From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS14383 205.234.109.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Wong Newsgroups: gmane.comp.lang.ruby.unicorn.general Subject: the naming of "Unicorn" Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:29:16 -0800 Message-ID: <20101211012916.GA23201@dcvr.yhbt.net> References: <20101209224127.GA24690@dcvr.yhbt.net> <20101210190448.GA6534@dcvr.yhbt.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1292031260 14425 80.91.229.12 (11 Dec 2010 01:34:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:34:20 +0000 (UTC) To: mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org Original-X-From: mongrel-unicorn-bounces@rubyforge.org Sat Dec 11 02:34:15 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gclrug-mongrel-unicorn@m.gmane.org X-Original-To: mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org Delivered-To: mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101210190448.GA6534@dcvr.yhbt.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: mongrel-unicorn-bounces@rubyforge.org Errors-To: mongrel-unicorn-bounces@rubyforge.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.lang.ruby.unicorn.general:799 Archived-At: Received: from rubyforge.org ([205.234.109.19]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PRELm-0001pt-Tb for gclrug-mongrel-unicorn@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 02:34:15 +0100 Received: from rubyforge.org (rubyforge.org [127.0.0.1]) by rubyforge.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F235A1858357; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:34:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from dcvr.yhbt.net (dcvr.yhbt.net [64.71.152.64]) by rubyforge.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 282C4185834E for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:29:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.2.5]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AB8C1F8D3; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:29:17 +0000 (UTC) In case more people are interested, I originally posted the following to ruby-core: http://mid.gmane.org/20101210190448.GA6534@dcvr.yhbt.net Eric Wong wrote: > zuerrong wrote: > > 2010/12/10 Tony Arcieri : > > > And Unicorns are fantastical mythical creatures! > > > > > yep that indicates it's not prepare for the actual use. > > There's no shiny website, commercial support, or even a web-based > bug tracker, so of course it's not ready for actual use! :> > > > Anyways, in case somebody wanted to know how I named it: > > I originally wanted to call it "Unicron", in honor of a track posted by > a Kiwi[1] many years ago to a Usenet group we frequented: > > http://unicorn.bogomips.org/unicron.mp3 > > I swapped the "ro" for "or" because: > a) it might be confused as a "cron"-workalike > b) I could get sued by whoever owns the rights to the name (Hasbro?) > > The "Uni" has two meanings: > 1) it signifies "one", being single-threaded compared to its ancestor > 2) it shares 3 characters with its intended platform: UNIX > > > Of course, unicorns are awesome, too :) It's also a constant > reminder to never take things too seriously ;> > > > [1] - It's been many years, but I could try getting in touch with him > if you guys like it :) > -- > Eric Wong _______________________________________________ Unicorn mailing list - mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-unicorn Do not quote signatures (like this one) or top post when replying