Author: James Robertson
Date: 00:16:13 10/25/98
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On October 25, 1998 at 01:49:17, Will Singleton wrote: >On October 24, 1998 at 20:25:05, James Robertson wrote: > >>On October 24, 1998 at 20:18:52, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>One question though. Why in the world did you name it Lambchop? Is it ECO A00 >>>Fried fox/Pork chop Opening? Or something else altoghether, because that does >>>not seem to fit precisely. >> >>I really think that lambChop is a poor name for a program, because I always >>associate it with that cutsie baby puppet, which any teenage boy like me >>despises. Your program is really fantastic, and I think it deserves a better >>name. >> >>James > >Peter says: <lifted from some website> >Oh, the name - I needed a name when it started playing on the server. I wanted >to call it 'lamb' because it was so weak it was like sending a 'lamb to be >slaughtered', my friend wanted to call it 'chop' because it liked to chop >(capture) pieces: and so it became lambChop. This is funny because lambChop is >also the name of a famous puppet which is somehow appropriate. Er..... I see the logic, but really....... I suppose another reason I don't like it is because no one likes being creamed by a program named after a young kid's puppet show. :) Also, what if I tell my friends that I am playing the dramatic final tournament round between lambChop and Mother Liquer? I am having enough trouble trying to be cool as it is. James
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