Company Name
I've decided to set up my own company and become a contractor. There are quite a lot of decisions to be made, but the hardest one I'm finding is thinking of a company name! So far my only ideas are simply Shiels or Shiels Consulting; this is fairly obvious, and I already own the shiels.com domain. I guess I could try Shiels Enterprises or Shiels Inc, but they seem pretty naff. How did contractors here come up with the names for their companies, and can you think of anything with Shiels in the name that sounds good. I will mainly be doing SAP work, but hope to get other IT work too, so don't want SAP in the name. TIA -- Robert
Re: perlismybitch.com
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 10:22:44PM -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote: FYI, this domain is about to expire. So if anyone wants it, snag it. I was going to transfer it to bulkregister (my preferred registrar) but simply couldn't be arsed. It's a cute domain. I haven't seen a domain expire and go to back to available in a reasonable period for quite a while, though; they're kept on as expired records for $bignum amount of time. :-) Thanks, Chris. -- Chris Ball. [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://printf.net/ finger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
JOB
Hi everyone, I don't know it is polite to use this as a channel to get work but needs must. My (own) company is going thru' a lean time and we need temporary/contract/fixed price work, preferable performed at my office here in Bath. I've several years PERL/mod_perl/Apache skills and 20 years other software experience. We can also draw on other resources if necessary. I have my own server etc. If anyone knows of any leads I'd be grateful. thanks in advance best regards Nick Barton Technical Director Careerbox Ltd. 44(0) 870 9080202 www.careerbox.co.uk
Re: perlismybitch.com
- Original Message - From: Paul Makepeace [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 4:04 AM Subject: Re: perlismybitch.com Yeah, I don't know why that is. There are even 'domain watching' services where you can be notified when the record finally disappears and then frenetically try to re-obtain it (and then get sued because the expiry was a mistake :). An old boss of mine wanted a domain that was expiring in a few weeks once so he ran a cron task that checked the status of the domain every hour and automatically registered it when it became available. I am not sure but I think they renewed in time :-) Will.
Re: perlismybitch.com
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 08:34:19AM +0100, Chris Ball wrote: It's a cute domain. I haven't seen a domain expire and go to back to available in a reasonable period for quite a while, though; they're kept on as expired records for $bignum amount of time. :-) Yeah, I don't know why that is. There are even 'domain watching' services where you can be notified when the record finally disappears and then frenetically try to re-obtain it (and then get sued because the expiry was a mistake :). Anyway, if anyone wants it I can re-obtain it on the cheap. Register.com sucks. P
Re: MySQL - Oracle wrapper/compat. libs
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 04:27:42PM -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote: On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 12:28:42PM +0100, Dominic Mitchell wrote: Don't forget that even if you could automatically change the API over, you'd still have to change all the SQL in the API as well. Which is probably just as difficult a task, given how much SQL can vary from product to product... IME, the SQL only significantly varies when you're doing the kind of SQL that could earn you a serious DBA label or you're working in a bank. MySQL has fairly limited SQL capabilities which mapping onto Oracle shouldn't be hard. The reverse obviously isn't true. Trouble is, they all have non-standard extensions, which are *really* handy and which you *will* use if you don't know any better. For example, MySQL has AUTO_INCREMENT fields which are dead useful for id fields; the closest Oracle equivalent would be using a sequence. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/ Rip, Mix, Burn, unless you're using our latest and greatest operating system which we couldn't be arsed to complete
Re: perlismybitch.com
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dominic Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Unfortunately, due to the slovenly fashion in which most places (coughNetwork Solutions/cough) seem to update their whois databases this stands a good chance of being too slow against somebody else registering it. I wrote a script a few years back that downloaded the root zones from (iirc) doc.ic.ac.uk via FTP and compared them with the previous days to find expired or new domains. Checking NS records may be more reliable than the whois information... -- rob partington % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://lynx.browser.org/
Re: MySQL - Oracle wrapper/compat. libs
On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, David Cantrell wrote: Trouble is, they all have non-standard extensions, which are *really* handy and which you *will* use if you don't know any better. For example, MySQL has AUTO_INCREMENT fields which are dead useful for id fields; the closest Oracle equivalent would be using a sequence. Why you say don't know better, what should I use instead of this. Is there any sensible way to do this in bog standard SQL that won't have a massive perfomance hit on mysql? Later. Mark. -- mark still hasn't replaced his sig.
Re: MySQL - Oracle wrapper/compat. libs
Mark Fowler sent the following bits through the ether: Why you say don't know better, what should I use instead of this. Is there any sensible way to do this in bog standard SQL that won't have a massive perfomance hit on mysql? The nice thing about SQL is that there are so many standards to choose from. Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ Iterative Software..http://yapc.org/Europe/ ... Acoustic - What you play pool with
Re: Company Name
on 25/4/01 9:02 am, Robert Shiels wrote: I will mainly be doing SAP work, but hope to get other IT work too, so don't want SAP in the name. I came up with Diatom Consulting for an ex of mine (mainly a SAP sysadmin). Old chemistry and physics books are good starters, as are other languages. Get something that sounds nice :) Also check companieshouse.gov.uk to see it (and anything similar) hasn't gone. Mega-Shiels 2001 Ltd. :) c. (who has ruined many an expensive brand consultant's day) -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: MySQL - Oracle wrapper/compat. libs
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 12:50:05PM +0100, Mark Fowler wrote: On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, David Cantrell wrote: Trouble is, they all have non-standard extensions, which are *really* handy and which you *will* use if you don't know any better. For example, MySQL has AUTO_INCREMENT fields which are dead useful for id fields; the closest Oracle equivalent would be using a sequence. Why you say don't know better, what should I use instead of this. The portable way to do it is the slow way. That's why the vendors went and extended the language. The real problem is that they generally don't document very well what's standard and what's proprietary, so you need to be familiar with at least a couple of rdbms's to know what's what. TBH though, I would use postgresql instead of mysql anyway. It's far more capable, but is also closer to the Oracle way of doing things. Is there any sensible way to do this in bog standard SQL that won't have a massive perfomance hit on mysql? Unfortunately no. You'd have to: LOCK the table SELECT the maximum id currently in use and add one INSERT with that id UNLOCK the table so all your other queries will block until the table is unlocked. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/ Rip, Mix, Burn, unless you're using our latest and greatest operating system which we couldn't be arsed to complete
Re: Company Name
Chris Heathcote wrote: Mega-Shiels 2001 Ltd. Shiels-Up! PLC Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED] All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
RE: Company Name
From: Philip Newton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Chris Heathcote wrote: Mega-Shiels 2001 Ltd. Shiels-Up! PLC In a similar vein, how about 'Green Shiels Temps'? It has a certain ring about it to those of us old enough to remember reams of the things being dished out in Woolies and the like. :-) Andrew.
Re: Company Name
* at 25/04 09:02 +0100 Robert Shiels said: I've decided to set up my own company and become a contractor. There are quite a lot of decisions to be made, but the hardest one I'm finding is thinking of a company name! So far my only ideas are simply Shiels or Shiels Consulting; this is fairly obvious, and I already own the shiels.com domain. I guess I could try Shiels Enterprises or Shiels Inc, but they seem pretty naff. How did contractors here come up with the names for their companies, and can you think of anything with Shiels in the name that sounds good. I will mainly be doing SAP work, but hope to get other IT work too, so don't want SAP in the name. you could always try one of those anagram generators. struan
TPC5 Attendees
Just had a look at the registration for the forthcoming TPC5, and notice a fair few London.pm'ers are attending. Nice :) However, also had a look at the Hotel costs. Thankfully I wasn't drinking anything at the time. Seeing as I'm having to pay for this years trip out of my own pocket, would anyone be interested in sharing a room with a Birmingham.pm'er? Or know of any other hotels (within walking distance from the conference) that are cheaper? Barbie.
Re: Company Name
* at 25/04 13:15 +0100 Jonathan Stowe said: On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Robert Shiels wrote: I've decided to set up my own company and become a contractor. There are quite a lot of decisions to be made, but the hardest one I'm finding is thinking of a company name! Get the domain off Paul and call it PerlIsMyBitch Ltd. and randal thought the t-shirts were bad? struan
Re: Company Name
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 09:02:16AM +0100, Robert Shiels wrote: How did contractors here come up with the names for their companies Your main choice is between sounding established, professional or informal. Established companies contain merely names, and give no indication of what they do: Shiels and Company. (Examples from real life: Ede and Ravenscroft, Coutts.) Professional companies possibly contain a name and give *some* indication of what they do: Robert Shiels Consulting, Shiels IT Services. (Examples: Merchant Ivory Productions, Barclay's Bank.) Informal companies contain one or two words which *hint* at what they do, and no names (and are much harder to come up with. :) : The SAP Workshop (Examples: Microsoft, NetThink.) -- The FSF is not overly concerned about security. - FSF
Re: Company Name
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 01:39:38PM +0100, Robert Shiels wrote: I thought of Shiels IT Services, but one potential acronym of this is not very pleasing :-) Well, that might be a feature, you know. After all, it's what a lot of people think of when they think of contractors. -- Simon: `hello kitty' douche. If you are getting some and you know what hello kitty is... Well, you're an exceptionally lucky man. -- Megahal, trained on IRC.
Re: Company Name
From: Simon Cozens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 April 2001 13:15 Subject: Re: Company Name On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 09:02:16AM +0100, Robert Shiels wrote: How did contractors here come up with the names for their companies Your main choice is between sounding established, professional or informal. Established companies contain merely names, and give no indication of what they do: Shiels and Company. (Examples from real life: Ede and Ravenscroft, Coutts.) Professional companies possibly contain a name and give *some* indication of what they do: Robert Shiels Consulting, Shiels IT Services. (Examples: Merchant Ivory Productions, Barclay's Bank.) Informal companies contain one or two words which *hint* at what they do, and no names (and are much harder to come up with. :) : The SAP Workshop (Examples: Microsoft, NetThink.) Nice summary. I was going to go for Shiels, but there is some plastics company in Lancs that have it already. I thought of Shiels IT Services, but one potential acronym of this is not very pleasing :-) /Robert
Re: Company Name
Robert Shiels [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nice summary. I was going to go for Shiels, but there is some plastics company in Lancs that have it already. I thought of Shiels IT Services, but one potential acronym of this is not very pleasing :-) What about Shielsa or Shielsia? (OK they sound crap but then it's the fashion) -- 1024/D9C69DF9 steve mynott [EMAIL PROTECTED] sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. -- albert einstein
Re: Company Name
On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Simon Cozens wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 01:39:38PM +0100, Robert Shiels wrote: I thought of Shiels IT Services, but one potential acronym of this is not very pleasing :-) Well, that might be a feature, you know. After all, it's what a lot of people think of when they think of contractors. Oooh get her :) /J\
Re: perlismybitch.com
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 10:14:02PM -0500, will wrote: An old boss of mine wanted a domain that was expiring in a few weeks once so he ran a cron task that checked the status of the domain every hour and automatically registered it when it became available. That's how we got kitsite.com, except that it became available while Jamie was still testing the script. The gods were smiling on us that day. .robin. -- A man, a plan, a cat, a ham, a yak, a yam, a hat, a canal--Panama! --Guy Jacobson
Re: Company Name
Quoting Robert Shiels ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Nice summary. I was going to go for Shiels, but there is some plastics
company in Lancs that have it already. I thought of Shiels IT Services,
but one potential acronym of this is not very pleasing :-)
Oh yeah, I trust you know about :
Hypertext Webster Gateway: shiel
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shiel \Shiel\, n. A sheeling. [Scot.] --Burns.
Which leads to :
Sheeling \Sheeling\, n. [Icel. skj?l a shelter, a cover; akin to Dan.
Sw. skjul.] A hut or small cottage in an expessed or a retired place (as
on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds,
fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed. [Written
also {sheel}, {shealing}, {sheiling}, etc.] [Scot.]
So you can pass of your company as a shelter n 1: a structure that
provides privacy and protection from danger.
All this from playing with
http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster
Cheers,
--
Merijn Broeren| Fridge Theory: You should go round every corner assuming
Software Geek | that just out of sight round the corner is a double width
| chest freezer which has fallen off of a truck.
Re: perlismybitch.com
on 25/4/01 5:25 pm, Paul Makepeace wrote: If you read the small print they threaten to disconnect service if whois info isn't accurate. Pity you have to supply perfect info for spammers. I think that's fair, like accepting mail to postmaster@, hostmaster@, webmaster@ etc. It's not like email addresses are in short supply. Apparently, NS are currently releasing domain names 3 months after they run out. c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: perlismybitch.com
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 05:51:59PM +0100, Chris Heathcote wrote: on 25/4/01 5:25 pm, Paul Makepeace wrote: If you read the small print they threaten to disconnect service if whois info isn't accurate. Pity you have to supply perfect info for spammers. I think that's fair, like accepting mail to postmaster@, hostmaster@, webmaster@ etc. It's not like email addresses are in short supply. What I meant, it's a pity a legitimate 'Net facility is abused for the purposes of direct marketing rather than its original aim which is to get into contact with the domain owner for some technical, billing or administrative reason. By providing my name in whois I am not declaring my interest in $29.95 Religious PhDs... NetSol have openly declared they sell to direct marketers which is particularly shameless and despicable. At least with these other guys you know you're entering a Faustian pact. Paul
Re: perlismybitch.com
On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, you wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 05:51:59PM +0100, Chris Heathcote wrote: on 25/4/01 5:25 pm, Paul Makepeace wrote: If you read the small print they threaten to disconnect service if whois info isn't accurate. Pity you have to supply perfect info for spammers. I think that's fair, like accepting mail to postmaster@, hostmaster@, webmaster@ etc. It's not like email addresses are in short supply. What I meant, it's a pity a legitimate 'Net facility is abused for the purposes of direct marketing rather than its original aim which is to get into contact with the domain owner for some technical, billing or administrative reason. By providing my name in whois I am not declaring my interest in $29.95 Religious PhDs... it simple .. all spammers must die. I have had much success with some simple techniques. posting to newsgroups with a nospam@blah address and jsut 550'ing all that for a start. 550'ing anything .kr .cn china.com tracerouting the website rather than the mail account, complaining from root@blah to the host owner and the upstream '550 no such user' does eventually seem to get through to them that I really dont want this crap. -- Robin Szemeti The box said requires windows 95 or better So I installed Linux!
Re: Company Name
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 01:15:38PM +0100, Jonathan Stowe wrote: On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Robert Shiels wrote: I've decided to set up my own company and become a contractor. There are quite a lot of decisions to be made, but the hardest one I'm finding is thinking of a company name! Get the domain off Paul and call it PerlIsMyBitch Ltd. Perl is your limited bitch? dha, who, yes, knows what limited means in this context... sheesh -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ I see people didn't read the smiley I didn't include. - John W. Baxter
