Henry Gantt and the Gantt chart
As opposed to? What is a gantt if not someone's name?
Things unexpectedly named after people (2020)
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#22saxophone - Adolphe Sax sadism - the Marquis de Sade masochism - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
I don't think you're getting the idea.
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#23Shrapnel just sounds right. It’s a word with all kinds of jagged flat pieces of metal.
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#24Borders Books (for anyone who remembers it) was named after founders Tom and Louis Borders. Louis went on to found Webvan (for anyone who remembers that).
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#26"Seymour Waterfall" seems like a good like philosophy
I recall it being named for "Bud C Waterfall."
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#27There used to be TV commercials for a piece of fitness equipment called the Ab Doer. It was supposedly created by John Abdo. I’m still not sure but as far as I can tell he was a real guy and that was his real name.
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#28Proton - William Prout (partly)
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#29I exclaimed out loud when I read about MySQL. I never liked the name before, and now I do.
Same here. I always thought it was lazy naming, like "My" + some topic. Now I respect the name.
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#30I assumed Lake Worth, Florida was a cheesy reference to the local wealth but it's named after Mr. Worth