I would like to respectfully disagree with Neil. The *space suffix has come out of the computer science realm and into pop culture in the past few years. Thanks to Douglas Coupland, Wired, and even the Tech section of the NYT, phrases like "meatspace", "cyberspace", and "blogspace" are becoming household words. I don't think non-techies will be intimidated by the word. Quite the contrary, I think that to the uninitiated it brings up a feeling of an expansive network of people and ideas.
My $0.02, Joe > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Drumm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 8:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [hackers] PROPOSAL: Naming the Network [closes 2003-07-21 > 00:00 EST] > > I hate to say bad things about a good name, but it sounds a bit too > computer scienceish for a primarily political project. Ithink the best > plan would be for Zack to show the Dean Campaign the list of names and > they narrow it down to three names we can vote on. A 24-48 hour voting > period should be enough. > > -Neil > > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 01:38:59 -0700 (PDT) > >From: Ka-Ping Yee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [hackers] PROPOSAL: Naming the Network [closes 2003-07-21 00:00 > EST] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >| <Zacker> in my proposition > >| <Zacker> we would have > >| <Zacker> americansfordean > >| <Zacker> the top node on the XX network > >| <Zacker> and here is a link to > >| <Zacker> the XX network dev community > > > >Sounds fine to me. > > > >All right. Given that we need to get a decision made on this > >soon, i will just make a proposal and see if there are objections. > > > >(Sorry -- i don't mean to be pushy about this -- it just seems > >that the issue has to be moved along toward a resolution.) > > > >I propose DeanSpace. There have been several positive responses > >so far and no objections from anyone. Both deanspace.org and > >deanspace.net are available. > > > >Let's give this three days, until midnight Sunday night EST. > > > >Objections or concerns? > > > > > >-- ?ing > > > >
