm6.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10c908i$3600i$2@dont-email.me> <68ea7364$0$12948$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <68eb8c02$0$24822$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10d0f0e$1u8bd$1@dont-email.me> <68f40083$0$28050$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <20251020092029.000020b3@gmail.com> <68fcc773$0$417$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <10djhg8$3kg9d$5@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net g6QtZvB2Kch+MK47cEQQugTIsUuswXkh3fKccpxPklDMJnopTX Cancel-Lock: sha1:n5aAPOIjzuzHMMxQ7/mVAYaz1AQ= sha256:HdkaA8omQ5MpjCKJyAOI2FZmpiOZUvowCF+8Bm5c45k= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:76696 On Sat, 25 Oct 2025 21:19:03 -0400, c186282 wrote: > Heh heh ... I remember back in the late 80s or so during an "All > French" wave of fanaticism they decided to replace the word > "satellite" with what was essentially a full sentence-long > description about made objects lofted into orbits > > "Satellite" or even "Sputnik" were a hell of a lot better, > but not FRENCH ! https://www.etymonline.com/word/satellite Several other sources also say it was a Middle French word meaning sycophant or follower. German leaves off the 'e'. I have a Grundig Satellit 700 shortwave receiver. Grundig started using Satellit in '64, being all hip and space racey. trivia: Trabant is a synonym more used for a moon orbiting a planet. Fitting for the much beloved Trabant car which was out of this world.