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#26 2006-04-25 15:57:04
- myst
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#27 2006-04-25 16:25:27
- clarence
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Re: Gimmick?
I have a fondness for "Black Leather Pants" as a name, but that's just me....
Sorry, but a kiwi is not an ozzy animal (you might upset those sensitive New Zealander types 
)
Heres a few ozzy animal names.... Wobbegong, Platypus, Walliby, Blue Tongue, Suger Glider, Chitti Chitti, Redback, Lyre, Yobbo, Bogan, Skink, Budgie Smuggler....
fck art, lets dance.
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#28 2006-04-25 16:30:59
- lumiwa
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Re: Gimmick?
I like name but what for name Robin Hood for the next version 
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Mitja
BTW:Arch is like a drug...I am back after one week of Debian. It is never happened before...
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#29 2006-04-25 16:33:33
- myst
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Re: Gimmick?
Fine, but I like "Medved" more
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#30 2006-04-25 21:32:35
- Gullible Jones
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Re: Gimmick?
Erm... what?
I believe that's what happens when you try to paste certain unusual characters (e.g. the white '?' marks in black circles that terminals sometimes produce) into a post.
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#31 2006-04-25 23:37:01
- sh__
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Re: Gimmick?
myst wrote:Erm... what?
I believe that's what happens when you try to paste certain unusual characters (e.g. the white '?' marks in black circles that terminals sometimes produce) into a post.
Could be as well the recent forum update, utf-8 support seems to be broken at the moment.
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#32 2006-04-26 04:43:37
- Snarkout
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Re: Gimmick?
I think it's cool - but I liked noodle a lot too.
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
-Albert Einstein
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#33 2006-04-26 08:06:25
- linfan
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Re: Gimmick?
As to the unreadable text - I was writing in Russian using the phonetic keyboard in Gnome. I just replied to the name 'medved', which is Russian for 'Bear', and pointed out that it exists outside of Australia as well. Nothing secret.
So, utf8 is broken. I should have previewed the reply before I sent it. My mistake. Sorry.
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#34 2006-04-26 10:02:16
- myst
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Re: Gimmick?
As to the unreadable text - I was writing in Russian using the phonetic keyboard in Gnome. I just replied to the name 'medved', which is Russian for 'Bear', and pointed out that it exists outside of Australia as well. Nothing secret.
Do you mean medved'? With soft last d? Yes it's a bear. But Medved (with hard d) is very special animal...
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#35 2006-04-26 11:58:22
- linfan
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Re: Gimmick?
Please enlighten me. I am dying of curiousity - hehe. I bet it is some mat' word game.
linfan
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#36 2006-04-26 12:19:12
- myst
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Re: Gimmick?
mat' word game.
Erm... I don't understand this. mat'? Do you mean mother?..
BTW, if you can read russian I can point you to where you can find the answer in this case you should evaluate the humor
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#37 2006-04-26 14:52:33
- Fajer
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Re: Gimmick?
I think that using names with some key would be great. May be no animals with funny adjectives - Ubuntu does it already, but something else...
for egzample - we have noodle, so why don't use food? then when someone will hear "bread" in linux distro context he will know -> "It must be Arch"
... but seriously, I think, that elements from arhchitecture (from buildings, bridges, etc.) would be great, and have connection to Arch name.
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#38 2006-04-26 15:24:26
- myst
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Re: Gimmick?
"pilaster" well be great
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#39 2006-04-29 01:46:17
- straydog
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Re: Gimmick?
Let's see if I understand correctly. Arch is a rolling release. So a "release" is just a snapshot for an ISO release. Gimmick certainly seems appropriate. There won't be any added features for users who do updates, only a name and release number applied at an arbitrary point. It reminds me of some of my efforts at my job that are more for the "illusion of progress" than for true accomplishment.
In this vein, how about, as follow-ons to gimmick:
illusion
smoke
mirror
dove
wand
hat
rabbit
saw
cape
or how about Bill? Now there's a name. Just thinking.
Bill
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#40 2006-05-05 14:43:52
- Firmicus
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Re: Gimmick?
As a French Canadian living in Europe and proud user of a distro born in Victoria BC, let me pour some oil on the fire.
Since Arch is Canadian, perhaps we could alternate between English and French names? :twisted: [I warned you: see how devilish I am !]
But I'd have nothing against Russian or Arabic names, for that matter...
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#41 2006-05-05 16:31:00
- myst
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Re: Gimmick?
Firmicus, yeah dude! Let's popularise names on other languages. One name on each language.
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#42 2006-05-05 18:05:52
- Sigi
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Re: Gimmick?
Great idea!
My addition from switzerland:
Arch Linux 0.7.2 chuchichäschtli
(means something like cupboard) 
Haven't been here in a while. Still rocking Arch.
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