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On the 4th of September, 2003, Aarlsbaad Sligfast, the new President of the Sony Ebook Division, was taking a short walk after lunch. As he strolled along the Fenback Heath (the Fenback Heath near Morrissey, not the other one by Ostramm) he was approached by a stranger dressed in a black suit with orange accents.

The stranger accosted Aarlsbaad and lifted his hand in a gesture that was either threatening or meant to ward off an attack by vultures. Aarlsbaad found this equivocal behavior to be most interesting - especially since the nearby birds were all goshawks, not vultures. Now why, thought Aarlsbaad would someone attempt to ward off vultures if none were present and further, if the stranger was not warding off vultures, why was the stranger threatening him?

Impelled by an overwhelming desire to have an answer to this question Aarlsbaad addressed the stranger thusly: Why, O Stranger, do you engage in equivocal warding/threatening behavior in the absence of vultures and the presence of goshawks?

The stranger replied at great length. Unfortunately because of his orange accents Aarlsbaad was unable to understand a word he said, except he could make out an utterance that sounded like "Q".

Later that year Aarlsbaad needed to name his new ebook reader. As there were no vultures around at the time the machine was to be named (and not even any goshawks) and as nobody was threatening him at the time the machine was to be named, he decided to add the stranger"s "Q" utterance to the beginning of the product name - so that whenever he looked at the machine he would be reminded of both the lack of vultures and threat at the time of its naming.

Such is the true explanation of the "Q" symbol affixed to the product.