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points by foo42 2 days ago | 0 comments

Thanks, TIL!

Apparently the RMS prefix on the RMS Titanic stands for "royal mail steamer" as it was authorised to carry the post.

as a kid I thought it meant Royal Majesty's Ship

HMS is his majesty's service. IIRC that designation is for navy ships only.

I find it funny that it changes between his and her depending on the reigning monarch at the time.

huh!

i thought it was richard matthew stallman

That's GNU/rms

Or, as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU+rms