> -----Original Message-----
> From: Niclas Hedhman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 9:21 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [OT] Naming of Forrest?
> Just wondering about the Apache Forrest project NAME.
As others pointed out, it is named after the "Forrest Gump" movie.
There's a catch though: since that movie's main character was named (by his mother)
after the CSA General Nathan Bedford Forrest,
the correct answer is the first entry of the dictionary.
Regards,
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Luca Morandini
GIS Consultant
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>
> Just wondering about the Apache Forrest project NAME.
>
> Forrest in the dictionary.com list 2 entries;
>
> First;
> <quote>
> American Confederate general who was active at the battles of Shiloh (1862)
> and Chickamauga (1863). He was a founder and the first leader (1866-1869) of
> the Ku Klux Klan.
> </quote>
>
>
> Second;
> <quote>
> forrest, IL (village, FIPS 27026)
> Location: 40.74998 N, 88.40994 W
> Population (1990): 1124 (459 housing units)
> Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
> Zip code(s): 61741
> </quote>
>
>
> Shouldn't the name be FOREST (=a lot of trees)???
>
> And the terrible links both to Red Indian massacres and the KKK should be
> avoided, shouldn't it?
>
>
> Can someone who has links to this project, bring it up and possible correct
> it?
>
>
> Niclas
>
>
> P.S. Wonderful project, although the docs are a bit out of sync!!!
>
>
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