On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 15:03 -0500, Timothy Miller wrote: > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:35:02 -0800, Ray Heasman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Lourens, > > > > On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 17:48 +0100, Lourens Veen wrote: > > > On Thursday 24 March 2005 14:58, Randy Williams wrote: > > > > Greetings All, > > > > > > > > Lourens has a fine point, let's get a name for this critter. However, > > > > for the time being as this product is quite a departure, lets focus on > > > > names that do not include Tech Source or its current product line. This > > > > product will need to be able to stand on its own, by its merits in order > > > > to succeed. > > > > > > Okay, that makes sense I guess. You probably won't be able to prevent > > > people > > > from adding TechSource to the name though, just like they talk about the > > > ATI > > > Radeon and the nVidia Geforce. > > > > > > > My first impression is that we choose from the third group, with > > > > "harbinger" being my favorite. Although OpenGlass is certainly very > > > > neat as well. > > > > > > Timothy preferred Harbinger as well. To be honest I'm less and less > > > enthusiastic about OpenGlass, although I don't really know why yet. > > > > > > I can see two potential problems with Harbinger. The first has been > > > brought up > > > here before, and that is that it is not an oft-used word, and as such many > > > non-native English speakers may not know it. I'm Dutch and I consider my > > > English to be pretty good, but the only place I've seen the word before > > > is in > > > the lyrics to Machinae Supremacy's song Ninja. I looked up its meaning > > > when I > > > first heard that song about a year ago. There is also the expression > > > "harbinger of sorrow" which I guess we do not want to be :-). > > > > What about a related concept: "StormFront". It's something you see > > coming, and it means things are changing. :-) > > Check out http://www.stormfront.org/.
Oh yuck. I didn't notice that before.. I just knew I hadn't seen any graphics stuff with the name. Damn. Hmm. Well, it needn't be the name for the project, just a card. I personally would like it if a search for "stormfront" on Google never came up with the above website because of the thousands of hits on the name for graphics related stuff. It's a pity, it would have been a nice name. I'm trying to think of other English synonyms that would still be easy to remember for English second language speakers. Another word for "harbinger" would be "herald", but that's pretty boring. A "stormfront" is an indication of change, like an "augury" or "foreshadowing", or an "omen", but those are a bit blah too. A very fast stormfront would be a shockwave, but that is SO taken. Something foreshadowing the passage of something large would be a "bow wave", but I'm not sure non-english speakers would think of a bow as the front of a boat. Umm. A front is a point of interface, perhaps a tipping point, or point of contact. What about "Keystone"? It's the central element supporting a whole. Another word that doesn't seem to be taken and that is indicative of sudden change is "FlashPoint". Um. Enough brainstorming; back to work. :-) Cheers, Ray _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
