Mike Goodspeed [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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Second, FSCK is a gigantic in-joke.
I don't see this as any sort of a problem, as long as it stands up
well to someone not in on the joke.
Third, despite the possible head turns at sidewalk chalk time, let's
call a spade a spade -- people are
Jay Belanger wrote:
The (intentional?) double meaning here would get out (I don't think
it'd be too much of an in-joke for long),
The _Intentional_ double meaning is that it means both File System
Checker and Free Software Club in Kirksville... If you wish to construe
a third meaning on to
On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 09:39:11AM -0500, Jay Belanger wrote:
Even though it can be argued that it would then be misread, using this
as a replacement for the dreaded f-word is a standard thing to do, and
it has already been pointed out that this would be a way to thumb our
noses at the
better we be child-like and juvenile with whimsical cleverness than
perpetually middle-aged.
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Ross Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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Jay Belanger wrote:
The (intentional?) double meaning here would get out (I don't think
it'd be too much of an in-joke for long),
The _Intentional_ double meaning is that it means both File System
Checker and Free Software Club in Kirksville...
Jay Belanger wrote:
I don't believe for a second that the third meaning
didn't play a role in it's suggestion.
Definitely true...but it was also definitely the third meaning to come
to mind...behind the acronym and it being a *nix command.
My seven year old daughter is beyond the Tee-hee, I
Well, now that the mailing list is working for me again, I would like to
second the name Osix. I think that the Osix group is just a cool name.
We don't necessarily have to have a name which stands for something. I
like Osix, as it is a name in the spirit of Linux itself. What does
everyone
On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 12:34:27PM -0500, Caleb Jorden wrote:
Well, now that the mailing list is working for me again, I would like to
second the name Osix. I think that the Osix group is just a cool name.
We don't necessarily have to have a name which stands for something. I
like Osix, as
Ross Day wrote:
The club could be called Free Software Club for short...which is a
perfectly legitimate and professional name... It's just as good as the
FSA suggestion...
I'm officially seconding the Free Software Club (FSC).
Also, since others seemed to want it, I'll nominate Kirksville
if it hasn't already been made plain, i am seconding the nomination for
FSCK.
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