604 was known as the Sillowhats for three years, from 2001 to 2003. In 2005 the current group of students got together and we decided to have a new name. After brainstorming a bit and not really agreeing on one name, a team member suggested Quicksilver, since San Jose has a long history of mercury mining (our school is only about 5 minutes from the Almaden Quicksilver mines). It was a great suggestion, and we all agreed.
Yet we wanted the name to be a little different, so we changed the spelling from "Quicksilver" to "Quixilver", which does look cooler when it's spelled out on out shirts and our robot. I think their is no better choice since not only does it sound good when you spell it out or say it, it also says a little about our team's history.
Go Quixilver! 