A subtle connection

NICTA's coffee machine: Melitta Cafina Alpha (250 cups per hour; 100 variations of coffee)

Melitta's connection with computer science: "The Utah teapot is a 3D model of a Melitta teapot which has become a standard reference object in the computer graphics community. Martin Newell was looking for an object to make a digital model of for use in his computer graphics research in 1975 and his wife, Sandra suggested the white ceramic Melitta tea pot they were drinking tea from". (Wikipedia)

The UI of the coffee machine and its embedded control software have often been the conversation topic when people get their coffee there. Perhaps it is just a matter of time before some ICT researcher uses the Melitta coffee machine for some research, again. :-)

The origin of the word "Naked" in Naked DSL

"Naked DSL is a term originally coined by Qwest to describe having high-speed Internet without a landline" around 1999/2000.

Sans Souci

The question was about Voltaire's life at Sans Souci, his relationship with Frederic and "Volt/Voltage"...

1.Volt is named in honor of the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta(1745–1827), who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery. (from wikipedia)

2. Frediric was openly gay and exchanged voluminous letters with Voltaire on "gay culture". But Frederic's lovers may or may not include Voltaire himself. Frederic's open lovers include Katte, Fredersdorf, Count Algarotti, the abbé Bastiani.
http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/frederick_great.html