Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-17 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Charles, Miriam and maybe others. Am 2007-06-03 16:00:28, schrieb Charles Plessy: Le Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 02:30:43AM +0200, Miriam Ruiz a écrit : Package: wnpp * Package name: sturmbahnfahrer Dear Miriam, I have very bad feelings when I read the name of this game. It is a

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-14 Thread Miles Bader
Klaus Ethgen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So please calm down and come back to the reality and do not try to see nazis in all thinks in the world. Amen. I'm reminded of vehement protests over a public official's use of the word niggardly... -Miles -- `To alcohol! The cause of, and solution

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Alexander Reelsen
Hi On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 12:49 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: I'm not really picky about names and would be quite relaxed if the official homepage http://www.sturmbahnfahrer.com/ would not support the suspicion by using a font that at least supports the ill feeling. So even if I don't want

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2007/6/4, Alexander Reelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 12:49 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: I'm not really picky about names and would be quite relaxed if the official homepage http://www.sturmbahnfahrer.com/ would not support the suspicion by using a font that at least

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Steffen Moeller
On Monday 04 June 2007 01:20:16 Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 12:49 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: ... This is only my (ill-informed) opinion - I am neither a German, nor a German lawyer :) I'm not really picky about

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Steffen Moeller
On Monday 04 June 2007 10:38:45 Miriam Ruiz wrote: 2007/6/4, Alexander Reelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 12:49 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: I'm not really picky about names and would be quite relaxed if the official homepage http://www.sturmbahnfahrer.com/ would

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Frank Küster
Miriam Ruiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/6/4, Alexander Reelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 12:49 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: I'm not really picky about names and would be quite relaxed if the official homepage http://www.sturmbahnfahrer.com/

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Miriam Ruiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Apart from that gothic fonts were forbidden by law in 1941 and replaced by latin type of lettering. So the feeling is really nothing more than a feeling in this case. I can't believe that... gothic fonts are forbidden in Germany by law!!!??? No. Between

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Michael Welle
Hi Miriam, Miriam Ruiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 2007/6/4, Alexander Reelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 12:49 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: I'm not really picky about names and would be quite relaxed if the official homepage http://www.sturmbahnfahrer.com/ would not

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Frank Küster
Michael Welle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The german term 'Sturmbahn' as in 'Sturmbahnfahrer' describes a trail were you have to vanquish some barriers to train your physical fitness. This is often used in military lingo. But I also know it from places, where you can train your dog. Do you

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 04 June 2007 14:20, Frank Küster wrote: Michael Welle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The german term 'Sturmbahn' as in 'Sturmbahnfahrer' describes a trail were you have to vanquish some barriers to train your physical fitness. This is often used in military lingo. But I also know it

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Michael Welle
Hi Frank, Frank Küster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Michael Welle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The german term 'Sturmbahn' as in 'Sturmbahnfahrer' describes a trail were you have to vanquish some barriers to train your physical fitness. This is often used in military lingo. But I also know it from

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Miriam Ruiz
Then, would simply sturmbahn be a suitable name for the package? Greetings, Miry 2007/6/4, Michael Koch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 02:20:46PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: Michael Welle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The german term 'Sturmbahn' as in 'Sturmbahnfahrer' describes a

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Michael Koch
On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 02:20:46PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: Michael Welle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The german term 'Sturmbahn' as in 'Sturmbahnfahrer' describes a trail were you have to vanquish some barriers to train your physical fitness. This is often used in military lingo. But I

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Sune Vuorela
On 2007-06-04, Miriam Ruiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --=_Part_840_15471732.1180961520043 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Then, would simply sturmbahn be a suitable name for the package?

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Michael Welle
Hi Miriam, Miriam Ruiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Then, would simply sturmbahn be a suitable name for the package? is this an yes/no question? I for myself with decent knowledge of german language and history have no big issues with the name. But I understand that some people have bad feelings

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 04:20:16PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 12:49 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: ... This is only my (ill-informed) opinion - I am neither a German, nor a German lawyer :) I'm not really

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Sune Vuorela [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 2007-06-04, Miriam Ruiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --=_Part_840_15471732.1180961520043 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Then, would simply

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 02:52:00PM +0200, Miriam Ruiz a écrit : Then, would simply sturmbahn be a suitable name for the package? Greetings, Miry Dear Miriam, I think that the opinions expressed on -devel (I feel a bit sorry for the traffic) are diverse and redundant enough to

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Michael Welle
Hi, Miriam Ruiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Then, would simply sturmbahn be a suitable name for the package? sorry, I forgot to mention that the name seems to sound much better without the term 'fahrer'. Michael -- biff4emacsen - A biff-like tool for (X)Emacs

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Monday 04 June 2007 10:38, Miriam Ruiz wrote: I can't believe that... gothic fonts are forbidden in Germany by law!!!??? They were merely deprecated, but not forbidden, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiqua-Fraktur_dispute - the german version of that page gives a bit more info.

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-06-03 14:18]: Le Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 02:30:43AM +0200, Miriam Ruiz a écrit : Package: wnpp * Package name: sturmbahnfahrer I have very bad feelings when I read the name of this game. It is a very bad taste play on the word sturmbahnführer,

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Monday 04 June 2007 14.20:46 Frank Küster wrote: Michael Welle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The german term 'Sturmbahn' as in 'Sturmbahnfahrer' describes a trail were you have to vanquish some barriers to train your physical fitness. [...] [1] and I'm german, not swiss as my sig might

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Izak Burger
On 6/4/07, Adrian von Bidder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just some trivia since we're speaking about .ch ... it's Kampfbahn here. Never heard the combination with Fahrer, though. (I'm doing military service, but not on troops where the Kampfbahn is our business) In Afrikaans (descendant of Dutch)

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Darren Salt
I demand that Izak Burger may or may not have written... [snip] But no-one said english was logic :-) It isn't. It's not logical either. :-) What with unkempt (no such word as kempt though) and disheveled (no such word as sheveled) :-) You mean dishevelled, unless you're using American

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
I did this 2 days ago and got an answer. To quote from his mail: Uh... I thought Sturmbahn was german for a military training course, or stormbaan as we call it in Holland. Turns out it is 'bann', and the word does not exists in german. I speak German, but probably not as good as I

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Frank Küster
Michael Welle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Miriam Ruiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Then, would simply sturmbahn be a suitable name for the package? sorry, I forgot to mention that the name seems to sound much better without the term 'fahrer'. Except that it totally leaves out the

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Izak Burger
On 6/4/07, Darren Salt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You mean dishevelled, unless you're using American English. I have the wrong dictionary installed in my mail client... we South Africans actually use british english rather than American english. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-04 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 21:33 +0200, Izak Burger wrote: [...] But no-one said english was logic :-) What with unkempt (no such word as kempt though) I didn't think there was, but http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/kempt?view=uk disagrees ;) Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-03 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 02:30:43AM +0200, Miriam Ruiz a écrit : Package: wnpp * Package name: sturmbahnfahrer Dear Miriam, I have very bad feelings when I read the name of this game. It is a very bad taste play on the word sturmbahnführer, which is a rank which was only awarded in the SS

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-03 Thread Ralf Treinen
On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 04:00:28PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: Le Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 02:30:43AM +0200, Miriam Ruiz a écrit : Package: wnpp * Package name: sturmbahnfahrer Dear Miriam, I have very bad feelings when I read the name of this game. It is a very bad taste play on the

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 04:00:28PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: Le Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 02:30:43AM +0200, Miriam Ruiz a écrit : Package: wnpp * Package name: sturmbahnfahrer Dear Miriam, I have very bad feelings when I read the name of this game. It is a very bad taste play on the

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-03 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: ... This is only my (ill-informed) opinion - I am neither a German, nor a German lawyer :) I'm not really picky about names and would be quite relaxed if the official homepage http://www.sturmbahnfahrer.com/ would not support the suspicion by using

RE: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-03 Thread Miriam Ruiz
--- Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Le Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 02:30:43AM +0200, Miriam Ruiz a écrit : Package: wnpp * Package name: sturmbahnfahrer Dear Miriam, I have very bad feelings when I read the name of this game. It is a very bad taste play on the word

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-03 Thread Andreas Tscharner
Miriam Ruiz wrote: --- Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Le Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 02:30:43AM +0200, Miriam Ruiz a écrit : Package: wnpp * Package name: sturmbahnfahrer Dear Miriam, I have very bad feelings when I read the name of this game. It is a very bad taste play on the

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-03 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 12:49 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: ... This is only my (ill-informed) opinion - I am neither a German, nor a German lawyer :) I'm not really picky about names and would be quite relaxed if the official homepage

Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-03 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Isn't this just a standard blackletter font? Well, I don't know much about standard fonts - it just reminds me to the font that was prefered in a time were the name similarity perfectly fits into. So if somebody might use a name that leads to

Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles

2007-06-02 Thread Miriam Ruiz
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Miriam Ruiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: sturmbahnfahrer Version : 1.3 Upstream Author : Bram Stolk [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://www.sturmbahnfahrer.com/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C++ Description