For anyone interested on how Spam (the meat product) got its name, here's an excerpt from an ABCNEWS article about it:
1937: Hormel rolls out its first can of a luncheon meat it calls Spiced Ham. Kenneth Daigneau. An actor and friend of the Hormel family, wins $100 in a contest to name the pink product. The winner combined the "sp" with the "am" and got Spam.
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...documented it as a known issue and blame it on hardware.
You work for Microsoft, don't you?
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I posted this yesterday in another article, but it didn't escape the science section.
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1937: Hormel rolls out its first can of a luncheon meat it calls Spiced Ham. Kenneth Daigneau. An actor and friend of the Hormel family, wins $100 in a contest to name the pink product. The winner combined the "sp" with the "am" and got Spam.
...documented it as a known issue and blame it on hardware. You work for Microsoft, don't you?