Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] jsynthlib.org expired in the last couple of days!

2011-09-23 Thread William Zwicky
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Joachim wrote: > > most applications have a name that doesn't imply it's use but are catchy, > right? > Gimp, Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, Inkscape, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Gnumeric, > ... > Microsoft Word, VideoLAN Client, MySQL, VirtualBox, 7-Zip ... :^P -Bill Zwi

Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] jsynthlib.org expired in the last couple of days!

2011-09-23 Thread Joe Emenaker
On 9/23/2011 11:19 AM, Joachim wrote: > Hi, > > > I'm thinking that we might want some combination of two words: what it > > does stuff *with*, and what it *does* with them. > > most applications have a name that doesn't imply it's use but are catchy, > right? > Gimp, Apache, Tomcat, JBoss,

Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] jsynthlib.org expired in the last couple of days!

2011-09-23 Thread Joachim
Hi, > I'm thinking that we might want some combination of two words: what it > does stuff *with*, and what it *does* with them. most applications have a name that doesn't imply it's use but are catchy, right? Gimp, Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, Inkscape, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Gnumeric, ... I think

Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] jsynthlib.org expired in the last couple of days!

2011-09-23 Thread denis queffeulou
SynthyPatcher Sounds great in french ;) -- Denis How about SynthJ for the first contest entry? > I like that it's short, but it's still a little cryptic. > > I'm thinking that we might want some combination of two words: what it > does stuff *with*, and what it *does* with them. Off the top of

Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] jsynthlib.org expired in the last couple of days!

2011-09-23 Thread frankster
On 09/23/11 16:29, Joe Emenaker wrote: > On 9/23/2011 8:17 AM, Vladimir Avdonin wrote: >> JSynthLib sounds like library, not application. For this reason I passed >> by it in searches when looking for synth applications. >> >> How about SynthJ for the first contest entry? > I like that it's short,

Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] jsynthlib.org expired in the last couple of days!

2011-09-23 Thread Joe Emenaker
On 9/23/2011 8:17 AM, Vladimir Avdonin wrote: > Hey, maybe this would be good moment to maybe contemplate on maybe > uhmm... name change? Actually, when we're on the verge of actually getting control of the domain... that would be the *last* time to contemplate it. :) The time to contemplate it

Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] jsynthlib.org expired in the last couple of days!

2011-09-23 Thread Vladimir Avdonin
Hey, maybe this would be good moment to maybe contemplate on maybe uhmm... name change? JSynthLib sounds like library, not application. For this reason I passed by it in searches when looking for synth applications. How about SynthJ for the first contest entry? On 09/23/2011 10:04 AM, Joe Eme

Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] jsynthlib.org expired in the last couple of days!

2011-09-23 Thread frankster
Yes. It would be a disaster if a domain squatter got hold of this domain. Assuming Brian is no longer interested in the project, the best outcome is that we have some contact with brian before 40 days, and we can give him the money to re-register it and transfer it to one of us. A worse outcome

Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] jsynthlib.org expired in the last couple of days!

2011-09-23 Thread Joe Emenaker
Whoops. Sorry. 40 days. Should we mark our calendar? Or maybe TUCOWS or some other registrar has a "grab this for me the moment it becomes available" option... - Joe -- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructur

Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] jsynthlib.org expired in the last couple of days!

2011-09-23 Thread Joe Emenaker
On 9/23/2011 7:59 AM, frankster wrote: > I don't know how autorenew works, but judging by the whois, it looks > like tucows have got the domain for a bit. Looks like the grace period at TUCOWS for .org is 30 days... --- To renew or “redeem” a domain, please contactyour Domain Provider

Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] jsynthlib.org expired in the last couple of days!

2011-09-23 Thread frankster
On 09/23/11 15:53, Joe Emenaker wrote: > On 9/23/2011 7:43 AM, frankster wrote: >> I have managed to get copies of info.html, doc.html, project.html and >> 3 zip files of packages - that's everything I could find apart from >> synths.html which is in svn) via the wayback machine. > Yeah... my vote

Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] jsynthlib.org expired in the last couple of days!

2011-09-23 Thread Joe Emenaker
On 9/23/2011 7:43 AM, frankster wrote: > I have managed to get copies of info.html, doc.html, project.html and > 3 zip files of packages - that's everything I could find apart from > synths.html which is in svn) via the wayback machine. Yeah... my vote would be for us to register jsynthlib.org (

Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] jsynthlib.org expired in the last couple of days!

2011-09-23 Thread frankster
On 09/23/11 14:07, frankster wrote: > If you go to jsynthlib.org it redirects to a tucows domain expiry page. > > It had loads of good info on there so before the 0.21 release we could > do with either getting it back online, or alternatively mirroring all > the docs from it elsewhere. > > frankie

[Jsynthlib-devel] jsynthlib.org expired in the last couple of days!

2011-09-23 Thread frankster
If you go to jsynthlib.org it redirects to a tucows domain expiry page. It had loads of good info on there so before the 0.21 release we could do with either getting it back online, or alternatively mirroring all the docs from it elsewhere. frankie -