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Jan 03, 2007 momerath42 link
We're leaning towards KOURIER as the name for the replacement of DELIVERATOR. For the Snow-Crash-uninitiated, the Deliverator crashes into a backyard swimming pool in the first chapter; a RadiKS Kourier, YT, hauls his bacon out of the fire by delivering his pizza just in time. Go read the book, if you haven't. :)

The best I could do without actually spending time on it is:
KOURIER Offers Us Reliable Infrastructure. Erlang Rocks.

Heh. So, someone can surely think of something better whilst I'm making it actually work.
Jan 03, 2007 Syylk link
Kourier Online Universe: Recreating Interstellar Events Reliably

That's what the Kourier is: creating events in our online universe. Hopefully more reliably than its former incarnation. ;)
Jan 03, 2007 Touriaus link
kinda like syylk's.

Kourier Online Universe Renders Intelligent Erlang Resources
Jan 03, 2007 MSKanaka link
I had two, but I like my second one more:

KOURIER Offers Unprecidented Reliability In Erlang's Reach
Jan 03, 2007 Cunjo link
Recursive Acronyms FTW <3
Jan 03, 2007 krazyivan link
In Russian, Kur'yer means courier or messneger. As an acronym, kur'yersky takes the meaning of 'fast'.
Jan 03, 2007 firsm link
to me it sounds like a kde frontend for courier imapd/pop3d. :p
Jan 03, 2007 zamzx zik link
Krazyly unstable Universal Replicator; Including elected radiation.

....I like Miharu's.
Jan 04, 2007 greengeek link
KOURIER Orders, Universe Responds. In Erlang, Resilience.
Jan 04, 2007 Shapenaji link
KOURIER Objects Underly Reality In Every Region
Jan 04, 2007 LeberMac link
KOURIER

Kommand
Operations
Updated and
Regulated by
Integrated
Erlang
Ruleset

Stupid "K"...
Jan 04, 2007 upper case link
yeah i gave up on the k. or that:

kermit ought to undergo rigorous intestinal enemas regularly.
Jan 04, 2007 Whytee link
Well, if it proves as reliable as YT in delivering, KOURIER is a super name.
Miharu said it.

Go read Snow Crash. Now:)
Jan 04, 2007 Cunjo link
"KOURIER

Kommand
Operations
Updated and
Regulated by
Integrated
Erlang
Ruleset

Stupid "K"..."


Lol, but the KDE fans'll love it.

Kommand & Konqueror
Jan 04, 2007 WE WANT LEEBS! link
Keeping Order in the Universe Run by Incarnate's Excellent Rules

(see, you guys need to be a bit more imaginative with the K)
Jan 04, 2007 LeberMac link
Mine will work with Keeping!

Keeping
Operations
Updated and
Regulated with
Integrated
Erlang
Ruleset

YAY! Thanks WWL!
Jan 04, 2007 WE WANT LEEBS! link
I want 50% royalties for that, Leebs.
Jan 05, 2007 look... no hands link
Keeping
Our
Universe
Running
Inducing
Excellent
Results
Jan 05, 2007 Syylk link
Using the first K with something different than "Kourier" generates interesting results, but defeats the original goal stated in IRC of using a recursive acronym (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym).
Jan 05, 2007 LeberMac link
WWL: You got a deal! Half of nuthin is still... nuthin.

Syylk: Meh, I dinna like recursive acronyms. That's why I didn't use one. Cause I wasn't in the IRC meeting to witness the original brainstorming session. Actually, I don't like forced acronyms at all - you'd be surprised how many extremely UNcreative acronyms corporate marketing departments come up with for names of projects.

TTP : "The TTP Project"
-Dilbert