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I am deeply sceptical of any technology where the builders think up the name first and then try to find a reason it should be called that. It just seems too muc
by noonespecial 16y ago
I am deeply sceptical of any technology where the builders think up the name first and then try to find a reason it should be called that. It just seems too much like stuff I did when I was 12.
- bl4k 16y agoor people who register a domain name first and then do nothing with it
- slapshot 16y agoHow do you feel about GNU?
- mahmud 16y agoGNU is not a technology, it's a movement. And to get all Marxist up on this joint, the building blocks for a new movement is created long before the leader is conscious of the need for one; the status-quo automatically provides an anti- checklist to motivate mobilization. One only has to scream "down with the government!" in a poor neighborhood to prove this; no further deliberation is needed, as the audience comes equipped with its own reasons to revolt.
- pyre 16y agoMy impression is that this part of the email sounds like some business/sales guy that has a great idea where the technical parts are 'easy' and can be 'implemented by monkeys.' "I have a great idea, let's make a product that can make us a lot of money. We'll work out the details later, that's the easy part."
- tzs 16y agoIt doesn't say they came up with the name first.
- sorbus 16y ago"I would like to call it "B.E.S.T. Scanner" so people kind of get stuck calling it "the best scanner". We can figure out what BEST means later."
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- Vivtek 16y agoThis characterizes his entire attitude better than anything I've seen so far: "too much like stuff I did when I was 12". That, and some of my early Web customers in the 90's. I cringe just to read this stuff.
- chopsueyar 16y agowhere the builders think up the name first and then try to find a reason it should be called that How about federal legislation?