Silly name, silly company, silly product?

#1

Post by carnevalem » Sun, Oct 10, 2010, 3:54 AM UTC

Silly name, silly company, silly product?
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Re: Silly name, silly company, silly product?

#2

Post by iamwil » Sun, Oct 10, 2010, 8:30 AM UTC

Tell squatters to get off their domain names, then come back to me.

Re: Silly name, silly company, silly product?

#3

Post by nailer » Sun, Oct 10, 2010, 10:54 AM UTC

I notice then when reading about Nvidia. Officially, since about five years ago, they've decided that the proper written form is NVIDIA. It seems shouty and aggressive.

Re: Silly name, silly company, silly product?

#4

Post by philwelch » Sun, Oct 10, 2010, 11:19 AM UTC

Basically the corporate "metal umlaut" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_umlaut).

Re: Silly name, silly company, silly product?

#5

Post by seertaak » Sun, Oct 10, 2010, 11:23 AM UTC

I agree with the author, but wasn't it a tad hypocritical to use the the "cute" spelling of "want to"? ("wanna")

Re: Silly name, silly company, silly product?

#6

Post by wlievens » Sun, Oct 10, 2010, 1:26 PM UTC

iamwil wrote: post #2

Tell squatters to get off their domain names, then come back to me.

Yeah, everything is someone else's fault!