Re: OT naming customs
| From: | Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 17, 2001, 0:12 |
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On Sunday, December 16, 2001, at 04:04 , Anton Sherwood wrote:
> Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>> . . . ordinarily you wouldn't "repeat" part of a name so soon
>> generationally, it's disrespectful . . .
>
> Jews are traditionally named for a dead relative. I have a mental image
> of a particularly fussy Jewish parent going through the family trees to
> identify the most recently-deceased ancestor whose name has not already
> been given to a descendant.
>
Interesting the attitudes taken vis-a-vis names, no?
> ...
>> Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a
>> violent psychopath who knows where you live.--Martin Goldin
>
> Charming. That's a paraphrase of something I often quote, though I
> don't know the source: "Write your constitution as if your worst enemy
> is in power."
I like. May I steal for a tagline?
Yoon Ha Lee [requiescat@cityofvelis.com]
http://pegasus.cityofveils.com
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
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