* the naming of "Unicorn" [not found] ` <20101210190448.GA6534@dcvr.yhbt.net> @ 2010-12-11 1:29 ` Eric Wong 2010-12-11 1:38 ` ghazel 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Eric Wong @ 2010-12-11 1:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mongrel-unicorn 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 <normalperson@yhbt.net> wrote: > zuerrong <zuerrong@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2010/12/10 Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@medioh.com>: > > > 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Unicorn mailing list - mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-unicorn Do not quote signatures (like this one) or top post when replying ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: the naming of "Unicorn" 2010-12-11 1:29 ` the naming of "Unicorn" Eric Wong @ 2010-12-11 1:38 ` ghazel 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: ghazel @ 2010-12-11 1:38 UTC (permalink / raw) To: unicorn list On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> wrote: > 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 <normalperson@yhbt.net> wrote: >> zuerrong <zuerrong@gmail.com> wrote: >> > 2010/12/10 Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@medioh.com>: >> > > 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 Hah! I often typo "unicron". -Greg _______________________________________________ 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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