[pacaro]

The tech trivia related to this that springs to mind is that the DEC Alpha processor was known internally by the code name EV, which stood for "Electric Vlasic" — although the suits backfit this in to "Extended VAX".

(Vlasic is an American pickle brand.)

[dekhn]

well, alan eustace who's on the DEC electropickle paper also worked on the alpha, I bet he suggestedit.