[TriLUG] writing about a OSS project you had nothing to do with

William Sutton william at trilug.org
Wed Jun 6 11:04:40 EDT 2007


I vote for red/green torch myself, since that's what I grew up with.

Oh yeah, War Eagle!

-- 
William Sutton
'00 CS, AU


On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Tanner Lovelace wrote:

> On 6/6/07, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So, Tanner, do you prefer the Vulcan statute holding the spear or the
> > red/green traffic torch?
> 
> Definitely the red/green traffic torch. That's what it was when I grew
> up there.
> 
> > Did you know that "Alabama" could taken from the Turkish saying "Allah
> > Bamya" (God's graveyard)?  Or that it could have been taken from old world
> > arabic "Allah Bamviah" meaning "Place no other editor before vi?"
> 
> Or, it could be taken from southern english to mean "Heart of Dixie". :-)
> Of course, Emacs itself can also stand for Every Man in Alabama Can
> Sing, so there's a long history there too. :-)  (Ok, so I'm reaching here. :-P)
> 
> Cheers,
> Tanner
> 



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