Nova was the first alias i went by when i first logged on the net back in the early 90's it refers to a latin term and since i have acknowledged it as not only a net alias but my nickname and alias for most personal e-mail, gaming or any related net accounts. I further more founded Nova Group 4 years ago which managed a online game i developed (Netwars) which was featured in PC Gamer and Wired magazine
most of my friends IRL call me Nova aswell and its tattoed for all of eternity on my left arm soon ill get falling matrix code tattoed around it in black and then the edges will be touched up with a new glow in the dark tattoo ink
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Nova Since 1984 A.D.
A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief period, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances are supposed to result from cosmic collisions, as of a dark star with interstellar nebulosities.
More Nova Facts:
Nova is one of the few names which can be root of 1337 and can aswell be cyphered in DES in 1337 char's exactly.
Nova is a popular name world-wide in australia their is a radio station named Nova :P and Operation Nova was a big crackdown by U.S. feds in 2000 to track down hackers world-wide.
AskNova.com a project/DBA of Nova Group will soon be a robust search engine for geeks around the world the project currently sponsored by members of the board of Hurricane Electric (HE.NET) and the U.S. Small Business Administration. (US SBA Issued Nova Group a SBA Grant & Loan)