-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello everybody,
some of you might have read the blog post where I asked people for suggestions for the team née universe-hackers - some of you even commented on it: http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=111 Here the results: == qhartman == Are you looking for names for the individuals? Their “title”? It’s a bit ambiguous from your post. If so: “Acolyte of the Universe” “Supporter of the Universe” “Enthusiast Member” “Member with Distinction” “Lieutenant of the Universe” “Community Fellow” “Developer Fellow” == Dave Morley == Cosmic Coders == Georg == I think staying in the scope of the MOTU universe would be appropriate. So… Eternia is the center of the universe, the whole storyline revolves around it and the Star Seed, the center of the planet, a leftover from the big bang and source of power. “[…] Eternia used to be an incredibly advanced civilization that evolved through centuries of barbarism, enlightenment and scientific technology.” -Wikipedia I propose “Eternian”. Sounds kinda cool too *g* == mok0 == For something less serious than i.e. “Ubuntu Contributing Developer” or some such, I suggest: “Ubuntu Universe Astronaut” This reminds of someone who freely travels the Universe, building habitats and terraforming everywhere s/he arrives. == *daniel == Well if they’re holding the universe together you should call them the “Gluons”, really. == Jonathan Carter == In my opinion, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the term “Universe hackers”. It’s what MOTU’s do afterall, isn’t it? Some people will mistakingly have something against the term “hackers” because they associate it with the term “crackers”. I think that it’s better to choose the best name for the team and then educate the people who don’t understand the name, when necessary. Some people want to use boring corporate sounding names for everything. They should stop trying to force their old fashioned ways upon us. The world is a very different place to what it was 5 years ago. Time for them to catch up :) == P. A. López-Valencia == @Jonathan The unwashed masses and most of their thinking organs, namely tech journos, confuse hacker with cracker. It irks me to no end but that ’s a fact of history we have been living with for more than 15 years now. @Danial Holbach Keeping in line with the He-Man and The Masters of the Universe theme, I think Men-at-Arms would be nice, as long as native USiAn English speakers understand that Men is the plural of the workd that refers to members of the human race and has no gender since the time of the Anglos and Saxons, until political correctness became the norm in the U.S.A. == nxvl == Monkeys of the Universe! == Phil == There’s nothing wrong with the term “hacker”. If someone misunderstands it, consider it an opportunity to correct and educate them. == LaserJock == @Jonathan: I’m not fond of “Hackers” because I feel like it’s saying that MOTU is about programming and not packaging. A number of people have said, “I’d like to help but I’m not a programmer”. No need to reinforce that idea. I would personally prefer something like “Universe Apprentices” and for u-u-c, “REVU Contributors”. == David Symons == How about parodying the ‘boring corporate’? motu-synergists :p ? Or perhaps motu-maintainers (in the debian spirit)? == CombatWombat == Knights of the Round Table. A play on the round logo of Ubuntu. Also carries the regality and pride of being a vital part of maintaining the Ubuntu kingdom. == Fernando Ribeiro == Parallel Universe We should bring the topic up in the next MOTU Meeting and decide on a name. It's important we get this team rolling as we have the first application pending already. :-) Have a nice day, Daniel - -- Do 5 a day - every day! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/5-A-Day -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIB0RNRjrlnQWd1esRAm2jAJ9IOIdKeIo8j+U12ozWDoaodIytnQCaAwgB El03AwydJf7XSNCbMR0/Xb4= =CzdO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
