Doug wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > >> >> Could someone please tell me what 'VFP' and 'GSV' are? Thanks! >> > Have you read any of Iain M. Banks' science fiction? They are > abbreviations for ship types. GSV is General Service Vehicle and VFP > is Very Fast Packet. See > http://web.onetel.net.uk/~zakalwe/imb/culture.htm > > Doug > > Who lurked on the Banks list for a week or so but couldn't figure out > how to get a word in edgewise. 8^)
I should have added that they are named using phrases like the ones you have seen some listmembers tagging their posts with. Just glancing through the Excession I find Shoot them Later, Unacceptable Behavior, Gray Area, Frank Exchange of Views etc. Doug
