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I name my cats after the 72 demons in the Goetia.
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I always have named cats after their predominant feature. I have had Zingiberaceae, Gannet and Vincent, for instance. I will leave it as an exercise for the reader to discern the feature that gave rise to the name.
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I think I've got two - Vincent I can only guess has a lump of his ear missing ?
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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More than a lump - nearly all of it. In later years he became ennobled as King Vince the Fat, again owing to a predominately significant feature.
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My wife has 6 cats made from wood. I cut them out, she painted them (she is artist).
She gave them names like fluffy.
I call them kindling1, kindling2, etc.
Then I run for cover.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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My local library was hatching chickens and when the first one hatched I named it "Benedict" on the chicken cam's comment stream.
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My current canine is named Ruby fwiw.
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Nope, we got our cats from people that did not want them anymore and they already had names
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OriginalGriff wrote: What about you? Any Computer / software / tech related pets?
I've considered naming one of my cats "laptop" for obvious reasons. I like when they sit on laptops. It's very meta.
The reason I haven't is because I have a thing about naming my cats after tyrants and failed leaders.
I had a Maine Coon named Chairman Maow. I currently have a chantilly named Groucho Mugabe - because he's slightly cross eyed and caused an adorable food crisis when we brought him home.
I have a friend who named her cats Nixon and Reagan and I thought that was perfect.
Real programmers use butterflies
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I wanna name our next dog "Knuckles". Or "Zero". It remains to be seen if SWMBO will let me have naming rights.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Not computer, but on a similar vane, one of my cats is named Coatrack and the large Maine Coon is Brawndo.
Hogan
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OriginalGriff wrote: "Pip" ... short for "Peripheral Interchange Program".
Pfft, everyone who's anyone knows that. I learned it in my first semester of learning BASIC on the high school's PDP-11. I have some print-outs here...
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I named a cat Snortimer after the monster under the bed in one of the Piers Anthony Xanth novels. The name was appropriate. I also named a black cat Dusty after he disappeared as a kitten and came out looking like a large dust bunny with legs and a tail.
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One of my coworkers has a cat she named Zoomie. As a kitten Zoomie would zoom bomb every video call she was on.
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I had two Russian blues for a while, one was named Fearless Fred, the footpad dread, and the one was Nails (he would only attack toe nails as a kitten)
My sis has Main Coon cats, all named after liqueurs
Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine - via Walt Kelly)
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Firstly your wife must be awesome for reading the Belgariad.
I have named computer systems Durnick, Polgara, Garion etc... I have never ever ever been able to sneak a computer name into a pet or childs name.
I had a friend who tried to nickname his first child mulligan (he liked golf and thought he was funny)
Knew some people (neighbors former) that named their Daughter Jadzia (star trek DS9)
I have been able to middle name one of our dogs after Marvel Comics. Atlas (the Punisher)
But that is as close as I have gotten.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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Our cat, a boy, is named Simba.
Our earlier cat, a girl, was named Cinnamon.
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No computer inspired names. My wife had cats named Tess, Seymour and Barney.
The cats I brought into the marriage were Caesar and Cleopatra. Not hard to guess my theme.
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For dogs, Gods and Emperors - Calypso and Titus are our 2 black labs. And yes spoilt rotten and loved by all.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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OriginalGriff wrote: But I never got away with "Five" (from "CAT 5") or "Script" from "Script Kitty".
A for effort though.
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I have always respected opinions and such here. I have been a member for many years even. I have always thought highly of most everyone here. With that being said, I am very frustrated with the approval system for an article to syick around. I have seen stuff that is even less explained than my own recent attempt be approved. Apparently i havent explained well enough about a library I recently wrote and am continuing to work on. I know people wont care either way, but I will most likely be leaving the website altogether. I do believe that my listing was explained well enough to be able to stay. Do I sound like a petulant child, probably, but I dont care. I am 39 uears old and am allowed to feel and act how I want.
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clwprogrammer wrote: Do I sound like a petulant child,
A bit, but don't worry about it.
I'm assuming you mean "Custom Dialogs"? I remember it and was one of those who voted "Unclear or incomplete" because ... well, it was.
As presented to us, it was 4 sentences (all short), 5 bullet points, a link, and a small chunk of usage example code with two pictures.
That's not a lot: it doesn't explain how it works, why it works, why it's better than any alternatives, it doesn't even act as a manual so I could pick it up and run with it without having to hunt like crazy to work out what iot could do for me, and how I'd make it do that.
So that's why I voted "Unclear or incomplete" - not because "I think it's garbage" but because a "normal user" can't read it and start working: there is way too much background that they just wouldn't have without a fair amount of searching through your repository.
Unfortunately, the "Project" classification doesn't allow for "in moderation" discussions, but basically, the requirements for a Project are pretty much the same as those for an Article, while a Tip can be a damn sight simpler. That may explain why you have "seen stuff that is even less explained than my own recent attempt be approved" - Tips are a lot simpler and "quicker" than a Project or Article.
Please, look at some of the existing articles here to get an idea of the standard we expect.
Here's one of mine: Using struct and class - what's that all about?[^]
And here's a tip which is a lot more "code focussed": Converting a List to a DataTable[^]
We moderators aren't here to make your life difficult, or to be nasty - quite the reverse, we protect the site from not-ready articles, and authors from the derision and downvotes that poorer articles can receive. And to be a moderator, you have to write articles, so we know what it feels like when you slave away on something and Joe Moron from Stupidity High School, Kansas finds out it's not what he needs to hand in as his homework ...
If we let your original through as it stands, it would - at best - be ignored, and more likely downvoted into oblivion.
I'm sure you have put a lot of effort into getting the code right, but articles aren't just about the code: the words are what matters!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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