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    Re: What's in a name? —Jeremy H. Sproat
   (...) I dunno if there's a link to He Who Wrote Jurassic Park, but a kryton (I dunno about the spelling and dictionary.com hasn't offered a non-Krypton alternative) is a device used in the fuse on a nuclear warhead... Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: What's in a name? —Dave Schuler
   (...) That's pretty cool, and it ranks as one of the most obscure facts I've learned lately. Are you confident of the spelling? I'm not doubting you (since I have no basis for comparison) but I'd like to look into it a bit further. Thanks for the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 

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