Debro, that channel is open to anyone who wants to pop in. At least with the #obos-cdt channel I can manage who gets in and who doesn't. -----Original Message----- From: openbeos-cdt-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:openbeos-cdt-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of debro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 10:47 AM To: openbeos-cdt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [openbeos-cdt] Re: Names Why setting up another irc channel if there's already one open and with the chance of getting to it from a web page? If you don't like irc clients, is it quite better to use a web interface, and that's why i've set it up! We're splitting up a lot more here... From a client: server: irc.webmaster.com channel: #openbeos From the web: http://openbeos.laevolucion.com/chat/index.htm debro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart McCoy" <stubear@xxxxxxxxx> To: <openbeos-cdt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 11:55 AM Subject: [openbeos-cdt] Re: Names > > GREAT suggestion Jace, thanks. Keep in mind people that we aren't going to > find the ONE word in this list necessarily. Write down a list of words, > even if they are products that already exist. For instance, Andrew and I > began naming product names we like and both of us hit on Maya, the 3D app > from A|W. It had a nice ring to it and might be a direction we could begin > going in. > > Speaking of names, I would like to suggest we meet on IRC > (irc.openprojects.net, #obos-cdt) Thursday evening around 8pm EST and Monday > around 2pm EST for those not in the US. I'm no time zone whiz so you'll > have to figure out the time in your area. I'm in Boston, the Eastern Time > Zone in the US if that helps any. If any of you want to chat amongst > yourselves at other times, by all means do so but this could bring the group > together to discuss the names they have to date. > > Jace, I know you don't like the IRC clients on BeOS but the reason for > suggesting IRC is because EVERYONE can get an IRC client and NO ONE needs to > have an account with multiple IM clients. I only use Windows Messenger and > I know they don't make a BeOS client and I don't want to force people to > have to get a Hotmail account. Likewise I don't want to have to get an AIM > account if I can help it. IRC solves most of these issues. It's the > Switzerland of IM clients. > > -----Original Message----- > From: openbeos-cdt-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:openbeos-cdt-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jace > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 1:53 AM > To: openbeos-cdt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [openbeos-cdt] Re: Names > > > > >What do you thing about celtic persons/things like Thor, Wotan, Freya, > >Sleipnir, Loki etc. (maybe that there are special translations, these are > >German expressions)? For symbolic things the runes (old celtic letters) > >could be used in a way. Perhaps in the logo? > >I like this way of naming very much but while I'm writing this: What about > >old roman or greek mythological persons/things? There are so many possible > >names in this way... > >Greetings Eckard > > These are good suggestions. I'd suggest a running list. Set a piece of > paper or a StyledEdit text file aside and put names you like into it for a > few days. Then submit it to the list and we can all peruse the names. List > any names you like, for whatever reason, especially if the name has ties to > something we can identify with BeOS on an emotional or analogy-kind of > level. > > -Jace > > > ----------------------------------- > This message was sent with the demo version of Postmaster, a BeOS mail > client. > For more information, please visit http://kennyc.com/postmaster > > > > > >