----- Original Message ----- From: "R.C.Macaulay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [VO]: ITER (the way) What if?
> ITER was originally an acronym for International Thermonuclear Experimental > Reactor, but that > title was dropped due to the negative popular connotation of "thermonuclear," > especially when in > conjunction with "experimental". I couldn't believe this so I checked at the source: http://www.iter.org/I.htm "ITER "The way" in Latin. Formerly interpreted to stand for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, although this usage has been discontinued." As if that was an "interpretation" of a name that existed by itself :-) This ridiculous, nonsensical and pathetic move must be fairly recent. Science shouldn't be left in the hands of polls driven politics... Michel
