Mike Goodspeed [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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Second, FSCK is a gigantic in-joke.
I don't see this as any sort of a problem, as long as it stands up
well to someone not in on the joke.
Third, despite the possible head turns at sidewalk chalk time, let's
call a spade a spade -- people are
Jay Belanger wrote:
The (intentional?) double meaning here would get out (I don't think
it'd be too much of an in-joke for long),
The _Intentional_ double meaning is that it means both File System
Checker and Free Software Club in Kirksville... If you wish to construe
a third meaning on to
On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 09:39:11AM -0500, Jay Belanger wrote:
Even though it can be argued that it would then be misread, using this
as a replacement for the dreaded f-word is a standard thing to do, and
it has already been pointed out that this would be a way to thumb our
noses at the
better we be child-like and juvenile with whimsical cleverness than
perpetually middle-aged.
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Ross Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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Jay Belanger wrote:
The (intentional?) double meaning here would get out (I don't think
it'd be too much of an in-joke for long),
The _Intentional_ double meaning is that it means both File System
Checker and Free Software Club in Kirksville...
Jay Belanger wrote:
I don't believe for a second that the third meaning
didn't play a role in it's suggestion.
Definitely true...but it was also definitely the third meaning to come
to mind...behind the acronym and it being a *nix command.
My seven year old daughter is beyond the Tee-hee, I
Well, now that the mailing list is working for me again, I would like to
second the name Osix. I think that the Osix group is just a cool name.
We don't necessarily have to have a name which stands for something. I
like Osix, as it is a name in the spirit of Linux itself. What does
everyone
On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 12:34:27PM -0500, Caleb Jorden wrote:
Well, now that the mailing list is working for me again, I would like to
second the name Osix. I think that the Osix group is just a cool name.
We don't necessarily have to have a name which stands for something. I
like Osix, as
Ross Day wrote:
The club could be called Free Software Club for short...which is a
perfectly legitimate and professional name... It's just as good as the
FSA suggestion...
I'm officially seconding the Free Software Club (FSC).
Also, since others seemed to want it, I'll nominate Kirksville
if it hasn't already been made plain, i am seconding the nomination for
FSCK.
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Heh, how about TSLUG and it just not be an acronym? ;-)
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 01:31:29PM -0500, Jason Miller wrote:
Hey everyone,
What will TSLUG's new official name be, now that the University says
no student organization can begin it's name with Truman State...?
Jason Miller wrote:
Hey everyone,
What will TSLUG's new official name be, now that the University
says no student organization can begin it's name with Truman
State...?
This was brought up at yesterday's meeting, and while we bandied about
such names as !TSLUG and similar jokes, the final
I nominate KLUG.
Raul
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Because there are a couple changes to make regarding *SLUG there is a
ballot coming up. You guys will have the chance to decide upon the new
name for TSLUG and we are making the election of the new president
easier that way too...
** some more feedback for the new TSLUG name would be cool.
**
Donald J Bindner wrote:
Nominations and seconds will be accepted on the mailing list from
now until Monday afternoon at 5pm (September 6). On Monday
evening, I will draft a ballot of eligible entries and post it to
the list.
One question to ask about the new name is, do we want to retain
I'm not necessarily making a suggestion (yet), but since we are changing
the name, is there signifigant opposition to getting rid of the Linux
name? Stallman wouldn't hate us anymore.
I mean, *LUG just sounds slow lazy and fat. All jokes aside, that's not
an image I'd like to be associated
Hi, I'm not a voting member, but I think it would be a great idea to move
toward a name that mentions Free Software. I like KAFS because it suggests
caffein, which I've always associated with installing Linux.
Scott Thatcher
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 04:28:38PM -0500, Mike Goodspeed wrote:
I'm
Supporters Of Freedom-Advocating Software (SOFAS)
Free Software Club in Kirksville (FSCK -- now that's beautiful)
This would go great on a T-shirt...as long as the new name is an acronym...
s/TSLUG/new_name/gi
And here is an ascii smiley face...for no reason.
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On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 05:38:40PM -0500, Ross Day wrote:
Supporters Of Freedom-Advocating Software (SOFAS)
Free Software Club in Kirksville (FSCK -- now that's beautiful)
FSCK really is beautiful. I will personally add a second to
that.
Don
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I haven't posted in quite a while, but this looked interesting. I agree that it
might also be a good time to address the Linux part of the name since you have
to change it any way. I go to Iowa State now and the group here has decided to
be called AmesFUG, with FUG standing for Free Unix Group.
FSCK is a colossally good idea.
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FSCK is a colossally good idea.
In fact, it's such a colossally good idea that Ross should get a free
T-shirt for suggesting it, even if it's not the winner.
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I like the KAFS name and as much as we deal with free software, the
group also deals with commercial software at times. Why restrict the
group by the name. Look at the members. Most are into alternative
systems most of which are not Microsoft systems. Most use freely
available downloaded
Donald J Bindner wrote:
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 05:38:40PM -0500, Ross Day wrote:
Supporters Of Freedom-Advocating Software (SOFAS)
Free Software Club in Kirksville (FSCK -- now that's beautiful)
FSCK really is beautiful. I will personally add a second to
that.
Don
I think my new nickname
Peter Snoblin wrote:
Mike Goodspeed wrote (Thursday 02 September 2004 9:46 pm):
While FSCK obviously means something to us who understand Linux, and
it makes a great joke and probably an even better t-shirt, I think
the name is a HORRIBLE idea for our group.
snip a lot of good reasoning
I'm going
1. it's pronounced something like F.S.-check, as in, there's an F S check
meeting tonight, and man it has a cool name. as for lacking vowels, a lot
of abbreviations and organizations do fine without: BBB, PBK, PKP, and even
student senate with the dreaded SS.
2. FSCK is a great name and i was
Mike Goodspeed wrote:
First, how do we pronounce it? There's a fsssk meeting tonight at
6:30. We're having a fk InstallFest this weekend!. Acronyms are
supposed to be catchy and easy to remember. Most people won't be able
to pronounce it. It's no SMaCS, TWiCS, CRU, or even BSU, CGA,
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 10:37:25PM -0500, Peter Snoblin wrote:
iosif wrote (Thursday 02 September 2004 10:12 pm):
1. it's pronounced something like F.S.-check, as in, there's an F S
check meeting tonight, and man it has a cool name. as for lacking
vowels, a lot of abbreviations and
the eff-sock pronunciation brings it back down to 2 for the syllabically
ephemerous, on par with the efficiency of a spoken TSLUG.
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iosif wrote:
the eff-sock pronunciation brings it back down to 2 for the syllabically
ephemerous, on par with the efficiency of a spoken TSLUG.
Not to mention how beautiful it would be once we all started to
eff-sock as a verb. :p
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iosif wrote (Thursday 02 September 2004 11:15 pm):
2. for those who don't get the principle: Phi Sigma Pi, often
abbreviated (in both writing and the spoken language) PSP,
Pan-Hellenic Council is shortened to NPC, and the Public Broadcasting
Service and National Broadcasting Company are of
Peter Snoblin wrote:
The fallacy here revolves around the people who will never see an
explanation. Unless you want to put something like this on every thing
that bears FSCK: * File System Checker, a well known UNIX/UNIX like
Operating System tool. A bit awkward, yes?
IMHO, TSLUG posters have
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