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    What is Vega?

    Someone told me that this is same risk as Las Vegas.

    But I always thought it meant the risk is getting Vaguer.

    Which is correct?

    #2
    A star in the Lyra constellation
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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      #3
      Astronomy and aerospace
      Vega (crater), a crater on the Moon
      Vega (launcher), a planned European Space Agency launch system
      Vega program, a series of Soviet Venus-Halley space missions

      Transportation

      Vega (ship), the Swedish steamship used by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld on his expedition through the Northeast passage
      Chevrolet Vega, an American automobile model from the 1970s
      Facel Vega, a French builder of luxury cars in the late 1950s
      Lockheed Vega, a six-passenger monoplane built by Lockheed in 1927
      Percival Vega Gull, a 1930s aircraft

      Organizations and businesses

      Vega (radio network), two radio networks in Australia, broadcasting into Sydney and Melbourne
      Vega Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed
      VEGA Group PLC, a U.K. consulting company
      YLE Radio Vega, a Finnish radio channel broadcasting in Swedish
      Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA), a US-based international economic development group
      WEGA, pronounced "vega", a German audio/video manufacturer purchased by Sony

      Places
      Vega, Norway
      Vega, Haninge, Sweden
      Vega, Texas
      Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
      Vega Alta, Puerto Rico

      Fiction
      Vega (planet), a fictional planet in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe
      Vega (Street Fighter), a video game character from the Street Fighter series
      Vega in fiction, many references to the star in science fiction
      Vega Obscura, a character from the anime series Zoids: New Century Zero
      General Vega, a character from the video game Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
      King Vega, the villain in the anime series Ufo Robot Grendizer
      Vic Vega, or Mr. Blonde, a main character in the film Reservoir Dogs
      Vincent Vega, a main character in the film Pulp Fiction
      Vega, a character in the anime series Gear Fighter Dendoh
      Zorro, or Don Diego de la Vega, a fictional masked hero and swordsman

      Music
      Vega (band), a Turkish alternative rock band
      Vega (singer), or Mercedes Mígel Carpio, Spanish singer
      Fiel a la Vega, a Puerto Rican rock band

      Other uses
      Vega (surname), a list of people with this Spanish surname
      Vega (finance), sensitivity of option price to volatility
      VEGA computer algebra system, mathematical software
      Vega Group, or Vympel, a Russian special forces unit
      Vega machine, electrodiagnostic device sometimes used in alternative medicine
      Vega Tamotia, Indian actress
      Vertebrate and Genome Annotation Project, a bioinformatics database
      Grass valley, or vega or valle



      No help whatsoever

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        #4
        Originally posted by Pondlife View Post
        Astronomy and aerospace
        Vega (crater), a crater on the Moon
        Vega (launcher), a planned European Space Agency launch system
        Vega program, a series of Soviet Venus-Halley space missions

        Transportation

        Vega (ship), the Swedish steamship used by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld on his expedition through the Northeast passage
        Chevrolet Vega, an American automobile model from the 1970s
        Facel Vega, a French builder of luxury cars in the late 1950s
        Lockheed Vega, a six-passenger monoplane built by Lockheed in 1927
        Percival Vega Gull, a 1930s aircraft

        Organizations and businesses

        Vega (radio network), two radio networks in Australia, broadcasting into Sydney and Melbourne
        Vega Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed
        VEGA Group PLC, a U.K. consulting company
        YLE Radio Vega, a Finnish radio channel broadcasting in Swedish
        Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA), a US-based international economic development group
        WEGA, pronounced "vega", a German audio/video manufacturer purchased by Sony

        Places
        Vega, Norway
        Vega, Haninge, Sweden
        Vega, Texas
        Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
        Vega Alta, Puerto Rico

        Fiction
        Vega (planet), a fictional planet in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe
        Vega (Street Fighter), a video game character from the Street Fighter series
        Vega in fiction, many references to the star in science fiction
        Vega Obscura, a character from the anime series Zoids: New Century Zero
        General Vega, a character from the video game Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
        King Vega, the villain in the anime series Ufo Robot Grendizer
        Vic Vega, or Mr. Blonde, a main character in the film Reservoir Dogs
        Vincent Vega, a main character in the film Pulp Fiction
        Vega, a character in the anime series Gear Fighter Dendoh
        Zorro, or Don Diego de la Vega, a fictional masked hero and swordsman

        Music
        Vega (band), a Turkish alternative rock band
        Vega (singer), or Mercedes Mígel Carpio, Spanish singer
        Fiel a la Vega, a Puerto Rican rock band

        Other uses
        Vega (surname), a list of people with this Spanish surname
        >>>> Vega (finance), sensitivity of option price to volatility <<<<
        VEGA computer algebra system, mathematical software
        Vega Group, or Vympel, a Russian special forces unit
        Vega machine, electrodiagnostic device sometimes used in alternative medicine
        Vega Tamotia, Indian actress
        Vertebrate and Genome Annotation Project, a bioinformatics database
        Grass valley, or vega or valle



        No help whatsoever
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          #5
          Originally posted by Pondlife View Post
          Astronomy and aerospace
          Vega (crater), a crater on the Moon
          Vega (launcher), a planned European Space Agency launch system
          Vega program, a series of Soviet Venus-Halley space missions

          Transportation

          Vega (ship), the Swedish steamship used by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld on his expedition through the Northeast passage
          Chevrolet Vega, an American automobile model from the 1970s
          Facel Vega, a French builder of luxury cars in the late 1950s
          Lockheed Vega, a six-passenger monoplane built by Lockheed in 1927
          Percival Vega Gull, a 1930s aircraft

          Organizations and businesses

          Vega (radio network), two radio networks in Australia, broadcasting into Sydney and Melbourne
          Vega Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed
          VEGA Group PLC, a U.K. consulting company
          YLE Radio Vega, a Finnish radio channel broadcasting in Swedish
          Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA), a US-based international economic development group
          WEGA, pronounced "vega", a German audio/video manufacturer purchased by Sony

          Places
          Vega, Norway
          Vega, Haninge, Sweden
          Vega, Texas
          Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
          Vega Alta, Puerto Rico

          Fiction
          Vega (planet), a fictional planet in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe
          Vega (Street Fighter), a video game character from the Street Fighter series
          Vega in fiction, many references to the star in science fiction
          Vega Obscura, a character from the anime series Zoids: New Century Zero
          General Vega, a character from the video game Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
          King Vega, the villain in the anime series Ufo Robot Grendizer
          Vic Vega, or Mr. Blonde, a main character in the film Reservoir Dogs
          Vincent Vega, a main character in the film Pulp Fiction
          Vega, a character in the anime series Gear Fighter Dendoh
          Zorro, or Don Diego de la Vega, a fictional masked hero and swordsman

          Music
          Vega (band), a Turkish alternative rock band
          Vega (singer), or Mercedes Mígel Carpio, Spanish singer
          Fiel a la Vega, a Puerto Rican rock band

          Other uses
          Vega (surname), a list of people with this Spanish surname
          Vega (finance), sensitivity of option price to volatility
          VEGA computer algebra system, mathematical software
          Vega Group, or Vympel, a Russian special forces unit
          Vega machine, electrodiagnostic device sometimes used in alternative medicine
          Vega Tamotia, Indian actress
          Vertebrate and Genome Annotation Project, a bioinformatics database
          Grass valley, or vega or valle



          No help whatsoever
          You missed out
          Mindy Vega
          Vega Vixen

          (don't google for those two at work!)
          Coffee's for closers

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            #6
            Coming sooner - thread asking about the meaning of majestic.......

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              #7
              Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
              You missed out
              Mindy Vega
              Vega Vixen

              (don't google for those two at work!)
              My porn name is: Rod Tiger
              Bored.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
                You missed out
                Mindy Vega
                Vega Vixen

                (don't google for those two at work!)
                And Suzanne Vega (probably safe for work)
                Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by voodooflux View Post
                  And Suzanne Vega (probably safe for work)
                  And Alan Vega of seminal band Suicide
                  Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                    #10
                    Vic Vega: Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs.

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