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Subject: Re: lambChop is now freeware

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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