RMS" means "Royal Mail Ship". (Some say "steamer.") This title shows that the Titanic had a charter from the British government to carry British (i.e., the royal) Mail. Occasionally the prefix HMS (His Majesty's Ship) is seen in print, but that usage is incorrect since H.M.S. is reserved for British war ships. The names "Olympic", "Titanic", and "Gigantic" come from Greek mythology. The ancient Greeks believed that the universe created the gods, not the other way around.

ldquo;RMS” means “Royal Mail Ship.” (Some say “steamer.”) This title shows that the Titanic had a charter from the British government to carry British (i.e., the royal) Mail. Occasionally the prefix HMS (His Majesty’s Ship) is seen in print, but that usage is incorrect since H.M.S. is reserved for British war ships. The names “Olympic,” “Titanic,” and “Gigantic” come from Greek mythology. See similar questions...

Under admiralty law, the owner of a ship retains rights to its wreck, unless the owner abandons it or an unusually long period of time has passed since the vessel sank. In those situations (as was the case with the Titanic) an admiralty court can name another party "salvor in possession" of the wreck if that party lays claim to it by recovering objects from the site. To maintain its exclusive rights to the wreck, the salvor-in-possession must continue to actively work the wreck site. See similar questions...

Dooce is a typo of dude, or dooooode!, one that I often made over and over again when having Instant Message conversations with co-workers. Some experts will tell you that it means "getting fired for something you've written on your website," but what it really means is CANNOT RESIST THE CAPS-LOCK KEY. See similar questions...

Hemingway took "For Whom The Bell Tolls" from "Meditation 17" of John Donne's (1572-1631) work Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions. The tolling of the bell refers to the act of ringing a bell (the death knell) at a funeral to indicate that someone has died. Hemingway is drawing a parallel between the death of one person and the consequent affect on everyone, and the loss of Spain to the fascists in the Spanish Civil War. See similar questions...

PM Saturday, May 2nd, 1863 Jackson was wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville. He was shot through the left upper arm just beneath the shoulder. The humerus was fractured--the rachial artery was injured. He bled profusely. A second bullet entered the lateral left upper forearm and exited diagonally from the medial lower third of the forearm. A third bullet struck his right hand fracturing the second and third metacarpal bones and lodged beneath the skin on the back of his hand. See similar questions...

RMS Titanic, Inc. has conducted seven research and recovery expeditions to the Titanic's wreck site in 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2004. See similar questions...

To date, RMS Titanic, Inc. has recovered over 5,500 objects from the wreck site, ranging from delicate porcelain dishes to a 17-ton section of the hull. See similar questions...

John Lennon and his friend Stuart Sutcliffe came up with the name "Beatles", a pun on Buddy Holly's "Crickets", in 1960. See similar questions...

The Titanic was described in the popular press as "practically unsinkable". This was not unusual ? for decades, ships had watertight compartments to limit flooding in case of an accident, and the press used this phrase as a matter of routine for many years. After the Titanic sank, the story of her loss was turned into a modern fable and the original description "practically unsinkable" became just "unsinkable" in order to sharpen the moral of the story. See similar questions...

I'll qualify the answers to these questions by saying that they're based on very cursory research. It is well known that Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II (1741-1790), who was one of the so-called "enlightened monarchs", ordered Jews in Galicia to adopt fixed, hereditary surnames. Prior to that time, Ashkenazic Jews other than Kohanim, Levites, and certain rabbinical families used patronymic surnames, which would obviously change from generation to generation. See similar questions...

You have to realize the time period in which Titanic was built. The gilded age was an era when new and wondrous things were happening every day. The Titanic's shear size gave an impression of invulnerability. Most people don't realize it, but the White Star line never actually claimed Titanic was unsinkable. This line was made popular by the press of the time, and maybe a few over-zealous shipyard workmen. See similar questions...

The keel for Titanic was laid in March 1909, and her hull was launched May, 1911. She was then towed to a fitting out basin where her interiors were installed. She was completed in Feb 1912. So it basically took 3 years to build the Titanic. See similar questions...

The name comes from the founders of the company, widows and widowers, who found one another in chat rooms on America Online. See also our History page. See similar questions...

Pretty darn well! After receiving 14 nominations, "Titanic" won 11 tying "Ben Hur" (1959) for the most Oscars for a single film. The winners are: It's kind of hard for us to remember that this euphoria and this success is for a film that's based on a real event that happened, where real people died, that shocked the world in 1912. I'd just like everybody to go with me for just a second. See similar questions...

My aunt once told me that no single word in the English language rhymes with the word "orange." I chose the title to show the singularity of the strip's perspective, one that highlights the trials of my own life and that of my friends. I do not think these trials are traditionally represented on the comics page. Door hinge" is the closest rhyme, but I don't think it quite makes the grade. By the way, nothing rhymes with "silver," "purple" or "month. See similar questions...

RMS (Resource Management Systems, Inc.) is a specialist in Information Technology (IT) investment decision-making. Since 1985, RMS has been helping organizations make more informed investment selection decisions and improve the management of performance to ensure improved performance and results. RMS delivers real-world training (e.g., IT cost-benefit analysis), products (e.g., FAST ROI), and consulting services to Fortune 1000 corporations and some of the largest government organizations. See similar questions...