On Fri, 2008-10-10 at 10:15 -0500, P Kishor wrote: > We need geowanking. If we need to suit it up and make it VC friendly, > we can call it GeoWanking, Inc., or GeoWanking, Ph.D. to make the > academia happy. For those with class-aspirations, how about > GeoWanking, Esq. > > Maybe iGeowanking for those of us who admire the bondi-blue iMacs. > Otherwise, let geowanking be. > > And, it is ok if there are a few who don't understand what wanking > means. For those who do, it serves as a source of a quite chuckle. > > And those who get their knickers in a knot over VGI can piss off as > well. It is as good a term as geowanking is in all its expression and > shortcomings alike. >
Well said! Happy iGeowanking, Esq! Tim Bowden > > On 10/10/08, Dan Brickley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > michael gould wrote: > > > > > On the VGI term that most everyone here seems to hate > > (not-invented-here?): > > > > > > (Professor) Goodchild tried to coin a term sufficiently serious and > > credible > > > for the academic world (where geowanking becomes something like "popular > > > prototyping of innovative geographic applications"!), while conveying the > > > basic notions behind neogeography and other similar "memes". He did not > > > intend for the term to overly focus on the data, just as I suppose > > > "neogeography" was not intended to overly focus on things that (only) > > > geographers do. > > > > > > Applying to both comments: we don't all need to become one homogeneous > > mass > > > and think and talk alike... ¡viva la diversidad! > > > > Quite. > > > > Dear Geo Wankers, > > > > I wonder whether it is time to take a fresh look at the name of this > > very forum. > > > > To many English speakers, the word "wanking" is a reference to > > masturbation. Try explaining to your boss (some people still have > > bosses...) that you're spending your time with "geo"wankers that you met > > on the Internet. And if your boss isn't a native English speaker, try > > finding a dictionary that will help them understand what "wanking" is. > > > > If we want the boring/serious/grownup GIS world to take more notice of > > the kinds of things that are discussed around here, having a mailing > > list with a different name would help. > > > > I understand that to some US-American ears, "wanking" has a less > > graphic, and less sexual reading. But still ... looking around in > > dictionary etc sites, the meaning is still pretty strong (see below). > > > > May I suggest that a move away from (geo)wanking might help this > > community erm... better cross-fertilise with others? > > > > cheers, > > > > Dan > > > > ps. this could be done by a bit of mail aliasing/sysadmin I hope, rather > > than mass resubscription to a new list > > > > > > http://www.thefreedictionary.com/wank > > [[ > > wank (wngk) Chiefly British Vulgar Slang > > tr. & intr.v. wanked, wank·ing, wanks > > To masturbate. Often used with off. > > n. > > 1. An act of masturbation. > > 2. A detestable person. > > ]] > > > > [[ > > Noun 1. wank - slang for masturbation > > hand job, jacking off, jerking off > > masturbation, onanism - manual stimulation of the genital organs (of > > yourself or another) for sexual pleasure > > jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic > > language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our > > lingo" > > Verb 1. wank - get sexual gratification through self-stimulation > > jack off, jerk off, she-bop, masturbate, fuck off > > masturbate - stimulate sexually; "The old man wanted to be masturbated > > by the prostitute" > > scarf - masturbate while strangling oneself > > excite, stir, stimulate - stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; > > "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" > > Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. (c) 2003-2008 Princeton > > University, Farlex Inc. > > ]] > > > > > > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Wank%20(w%27ank%3B%20n%2C%20adj.) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wank > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Geowanking mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > > > > > -- > Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ > Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ > Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) http://www.osgeo.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking -- Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a mistake when you make it again. _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
