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Do you think the people that named this program knew about the rapper?
by huytersd 2y ago
Do you think the people that named this program knew about the rapper?
- ericcholis 2y agoI got more than a little excited that somehow O'Shea Jackson picked up an interesting hobby.
- exmadscientist 2y agoProbably! There were lots of us grad students on Francis's floor! But I don't think he cared very much about that sort of thing. (Maybe more than he cared about being on my committee, though? OK, low bar.) I really do think it's named that because it looks like a cube and it's made in the ice. So, y'know, icecube.
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- ambicapter 2y agoI mean, ice cubes are also a real thing that existed before the rapper.
- huytersd 2y agoYeah but the question was about how familiar the people involved might be with the rapper. I would imagine any 30+ American or European (probably) would.
- ars 2y agoNot me. I was very confused by some of the messages here until I saw your comment. I take it he's a well known? I've never heard of him.
- huntertwo 2y agoVery well known in the states - take a look at his wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube
- ziddoap 2y agoHe was a founding member of N.W.A, which was very influential to the rap scene: >They were among the earliest and most significant popularizers and controversial figures of the gangsta rap subgenre, and the group is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential groups in the history of hip hop music >Rolling Stone ranked N.W.A at number 83 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
- Galatians4_16 2y agoNeutrinos With Attitude?
- dools 2y agoNo he’s from are we there yet and are we done yet
- Fishkins 2y agoAbout 12 years ago someone told me Francis said they would've named IceCube something different if they'd known about the rapper. I can't find any references to that quote now, though.
- zoky 2y agoYeah, they would have named it SnoopDogg.
- HarryHirsch 2y agoIce-τ instead of Ice Cube? Understandable, that.
- dylan604 2y agoIt is Friday, and you ain't got shit to do, so...might as well find some neutrinos
- joshvm 2y agoAbsolutely yes, though the original naming committee (Francis?) probably didn't think of it - it's literally a cube of instrumented ice. Not so much the other way around I suspect. A while back some IceCube folks paid for a shout-out from Ice Cube, the rapper (I guess they used Cameo).