(Trolling unintentional)
The misspelling of Xerox in Acme has bugged me for a long time. I
want to suggest that we change it to Clone. Votes?
++L
Just when you thought every bikeshed had been painted...
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Lucio De Re lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote:
(Trolling unintentional)
The misspelling of Xerox in Acme has bugged me for a long time. I
want to suggest that we change it to Clone. Votes?
++L
Just when you thought every bikeshed had been painted...
All bikesheds need to be repainted eventually.
++L
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:28:47PM -0700, John Floren wrote:
Just when you thought every bikeshed had been painted...
But we don't agree on the colour...
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Thanks to everyone for the advice.
On Tue May 29 23:48:31 EDT 2012, cinap_len...@gmx.de wrote:
short hardcoded paths are an advantage. this is not linux. this
is plan9. there are rules. the kernel already provides a way for
indirection that works for *everything*. mount/bind and
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:28:47PM -0700, John Floren wrote:
Just when you thought every bikeshed had been painted...
But we don't agree on the colour...
That's the thing about the bike shed: choosing a colour must not delay
construction. But once it's built and it needs a new coat of
This is a bit silly. Zerox here (in the context of acme/Plan 9) has a
well-understood meaning. Obvious etymology aside, it's essentially a made-up
word here. It's beneficial that it isn't a false cognate to some action, since
the behavior is not obvious a priori (in the normal case of xeroxing
it isn't a false cognate to some action, since the behavior is not obvious a
priori (in the normal case of xeroxing or cloning, there's no expectation
that the copies stay in sync, as they do here).
I vote for Dup.
Or Dop (short for Doppelgänger).
Or Dop (short for Doppelgänger).
dop. dop! make it stop!
i can't not
will not
have a dop!
- erik
On 30 May 2012 11:25, erik quanstrom quans...@quanstro.net wrote:
Or Dop (short for Doppelgänger).
dop. dop! make it stop!
i can't not
will not
have a dop!
- erik
copy?
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Calvin Morrison mutanttur...@gmail.com wrote:
On 30 May 2012 11:25, erik quanstrom quans...@quanstro.net wrote:
Or Dop (short for Doppelgänger).
dop. dop! make it stop!
i can't not
will not
have a dop!
- erik
copy?
That surely won't be confused with
copy?
That surely won't be confused with the Snarf functionality at all
And on second thought, maybe Dup is a bit too much like Dump ...
On 30 May 2012 12:17, John Floren j...@jfloren.net wrote:
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Calvin Morrison mutanttur...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 30 May 2012 11:25, erik quanstrom quans...@quanstro.net wrote:
Or Dop (short for Doppelgänger).
dop. dop! make it stop!
i can't not
will not
have
I'd prefer clown, because it reminds me of clone. ;)
couldn't resist.
On May 30, 2012, at 6:20 PM, Richard Miller 9f...@hamnavoe.com wrote:
copy?
That surely won't be confused with the Snarf functionality at all
And on second thought, maybe Dup is a bit too much like Dump ...
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 12:23:02PM -0400, Calvin Morrison wrote:
Snarf is a dumb name. It isn't well named.
This is because you are probably an english native speaker searching
sensibility behind sounds or pictures (written text) that seem
familiar to you. For the others---like me---the
Snarf is not the same as Zerox. I suggest Xerox. Let them sue.
On May 30, 2012, at 9:17 AM, John Floren j...@jfloren.net wrote:
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Calvin Morrison mutanttur...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 30 May 2012 11:25, erik quanstrom quans...@quanstro.net wrote:
Or Dop (short for
alles doofköppe hier?
translation: this thread is so dope.
ZARDOZ!!!
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cinap
On Wed, 30 May 2012 16:20:47 BST Richard Miller 9f...@hamnavoe.com wrote:
it isn't a false cognate to some action, since the behavior is not obvi=
ous a priori (in the normal case of xeroxing or cloning, there's no exp=
ectation that the copies stay in sync, as they do here).
It just opens
I'd leave it alone.
This.
-sl
I'd vote for spelling it Xerox, on the possibly spurious grounds that
a Chinese colleague of mine pronounced it ex-rocks for some time. I
still prefer his pronunciation, and have adopted it myself. The
initial Z just doesn't work for me.
In honor of plan9s utf imperitive, and after a little g-translate I think
your Chinese colleague might prefer 复本 (fu`ben^) .. which .. takes up less
screen space and to most new users would be about as eas to integrate
mentally ;)
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Winston Kodogo kod...@gmail.com
The curious Z spelling was to avoid using a trademarked word in a generic
sense.
On 30 May 2012 22:05, Winston Kodogo kod...@gmail.com wrote:
The
initial Z just doesn't work for me.
This is a bit silly. Zerox here (in the context of acme/Plan 9) has a
well-understood meaning. Obvious etymology aside, it's essentially a
made-up word here. It's beneficial that it isn't a false cognate to
some action, since the behavior is not obvious a priori (in the
normal case of
On Wed, 30 May 2012 18:42:21 +0200
tlaro...@polynum.com wrote:
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 12:23:02PM -0400, Calvin Morrison wrote:
Snarf is a dumb name. It isn't well named.
This is because you are probably an english native speaker searching
sensibility behind sounds or pictures (written
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