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From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
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Subject: Re: Camiel talks about OpenVMS x86 V9.2.-4
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:09:31 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <10q1ao5$26gqo$2@dont-email.me>,
Simon Clubley  <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>On 2026-03-25, Dan Cross <cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net> wrote:
>>
>> Or the time the FCC almost auctioned off the color orange.
>>
>
>I did a quick search for this and didn't find anything.
>
>What was the story here ? Someone try selling off the wrong part of
>the EM spectrum by mistake ? :-)

It may be apocryphal, but as the joke goes, a group of
$INSERT_YOUR_FAVORITE_INSTITUTION_HERE (I think I heard MIT)
students approached the FCC about licensing the rights to a
particular part of the RF spectrum.  The FCC saw no problem
with it, and was about to finalize it when someone pointed out
that the frequencies in question corresponded to the color
orange in the visible light part of the spectrum.  Oops.  :-)

	- Dan C.