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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
by 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 agowinsoc. 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. :)