Hi, On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 07:48:06PM -0800, Dan Overholtzer wrote: >> >> On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:36:22 -0800, Jake Emerson >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> "Decentralized network" probably evokes an accurate picture in people's >>> minds, and that could help tell the story. Just a thought to chew on while >>> the project is still young. >> >> >> The subconscious does not process negatives. When it hears the word >> "don't" it simply goes in to waiting mode until the next word is spoken. The >> same goes for the structure of words. "De-centralized" will be processed, by >> your unconscious, as "centralized." >> >> That is not to say that "distributed" is a much better choice. It is not. >> It, also, has a subtle implication of "distributor" which we would do well >> to avoid. I can think of no better word, from a PR and psychological >> standpoint, than the word "shared." Yes, it is imprecise and borderline >> meaningless. It is also the word that evokes the thing that we are all >> trying to do. > > federated?
In recent weeks I keep leaning towards "resilient" as a good descriptor, as it implies many things, including resilience to the loss of infrastructure/internet access/official blessing. Maybe I will pull out a thesaurus and have a bit more of a think over the weekend. Paul. > > - Jonas > > -- > * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt > * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ > > [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJNZ3p4AAoJECx8MUbBoAEhM2IP/jabiYThtGf8qXJNaqjLtAen > dirVQ8G4ITCYMX4ldLaCoxaT+bSyRdPz3+ZHPnVPgB8LYiaaECSNRlCR/Gd2nmEC > dfW5PVUZc7uByNpu1FnsImb3q7KDFUUkKH4ZxMHgXvEfwpHxAU5QPxMPT7b8GoyU > DNMwPGZAyJBuA2Xl/dh2TE1FcBK7d4NlGcAcL6nrsU+A2npFXn0ecg/SY1dbS9Px > aw8IEwBHrybJqhOODAJv2+jh5/09aAjbSgIPQNy/LcdsgtszmwSnq5jO36YK4oya > xzX/0h/0h2ClGD17J4yj36/Yus5IFvTPwffQMINU+CFeYOXLHLCDu+VFohNo/gB8 > x16344ChCUFeIlG5rGx18NuIQ5ruZgnldssawV98wjD5GWY3rTurIzdEdhkPzpFk > ig4k76Z3NlrKIOK7AFytD8B7zDbSfDQojJtAhwnUWzVOANYTMkWkXD6D4WHR8I1y > h10dpUPS0syjUOQRUOAZ+luZpoTzihIyQu6TqGotv4VTCF2GdLc8hGsIGlsQ6RaG > mB8pfyt4j2ToqEI23xDiaMHz1zMOflX4cP54v6gcPdgqT2qILtUB8ZgjyENEZkR4 > r2orATF+x7IhQUPnwKs540E/HhzHUE7anSqEOM1mRTz3zLGNbEIyy7v1acnaeUkF > +0wzQveHCw25wLIPr/PS > =UCcz > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss > > _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
