From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Oct 19 22:15:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA06941 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:15:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA06918 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:15:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id OAA11289; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:45:03 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id OAA25949; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:44:49 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19981020144448.A2844@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:44:48 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith Cc: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: Need a name for the vinum daemon References: <19981020143204.Q433@freebie.lemis.com> <199810200517.WAA00306@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199810200517.WAA00306@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 10:17:43PM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Monday, 19 October 1998 at 22:17:43 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: >>>> Now I find I need a daemon to do some work that requires process >>>> context. What should I call the daemon? There should be all sorts of >>>> word plays on the devil drink and such, but I can't think of anything >>>> appropriate. If anybody can suggest a good name, preferably Latin, >>>> I'll give you a bottle of wine (or at least a Vinum core dump :-) >>> >>> Bacchus, of course. >> >> It's certainly getting the votes, isn't it? > > It's definitely the obvious choice. > >> What's wrong with "winemaking"? Are you trying to think of oenology? >> That's really the study rather than the practice, not a problem in >> itself, but it's Greek, and the Americans appear not to know it at >> all. > > That's it. I think a daemon called "oenologist" has a lot going for it: > > - It can be creatively mispronounced. > - A user seeing it in the process listing is going to be completely > befuddled. > - It's quite subtle without being impenetrable (like the 3-way vinum > play). True. I wonder if Bruce will consider it stylistically acceptable. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message