Subject: Re: [Jackit-devel] Re: [linux-audio-dev] New name for ladcca?
From: Bob Ham (rah_AT_bash.sh)
Date: Mon Jan 19 2004 - 21:57:51 EET
On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 18:38, Paul Winkler wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 06:42:36PM +0100, martin rumori wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 05:27:10PM +0000, Steve Harris wrote:
> > > How about "Gaffer", both a reference to the tape beloved of all roadies
> >
> > isn't that thing spelled "gaffa"? guess, there are both possibilities
> > and nobody really knows...
>
> according to webster's collegiate, "gaffer" (4th meaning) is a
> lighting technician for film or TV. IIRC "gaffer's tape" is named
> after these guys. No definition listed for "gaffa" which I haven't
> heard of before.
>
> Back to the topic - so far, I like both Gaffer and LASH.
I'm not sure I like gaffer, purely from an API prefix perspective :)
LASH and LACE I like, and I'm torn between the two; LACE is the quickest
to type, but LASH is much cooler.
Thanks for the excellent suggestions, everyone.
Bob
-- Bob Ham <rah_AT_bash.sh>"At some point, keystroke recorders got installed on several machines at Valve. Our speculation is that these were done via a buffer overflow in Outlook's preview pane." -- Gabe Newell on the Half-Life 2 source leak
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