From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Oct 19 22:41:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA09502 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:41:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA09494 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:41:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id PAA11439; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 15:11:07 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id PAA27548; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 15:10:59 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19981020151058.E2844@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 15:10:58 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Brett Glass , Mike Smith Cc: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: Need a name for the vinum daemon References: <4.1.19981019231316.06ac55e0@mail.lariat.org> <199810200457.VAA00342@dingo.cdrom.com> <19981020130900.M433@freebie.lemis.com> <199810200457.VAA00342@dingo.cdrom.com> <19981020143204.Q433@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981019231316.06ac55e0@mail.lariat.org> <19981020150235.B2844@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981019233533.06ac77e0@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981019233533.06ac77e0@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 11:37:45PM -0600 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Monday, 19 October 1998 at 23:37:45 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 03:02 PM 10/20/98 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>> P.S. -- If you want something ending with a "d", my wife >>> suggests "maenad." Which fits, though technically it's >>> Greek, not Latin. >> >> I don't really see the connection with wine, either. > > There's a very strong one, actually. > > The "maenads" (or "Bacchantes") were female followers of > Bacchus/Dionysus. They'd get rip-roaring drunk and were > rumored to attack men, tearing them to shreds. Pretty > demonic. Ah. This might be a slightly popularized version. In fact, they got high on laurel leaves. 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