On 2/25/2014 11:26 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > On 2/25/2014 7:21 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: >> On 2/25/2014 8:16 AM, Dave Cole wrote: >>> I'm sure it would depend upon how Xylotex or others are implementing >>> their cape.. >>> >>> BTW, I'm curious; Does anyone know who came up with the term "cape" ?? >>> That seems totally non-obvious to me, compared to "add-on board", >>> "daughter board", etc. >>> Did that arrive out of a language translation? Or was that a TI >>> invention. I used to work for TI long ago and some of those guys lived >>> a little over the edge. ;-) >> It's a twist on "shield" from the Arduino world. The Beagle folks >> wanted a new term to avoid confusion with existing sheilds, and you >> apparently can't just call it a daughter-card or add-on-module because >> the target audience is creative types who need to be shielded (pun >> intended) from such harsh real-world concepts. :) > Remember Underdog? The super flying beagle who wore a cape? >
Oh Yes! But I was a kid and didn't really consider what breed he was at the time. Was he really a Beagle? Underdog was one of my favorite cartoon characters back when I used to look forward to Saturday morning cartoons! Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flow-based real-time traffic analytics software. Cisco certified tool. Monitor traffic, SLAs, QoS, Medianet, WAAS etc. with NetFlow Analyzer Customize your own dashboards, set traffic alerts and generate reports. Network behavioral analysis & security monitoring. All-in-one tool. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=126839071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
