From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/57394 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Wizards! I mean, Assistants! Date: 17 May 2004 07:13:45 +0900 Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1084761573 2448 80.91.224.253 (17 May 2004 02:39:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 02:39:33 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M5935@lists.math.uh.edu Mon May 17 04:39:25 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BPY2H-00071Y-00 for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 04:39:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1BPY25-0007v1-00; Sun, 16 May 2004 21:39:13 -0500 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1BPUkR-0005aJ-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 16 May 2004 18:08:47 -0500 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BPUkQ-0008FD-AE for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 16 May 2004 18:08:46 -0500 Original-Received: from quimbies.gnus.org (quimbies.gnus.org [80.91.231.2]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 001BE3A0210 for ; Sun, 16 May 2004 18:08:43 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from larsi by quimbies.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BPUjx-0007rD-00 for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 01:08:17 +0200 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1BPTtM-00054l-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 16 May 2004 17:13:56 -0500 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BPTtL-0007pa-C4 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sun, 16 May 2004 17:13:55 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 272F43A0205 for ; Sun, 16 May 2004 17:13:54 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BPTtE-0006tj-00 for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 00:13:53 +0200 Original-Received: from yokohama2-61-203-152-239.ap.0038.net ([61.203.152.239]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 00:13:48 +0200 Original-Received: from miles by yokohama2-61-203-152-239.ap.0038.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 00:13:48 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: yokohama2-61-203-152-239.ap.0038.net System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:57394 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:57394 Simon Josefsson writes: > > (I don't really like that word, though. "Assistant"?) > > I think "saints" was proposed last time, but I don't recall if people > liked it. What's wrong with "assistant" anyway? Sure it's a bit boring, but it's damn clear (much more so than "wizard")... and I'd think for the people that need such things, clear is good. "Assistants" also has a slightly less obvious advantage: whereas a word like "wizard" (or saint) might give the impression that it can magically figure out and solve all your problems (which they can't -- lets face it, such things are actually pretty stupid), assistant is realistic, and says something more like "well, I'll try my best to help you." -Miles -- `To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems' --Homer J. Simpson