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A quiz for you

PostPosted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:47 am
by Void Main
How did "compiz" become named "compiz", what does it mean, and how do you pronounce it? Do you think this has anything to do with the deal Microsoft and Novell just made?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 2:57 pm
by Jenda
it's a composite manager... or a 'compizite manager' if you want :)
You pronounce it in fake slang, trying to make it sound as careless as possible, so that it sounds natural that you lack a few of the ending sounds...

PostPosted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:24 pm
by Void Main
You mean like this? "Fo shizzle! Wait just one minizzle while I show you my compizzle."

PostPosted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:39 pm
by Jenda
Something like it, yes :)

PostPosted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:40 pm
by Jenda
oink... my rank is now programmer... I do'nt program :)

OTOH, at ubuntuforums.org, it's Ubuntu Master Roaster, and I don't roast much either.

PostPosted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:08 am
by JoeDude
I never understood that (nice forums plug by the way...). Why is the Ubuntu forums set up on a coffee scale?

PostPosted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:53 am
by Jenda
Because geeks are so often connected with coffee... and the more posts you make, the more coffee you had to consume in order to stay up that long.

... and even though you might not think so, we at Ubuntu _are_ geeks. Really. :)

(geek != techie)

PostPosted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:06 am
by JoeDude
Modern day wizards....I always played rangers or theives myself...

.. and even though you might not think so, we at Ubuntu _are_ geeks. Really. Smile


Yeah but the2 female models who pose for the calenders are HAWT!

back to topic....

Is that the reason, or is it just being funny. I find that oddly believable in a "What the **** should we name this one" kind of way....

PostPosted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:16 pm
by Jenda
I believe that's the reason. Prove me wrong :)

PostPosted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:02 am
by xyle_one
Compiz, I think, comes from the words "come" and "play", which were then snoopified into complizle. Once it was corporation-ized it lost it's fun, or the playful part of it, and became yet another double speak marketese term. Compiz: To take the fun out of everything.



Note: I just looked up what compiz is (thanks wikipedia). I was way off.