(Archived) What's the elephant called?

[TheGurkha 1]

You know, like the Linux penquin is called Tux, and the BSD daemon is called Beastie.

Or should we start a competition to name it/him/her?

[BurgersNFries 2,407]

Or should we start a competition to name it/him/her?

Hmmm...could be a fun contest!

[ruudhein 29]

What's the elephant called?

Yeah, that's the elephant in the room ...

[BurgersNFries 2,407]

What's the elephant called?

Yeah, that's the elephant in the room ...

(And in my office. And on my phone.)

[engberg 89]

I asked our marketing guys, and even suggested some options (e.g. "Stampy", "Brainy"). They weren't impressed, so I went back to my cave ...

So I don't think it currently has a name.

[Metrodon 2,184]

Sinkov just wants to butcher it, then fry it up. He doesn't care what it's called.

Obviously though it is слон

[TheGurkha 1]

So I don't think it currently has a name.

Right then. Thinking caps on.

[TheGurkha 1]

And here's my suggestion:

Kandula

from Wikipedia:

Kandula, the most famous elephant of Sri Lanka was given to an infant prince Dutugemunu in the 2nd century BC. The king and his elephant grew up together.

(Mainly because I like the bit that says 'The king and his elephant grew up together'. I think that neatly fits with Evernote.)

[engberg 89]

Forwarded.

[jefito 5,589]

Can we agree not to call it Dumbo?

~Jeff

(Good elephant, but unflattering name and probably registered trademark of Disney)

[TheGurkha 1]

Can we agree not to call it Dumbo?

I agree, whole-heartedly.

[engberg 89]

Yeah, as much as I like a good cease and desist letter ...

[TheGurkha 1]

Yeah, as much as I like a good cease and desist letter ...

Don't even know where to begin with that one - sense of humour by-pass in operation somewhere.

[Visor 0]

Personally, I'd prefer the pachyderm remain anonymous. Names are limiting. No matter what moniker wins someone's not gonna like it.

[jefito 5,589]

Naw, names aren't limiting; they're just names (see also Wm. Shakespeare, Gertrude Stein)...

I had seen the unicorn meat issue too. Ridiculous. Up hereabouts in Maine, a few years back, there was a campaign to promote lobster as "the ultimate white meat'. Of course, the pork producers protested, and it became a federal case. *sigh*

~Jeff

[raindog 16]

How about Pachrat ;-)

(pachyderm + "pack rat")

[engberg 89]

+1

[tillybud 0]

Pachrat - ummm, just rolls off the tongue. Quite catchy. 8)

[jefito 5,589]

I'm thinking that you don't want Evernote software associated with rats. It's ripe for photoshopping the image into a rat-like countenance, too.

[+1 for the clever suggestion, though]

~Jeff

[BurgersNFries 2,407]

I'm thinking that you don't want Evernote software associated with rats.

Not to mention packrats/hoarders don't have the same cachet of someone who can quickly retrieve info they are looking for. (B/C IME, packrats & hoarders typically can't find things they are looking for. They know "...it's around here, somewhere...oh, LOOK! I was looking for this a couple of months ago!!!")

[+1 for the clever suggestion, though]

Indeed.

[Julian 40]

Yeah, as much as I like a good cease and desist letter ...

Don't even know where to begin with that one - sense of humour by-pass in operation somewhere.

I love the humour in all this but sadly there might be a good reason for that letter. When I worked for the Unix division of AT&T (a very long time ago) there was a department called ZOOM (Zero Occurence Of Misuse). This department's sole function was to issue these sort of letters to anyone misusing the Unix trademark because under trademark law (at least at that time) if the trademark holder wasn't deemed to have defended the trademark sufficiently then it could be revoked so AT&T routinely pounced on stuff like this. I suspect these lawyers had standing orders to do similar.

Either that or there were unicorns secretly controlling the law firm and/or the national pork board.

- Julian

[engberg 89]

Yeah, it's all pretty funny, but US Trademark law is the main reason. If you don't actively enforce a trademark, then the law says that you don't really care about it, and it can go away. So everyone has to do stupid stuff like that just to maintain their trademarks. Not as much of a problem with other IP like copyright, patent, etc.

[Vance 38]

Pachrat is catchy, but elephants hate rodents, no? :0)

[polardude1983 0]

What about Hattie? After Hattie of New York City's Central Park Zoo. Hattie was described as the "most intelligent of all elephants"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_(elephant)

[engberg 89]

Hm, I don't know ... that could lead to years of pictures with fedoras, bowlers, etc...

[polardude1983 0]

or Ganesa it means Goddess of Wisdom. Because if you look at the icon the head plus the trunk looks like the letter G. So i was thinking of a G name