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Re:Bluetooth Trackball Mark II by kzrdude on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @07:45AM (#26013132)
I'm just curious about language, where does the "Mark II" terminology come from? It sounds military or weapons related, but that could be wrong.
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Re:Bluetooth Trackball Mark II by roland35 on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @08:04AM (#26013247)
Seems like it came from the idea of adding a simple "mark" for each revision!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_(designation)

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Re:Bluetooth Trackball Mark II by kzrdude on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @09:38AM (#26013928)
Oh, thanks for finding that. Seems my hunch about weapons was right, for some (to me unknown) reason.
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Re:Bluetooth Trackball Mark II by jfedor2 on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @04:05PM (#26019093)
I'm sure there's a perfectly valid historical explanation, but I'm just referencing the suit naming scheme from Iron Man.
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Re:Bluetooth Trackball Mark II by layoutIfNeeded on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @08:26AM (#26013386)
It's from the Bible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_2
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