On 9/9/05, eliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Judd Vinet said: > > I defy anybody to divine a pattern from our previous seven tagnames. > > 0.1 Homer -- This is an allusion to the fact that drinking beer is cool, > along with drooling and nuclear power. This is obviously from the old Simpsons arcade game where Marge hit people with a vacuum, duh!
> 0.2 Vega -- Vega is the 5th brightest star in the sky. Arch was aiming to > take the 5th slot from distrowatch. At this time, the 5th spot was held by > SuSe. This is a statement that germans like beer, and since beer is cool, > we too can beat the germans (at liking beer). The character from Street Fighter 2 with the claws, duh! > 0.3 Firefly -- Fireflies come out in the evening, which is a great time to > drink beer. Fireflies also provide bioluminescence..which is damn cool > (aside: if you are exposed to nuclear power--homer reference--you will > glow too). That stupid show on SciFi or whatever that sucked so hard it lasted like 3 episodes, duh! > 0.4 Dragon -- Dragons hearken back to a time of mead and rich dark beers > that were very meal-like in the constitution. Dragons, knights, swords, > and drinking. Good times. An obvious reference to Breath of Fire 3 on the PS1, duh! > 0.5 Nova -- Chevy Nova obviously. How much wanton debauchery has occured > in the back of chevy Novas over the years? I bet alot..much of it > attributed to beer most likely. That stupid show with Carl Sagen, duh! > 0.6 Widget -- " A small mechanical device or control; a gadget." so says > answers.com. So..a widget could be anything small and mechanical. There > are lots of small mechanical things used in beer production. Valves, small > pipes, dials, knobs, its all there. Again..a possible reference to beer, > this time the production and maybe dispensing of it. (Note: nuclear power > also uses small mechanical devices). The female mouse from Resuce Rangers, duh! > 0.7 Wombat -- A departure from the beer theme. Likely someone got too > drunk, and ended up watching the discovery channel..a special on > australia/wombats. Drawn by their inherent coolness factor (which was made > more cool by being drunk), the name was chosen. (note: wombats are > australian. australians love to drink..possible beer connection). An obvious throwback to "Crash Bandicoot" because bandicoots and wombats are friends, duh! > The pattern has something to do with beer/nuclear power. Nope sorry, the pattern has to do with video games and dumb TV shows. 8) _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
