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>Eleven years ago Ginsparg joined the Cornell faculty, bringing what is now known as arXiv.org with him. (Pronounce it "archive." The X represents the Greek let
by danjoc 10y ago
>Eleven years ago Ginsparg joined the Cornell faculty, bringing what is now known as arXiv.org with him. (Pronounce it "archive." The X represents the Greek letter chi.)
Been pronouncing it "ar ziv" until now. :P
- alanh 10y agoBut, "archive dot org" is an entirely different and also noteworthy organization!
- danjoc 10y agoI think that's "ark ive" where this is "ar chive". I'm gonna call it ar chive dot org now and get more stupid looks, aren't I? :/
- rrmm 10y agoI still like referring to it as triple-x from when it was http://xxx.lanl.gov http://xxx.lanl.gov
- forgotpwtomain 10y agoIt may be interesting to note that the ancient greek 'X' is suposed to be aspirated so the English pronunciation of 'chi' is almost certainly incorrect anyways.