Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:44:48 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Need a name for the vinum daemon Message-ID: <19981020144448.A2844@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199810200517.WAA00306@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 10:17:43PM -0700 References: <19981020143204.Q433@freebie.lemis.com> <199810200517.WAA00306@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Monday, 19 October 1998 at 22:17:43 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: >>>> Now I find I need a daemon to do some work that requires process >>>> context. What should I call the daemon? There should be all sorts of >>>> word plays on the devil drink and such, but I can't think of anything >>>> appropriate. If anybody can suggest a good name, preferably Latin, >>>> I'll give you a bottle of wine (or at least a Vinum core dump :-) >>> >>> Bacchus, of course. >> >> It's certainly getting the votes, isn't it? > > It's definitely the obvious choice. > >> What's wrong with "winemaking"? Are you trying to think of oenology? >> That's really the study rather than the practice, not a problem in >> itself, but it's Greek, and the Americans appear not to know it at >> all. > > That's it. I think a daemon called "oenologist" has a lot going for it: > > - It can be creatively mispronounced. > - A user seeing it in the process listing is going to be completely > befuddled. > - It's quite subtle without being impenetrable (like the 3-way vinum > play). True. I wonder if Bruce will consider it stylistically acceptable. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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