From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 04:32:24 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 784B437B401 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 04:32:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hannibal.servitor.co.uk (hannibal.servitor.co.uk [195.188.15.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FDE443FBD for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 04:32:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paul@hannibal.servitor.co.uk) Received: from paul by hannibal.servitor.co.uk with local (Exim 4.14) id 19PhMY-0001Wj-Kf; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 12:32:26 +0100 Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 12:32:26 +0100 From: Paul Robinson To: Terry Lambert Message-ID: <20030610113226.GL30092@iconoplex.co.uk> References: <000901c32eeb$4b15d4a0$0200000a@fireball> <20030610075617.GA7256@chihiro.leafy.idv.tw> <3EE5BDF9.98246F7B@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EE5BDF9.98246F7B@mindspring.com> Sender: Paul Robinson cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Version Release numbers X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:32:24 -0000 On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 04:16:09AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > We could always call it "Ijon Tichy", or "Trurl", which is > almost a computer reference, given that title. Personally, > I'd vote for "Pirx"; it has that all-important "X" on the > end, and it's an equally obscure Lem reference. If you > really wanted to be out there, though, there's nothing better > than "The machine which could make anything, so long as it > started with the letter N". That, or "Steelypips", though > "Trurl" does have "URL" in it... Unfortunately, all the good domain names around pirx, trurl and steelypips are gone. Could you consider "L33tOS" for which the .org is still available? I'd also like the handbook re-written in l33t 0-d4y w4R3z speak as well please. Or we could be the entithesis of Darwin and change the name to RedneckOS. It's be popular in the Bible belt. -- Paul Robinson