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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Naming schemas (or schemata if you're picky)
Date: 7 Jul 2014 20:58:49
Message: <53bb4249@news.povray.org>
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On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 18:59:07 +0200, clipka wrote:
> Am 06.07.2014 23:00, schrieb Jim Henderson:
>> On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 20:51:47 +0100, Doctor John wrote:
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>>> What do you call your machines?
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>> Places in the Hitchhiker's Guide universe. I've been doing that for
>> years, but I might have to start recycling them; the PS3 is Alosimanos
>> Syneca (which is really too long a name for a system). That said,
>> there are plenty of good candidates I haven't used yet.
> ...
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> I'm missing Guildford in the list :-P
Names of the relevant places on Earth probably will be later in my home
systems' lives - perhaps as part of a virtual machine cluster. :)
Jim
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Naming schemas (or schemata if you're picky)
Date: 7 Jul 2014 20:59:59
Message: <53bb428f$1@news.povray.org>
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On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:57:35 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> AI, Cassandra
?
(The comma, that is)
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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On 08/07/2014 1:59 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:57:35 +0100, Stephen wrote:
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>> AI, Cassandra
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> ?
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> (The comma, that is)
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Don't you start. :-)
--
Regards
Stephen
I solemnly promise to kick the next angle, I see.
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Naming schemas (or schemata if you're picky)
Date: 8 Jul 2014 01:14:49
Message: <53bb7e49@news.povray.org>
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On Tue, 08 Jul 2014 05:44:17 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 08/07/2014 1:59 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:57:35 +0100, Stephen wrote:
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>>> AI, Cassandra
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>> ?
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>> (The comma, that is)
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> Don't you start. :-)
Too late. :)
Jim
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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From: Orchid Win7 v1
Subject: Re: Naming schemas (or schemata if you're picky)
Date: 10 Jul 2014 13:34:38
Message: <53beceae$1@news.povray.org>
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We had six mass spectrometers, numbered #1 to #7. (Yes, you read that
correctly. #4 was retired years ago...) For an April Fool's joke, our
lab director circulated an email suggesting that we rename them after
famous tennis players - the reliability of the machine being related to
how hot-headed the tennis player is...
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