It gets the name from hostname -s. In my system, that traces back to /etc/hosts and to set the name to Morphix, for instance, this is what you have to do in the file:
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 Morphix.localdomain Morphix On Friday 19 November 2004 10:27 pm, T Maynard wrote: > I am impressed by Bhaskar's valient effort to > metaphorically immunize early against the use of the catchy > word "viral" . To carry the metaphor to Rabies, if you are > early enough with the "shots" , you can promote an antibody > response before the infectious agent really takes hold. > So this post is another "shot" in the series against the > v____ word. This v_____ word can easily get the mixed > meanings that "hacker" has in different contexts. > I still would like a single word other than "virile" > partly because it so easily lapses back to its near homonym. > After racking my brain for a single word I am somewhat at > a loss. > I do like the connotations of "pedigree" partly > because it represents continuity,inheritance, documentation, > and supporters/investors depend on it. > I also think that "virile" connotes propogation without > the intervention of judgment, whereas "pedigree" implies > access to the papers,lineage, and attributes of the legacy > resource with a chain of responsibility among all owners of > the managed genes. If propogation is rapid, its just because > of the market demand. If the price is right and you can > support your investment in the animal, you still want to > know the attributes with complete documentation. > > Open source is not about enticing code into use, it is > also about source pedigree. As one who does not expect to > poke around in code, I still depend on evidence that other > persons are doing so and they/we are a coherent community > propogating the proof of that good breeding. > > Rusty > > K. S. Bhaskar wrote: > > Comments below. > > > > -- Bhaskar > > > > On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 20:54, Joel West wrote: > > > > [KSB] <...snip...> > > > >>* do you want a "viral" term or not, i.e. one that requires changes to > >>be given back (GPL) or not (BSD, Apache) > >>* do you want the "viral" clause to apply to new versions of the code > >>(as say the LGPL or the MPL, or anything with which it is combined > >>(the GPL). > > > > [KSB] In view of prior discussion on the possible negative connotation > > of "viral", perhaps we should use - and promote - the term "virile"... > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: InterSystems CACHE > FREE OODBMS DOWNLOAD - A multidimensional database that combines > robust object and relational technologies, making it a perfect match > for Java, C++,COM, XML, ODBC and JDBC. www.intersystems.com/match8 > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: InterSystems CACHE FREE OODBMS DOWNLOAD - A multidimensional database that combines robust object and relational technologies, making it a perfect match for Java, C++,COM, XML, ODBC and JDBC. www.intersystems.com/match8 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
