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I clicked expecting some broken analogy between https://tinc-vpn.org/ https://tinc-vpn.org/ and the Catan board game, but instead it is a Catan implementation.

I clicked expecting some broken analogy between https://tinc-vpn.org/ https://tinc-vpn.org/ and the Catan board game, but instead it is a Catan implementation. Fair enough.

tromp 5y ago
Yeah, strange to name it identical to the somewhat obscure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinc_(protocol) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinc_(protocol) when they had a free choice of any first letter. I'd have gone with zinc ( short for Zinc Is Not Catan), which is at least a word.
- neogodless 5y ago
  I would've liked Brick Really Isn't Catan, K?
- cooperadymas 5y ago
  Reminds me of the time that guy named his online bookstore after a rainforest in South America. Or was it named after a river? Maybe a tribe of people? I can't remember. I'm all for a good naming conflict, but no one is mistaking a board game for a networking protocol. I feel everyone always finds something to complain about a name. Let's examine the *INC name space. A, E, I, U, X - don't really work Binc - why did you name it identically to a book foundation? C, K - you dirty old boy, you! Dinc - dual income no children, huh? Finc - how contemptible! Ginc - taken Hinc - not bad, although urban dictionary tells me it's Latin slang for lesbian, so some language major or 1600 year old European is going to might raise a red flag here Jinc - there's a website, it looks important Linc - this name space is so crowded already! Minc - just some USDA thing, not too bad Ninc - another book thing, eh? Oinc - lol, I kind of like it. Too bad Catan doesn't have bacon. P, R, S - all crowded Vinc - actually pretty well open here Winc - do you want to compete with the Internet's #1 way to wine? Maybe they should join forces? Nah, Catan is more of a beer game. Yinc - there's stuff here, but not too shabby Zinc - as you pointed out, it's a thing already, which is the same logic you used against tinc Point being, naming is hard, and nothing is unique, and it doesn't really help anyone to complain about names unless there's a really valid conflict, like, say, they came out with a new network protocol and named it tync or invented some new miracle element named zink and there's actual room for confusion.
  - jrm4 5y ago
    winsoc. Winsoc Is Not Settlers of Catan. That way you throwback both to the old name of the game AND the old internet thing, but spelled different. Eh, maybe I'm salty because I use the everliving heck out of Tinc-the-vpn-thing. :)
- mxmilkiib 5y ago
  There Is No Cabal

I clicked expecting some broken analogy between https://tinc-vpn.org/ https://tinc-vpn.org/ and the Catan board game, but instead it is a Catan implementation. Fair enough.

tromp 5y ago

Yeah, strange to name it identical to the somewhat obscure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinc_(protocol) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinc_(protocol) when they had a free choice of any first letter. I'd have gone with zinc ( short for Zinc Is Not Catan), which is at least a word.

neogodless 5y ago
I would've liked Brick Really Isn't Catan, K?
cooperadymas 5y ago
Reminds me of the time that guy named his online bookstore after a rainforest in South America. Or was it named after a river? Maybe a tribe of people? I can't remember. I'm all for a good naming conflict, but no one is mistaking a board game for a networking protocol. I feel everyone always finds something to complain about a name. Let's examine the *INC name space. A, E, I, U, X - don't really work Binc - why did you name it identically to a book foundation? C, K - you dirty old boy, you! Dinc - dual income no children, huh? Finc - how contemptible! Ginc - taken Hinc - not bad, although urban dictionary tells me it's Latin slang for lesbian, so some language major or 1600 year old European is going to might raise a red flag here Jinc - there's a website, it looks important Linc - this name space is so crowded already! Minc - just some USDA thing, not too bad Ninc - another book thing, eh? Oinc - lol, I kind of like it. Too bad Catan doesn't have bacon. P, R, S - all crowded Vinc - actually pretty well open here Winc - do you want to compete with the Internet's #1 way to wine? Maybe they should join forces? Nah, Catan is more of a beer game. Yinc - there's stuff here, but not too shabby Zinc - as you pointed out, it's a thing already, which is the same logic you used against tinc Point being, naming is hard, and nothing is unique, and it doesn't really help anyone to complain about names unless there's a really valid conflict, like, say, they came out with a new network protocol and named it tync or invented some new miracle element named zink and there's actual room for confusion.
- jrm4 5y ago
  winsoc. Winsoc Is Not Settlers of Catan. That way you throwback both to the old name of the game AND the old internet thing, but spelled different. Eh, maybe I'm salty because I use the everliving heck out of Tinc-the-vpn-thing. :)
mxmilkiib 5y ago
There Is No Cabal