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  1. Pop quiz RDN: What does SOS (as in the distress signal) stand for?

    Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:14:03 UTC from web
    1. @rotation Save our Souls.

      Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:14:32 UTC from web
    2. @rotation Save our Saucepans lol

      Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:14:45 UTC from web
    3. @rotation The common thought is "save our ship", but if I remember correctly it's just the easiest message to type in Morse code.

      Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:14:59 UTC from web
    4. @rotation Save our souls/ship.

      Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:15:03 UTC from web
    5. @rotation Nothing, it was chosen because it's easy to send quickly over morse code.

      Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:15:10 UTC from web
      1. @colfax is the winner.

        Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:15:21 UTC from web
        1. @rotation I think I just Alan Davised again.

          Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:15:57 UTC from web
          1. @thelastgherkin Remind me to do a quiz again.

            Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:19:28 UTC from web
            1. @rotation Do a quiz again.

              Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:21:06 UTC from web
              1. @thelastgherkin When?

                Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:21:36 UTC from web
                1. @rotation The fuuuuuutuuuuuuuure.

                  Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:24:29 UTC from web
                  1. @thelastgherkin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDVhSP5sUoY

                    Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:25:20 UTC from web
        2. @rotation although @rarity was close. I had to take points off.

          Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:15:57 UTC from web
        3. @rotation I am a fount of useless information.

          Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:16:19 UTC from web
          1. @colfax In this case, SOS may just save your life one day.

            Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:16:43 UTC from web
            1. @rotation While on the subject of morse code, the first four notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the letter V.

              Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:18:08 UTC from web
        4. @rotation um... So we had to reply to you not just answer?

          Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:16:51 UTC from web
          1. @echron1000 I wouldn't have known otherwise.

            Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:17:56 UTC from web
      2. @colfax Dang it. If I'd typed my reply 14 seconds faster... :(

        Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:19:05 UTC from web
    6. @rotation Doesn't stand for anything, it was just easiest/quickest to signal without being ambiguous.

      Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:15:24 UTC from web
    7. @rotation Fhcre Beny Frk.

      Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:15:28 UTC from web
      1. @scribble I DIDN'T FAVE THAT. NOPE.

        Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:16:19 UTC from web
        1. @minti NEITHER DID I.

          Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:17:41 UTC from web
      2. Why... is my computer going slow..?

        Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:22:53 UTC from web
    8. @rotation Save Our selves!

      Wednesday, 02-May-12 20:16:37 UTC from web