[35740] in North American Network Operators' Group
(Seriously Off Topic) Inadvertent names
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (hardie@equinix.com)
Thu Mar 15 12:30:00 2001
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To: sthomas@lart.net (Sam Thomas)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:20:49 -0800 (PST)
Cc: benb@theriver.com (Ben Browning), nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20010315104119.B22893@lart.net> from "Sam Thomas" at Mar 15, 2001 10:41:19 AM
From: hardie@equinix.com
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> valiant hackery is the prelude to spectacular demise.
>
> --
> Sam Thomas
> Geek Mercenary
>
Not only is this a good quote, I think the name "Valiant Hackery"
would make a great character name for someone in a gothic novel.
Possibly because one of my grandmothers collected odd names as a
hobby, I've always found this kind of indadvertant name creation
interesting. The logical extension of it has been taken by the author
of novel all of whose characters are named for the exits along I-65
between Birmingham and Mobile, AL. Since these are usually the small
towns directly east and west of the route, you get results like
"Jemeson Thorsby".
Did I mention this was off-topic?
regards,
Ted
