Notices by Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin) tagged name
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Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Friday, 02-Jul-2021 00:44:08 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen How the Egyptian Mau #cat got its #name? https://ifunny.co/picture/the-egyptian-mau-is-probably-the-oldest-breed-of-cat-RGKmZ1mz7 -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Saturday, 07-Mar-2020 17:10:55 EST Joshua Judson Rosen Dunno what I was dreaming about, or whether I was dreaming, or whether this counts as a #dream....
As I woke this morning, a phrase was `ringing' in my mind: "C. LATRANS".
Spent the rest of the journey to alertness trying to remember what a "c. latrans" was--"is that... a bacterium like `c. botulinum'? No.... What does it mean?"
Of course "canis latrans" is another #name for the #coyote.
What a strange experience.... -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2019 03:15:24 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen I do love the origin story for the #POSIX #name, from #rms:
«The committee put on "IEEEIX" as the concise name. I did not think that was a good choice. It is ugly to pronounce—it would sound like a scream of terror, "Ayeee!" …» -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Friday, 28-Mar-2014 13:25:56 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen @ossington ported the `ambiguously proper #name' problem from #German to #English: http://status.hackerposse.com/url/5561 -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Monday, 02-Aug-2010 11:33:43 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen @drysdam, how could I forget this #name: Debra Lynn Murdock. -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Jul-2010 10:22:19 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen @drysdam, more #historic #geekgirl #name suggestions: Delia, Amelia, Nitrozac. -
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Jul-2010 09:46:37 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen @drysdam, the first #historic #geekgirl #name that comes to mind is "Hedy"; cf. http://ur1.ca/0v69a