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I was thinking about NERO Burning ROM. But I was completely wrong.

tigershark 5y ago
Not by much.. he was actually burning romE, but it’s the first thing that I thought..
Arubis 5y ago
You weren’t entirely wrong; the application is named for the emperor, who was reviled for “burning” Rome. (Quotes for uncertainty around how literal that fire would’ve been.)
- AnimalMuppet 5y ago
  Well, Tacitus was a fairly decent historian, and IIRC he says there was a fire, during Nero's reign - a fire big enough that Nero went looking for scapegoats to blame it on.
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- NikolaeVarius 5y ago
  There was probably a large fire. As I understand, there was a conspiracy that Nero started the fire to clear land in the crowded residential areas to build a "palace"/equivalent structure. There really isn't much evidence to support this. Though Nero did attempt to find a scapegoat for the fire.
  - EGreg 5y ago
    Too bad Crassus and his fire department wasn't around anymore That man made a fortune Private fire brigades persisted until the past century in NYC, they were not always effective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zoXk1vnmcg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zoXk1vnmcg
  - lostlogin 5y ago
    Parts of one of his palaces can be visited (COVID permitting). It’s fascinating. https://anamericaninrome.com/wp/2018/05/visiting-the-domus-aurea-neros-golden-palace-in-rome/ https://anamericaninrome.com/wp/2018/05/visiting-the-domus-a...
- kevml 5y ago
  Woah! In all the years I used that I never put it together. “NERO burning ROMs”.
- userbinator 5y ago
  It's written by a German company, and in German, Rome is spelt "Rom".
  - HPsquared 5y ago
    See also the logo: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Burning_ROM#/media/File%3ANero_Burning_ROM_computer_icon.png https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Burning_ROM#/media/File...
melling 5y ago
Probability (NERO Burning ROM| New Yorker) = 0 Probability(Emperor Nero | New Yorker) = 1 We often have multiple meanings for words. Computers would really excel at not confusing the meaning in this case. Doesn’t matter in this case, of course, but I wish writing and developer tools were better at predicting/assisting/correcting my writing.
heymijo 5y ago
Wow, that’s a piece of software I haven’t thought about in a long time. Thanks for the memories Monaro
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DSingularity 5y ago
Dreamcast

Not by much.. he was actually burning romE, but it’s the first thing that I thought..

You weren’t entirely wrong; the application is named for the emperor, who was reviled for “burning” Rome. (Quotes for uncertainty around how literal that fire would’ve been.)

AnimalMuppet 5y ago
Well, Tacitus was a fairly decent historian, and IIRC he says there was a fire, during Nero's reign - a fire big enough that Nero went looking for scapegoats to blame it on.
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NikolaeVarius 5y ago
There was probably a large fire. As I understand, there was a conspiracy that Nero started the fire to clear land in the crowded residential areas to build a "palace"/equivalent structure. There really isn't much evidence to support this. Though Nero did attempt to find a scapegoat for the fire.
- EGreg 5y ago
  Too bad Crassus and his fire department wasn't around anymore That man made a fortune Private fire brigades persisted until the past century in NYC, they were not always effective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zoXk1vnmcg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zoXk1vnmcg
- lostlogin 5y ago
  Parts of one of his palaces can be visited (COVID permitting). It’s fascinating. https://anamericaninrome.com/wp/2018/05/visiting-the-domus-aurea-neros-golden-palace-in-rome/ https://anamericaninrome.com/wp/2018/05/visiting-the-domus-a...
kevml 5y ago
Woah! In all the years I used that I never put it together. “NERO burning ROMs”.
userbinator 5y ago
It's written by a German company, and in German, Rome is spelt "Rom".
- HPsquared 5y ago
  See also the logo: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Burning_ROM#/media/File%3ANero_Burning_ROM_computer_icon.png https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Burning_ROM#/media/File...

melling 5y ago

Probability (NERO Burning ROM| New Yorker) = 0 Probability(Emperor Nero | New Yorker) = 1 We often have multiple meanings for words. Computers would really excel at not confusing the meaning in this case. Doesn’t matter in this case, of course, but I wish writing and developer tools were better at predicting/assisting/correcting my writing.

heymijo 5y ago

Wow, that’s a piece of software I haven’t thought about in a long time. Thanks for the memories Monaro

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DSingularity 5y ago

Dreamcast