Write-in answers are okay, too, I suppose.
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Cross Lament
Loose-brained Vixen
Join date: 20 Mar 2004
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02-01-2005 19:39
So... should the Linden's go with Andrew Linden's proposed name for upcoming versions of the SL executable, "SecondLife.exe", or do you feel Chip Midnight's suggestion of "thingamajig.exe" (actually a reference to a mythological precursor to newview.exe) is more appropriate?
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blaze Spinnaker
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02-01-2005 19:48
No naming names!
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Siggy Romulus
DILLIGAF
Join date: 22 Sep 2003
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02-01-2005 19:49
"Fred"
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billy Madison
www.SLAuctions.com
Join date: 6 Jun 2004
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02-01-2005 19:50
name it: WhoCares.exe
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Cross Lament
Loose-brained Vixen
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02-01-2005 19:54
No naming names! I never named names, ***Blaze Spinnaker***, Linden Labs are the one naming the thing.  _____________________
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Adohan Zephyr
Bang bang
Join date: 20 Sep 2004
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02-02-2005 04:33
IvebeenloggedinfortenminutesandImstillafeaurlessgreyblob.exe
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Treacly Brodsky
Pixel SLinger
Join date: 23 Jul 2004
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02-02-2005 04:45
How about "itbetterstillrunonmylaptop.exe"; Anybody?
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Ghoti Nyak
καλλιστι
Join date: 7 Aug 2004
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02-02-2005 05:06
Is the name DigitalCrack.exe taken?
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Malachi Petunia
Gentle Miscreant
Join date: 21 Sep 2003
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02-02-2005 05:09
I like "newerview.exe", personally, with "newnewerview.exe" as the follow on, of course.
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Siobhan Taylor
Nemesis
Join date: 13 Aug 2003
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02-02-2005 05:09
Is the name DigitalCrack.exe taken? Doesn't Everquest own that one? _____________________
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Moopf Murray
Moopfmerising
Join date: 7 Jan 2004
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02-02-2005 05:12
beta.exe
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Treacly Brodsky
Pixel SLinger
Join date: 23 Jul 2004
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02-02-2005 05:12
Doesn't Everquest own that one? No that's EC.exe _____________________
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Charlotte Gillespie
2 - 0 Lindens
Join date: 19 Nov 2004
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02-02-2005 06:11
Why was it newview.exe in the first place? When I first joined, I inadvertently blocked that from accessing the internet through my firewall because I didn't recognise the name. SecondLife.exe, or SL.exe would be far clearer ...
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TinaStar Dawn
Registered User
Join date: 23 Dec 2003
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02-02-2005 06:22
Why was it newview.exe in the first place? When I first joined, I inadvertently blocked that from accessing the internet through my firewall because I didn't recognise the name. SecondLife.exe, or SL.exe would be far clearer ... Andrew Linden explained it in another thread. Once upon a time there was a "viewer.exe" that lived in a directory called "viewer". Unfortunately viewer.exe had some design flaws and its creators decided to kill it and do a massive rewrite. To reduce chance for confusion during the period of time where both creations would exist side by side they created a directory called "newview" and named the better project "newview.exe" |
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Roberta Dalek
Probably trouble
Join date: 21 Oct 2004
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02-02-2005 07:42
secondlife.exe would be boring but accurate. However I'm sure we can do better.
metaverse.exe would get some excited notagame.exe would be accurate thingey.exe would also be accurate. |
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Shadow Weaver
Ancient
Join date: 13 Jan 2003
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02-02-2005 07:43
I know how about itsmyworld.exe
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David Valentino
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02-02-2005 08:06
timesink.exe
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02-02-2005 12:51
I'm using a Mac, so the issue doesn't really affect me
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