Pale Blue Ego;327984 Wrote: > > Continues the Slim tradition of great products with somewhat hokey > names. But that's okay, it's smart branding to give products a simple > yet distinctive name. It tends to take on a life of its own. Google? > Amazon? After a while, you don't really think about how dumb it is.
Absolutely. I mean, just how utterly forgetful is a Phillips WAC3500D/05? A while back i overheard someone talking about a 'Squeezebox', turned out they where actually talking about a Netgear thing! Simple and ubiquitous. Goofy, but genius; A bit like the forum members who coined it, lol :p -- autopilot *Server:* SC7.1b (Windows Vista 64) *Players:* Squeezebox 3 (main room) / Squeezebox Receiver (bedroom) / Softsqueeze (office). *Amps:* Cambridge Audio 640a (main room) / Trends TA10.1 Class-T / Logitech 5.1. *Speakers:* Mission 701's (living room) / Kef Cresta 1's (bedroom) / Logitech 5.1's. *Remotes:* Harmony One (IR) / 1 Beta SB Controller / 1 Official SB Controller. 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/domrevans/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
