[Toolserver-l] New hardware ordered

Q overlordq at gmail.com
Sat Jan 17 10:17:37 UTC 2009


Although it's not poisonous, how about Yggdrasil, keeps (most) of the DB
servers starting with Y :D

Jason Y. Lee wrote:
> In regards to filling the "X" name in line with Poisonous plants, I
> found this list from Cornell:
> http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/index.html
> 
> I knew the common name would not produce an "X" letter name, but perhaps
> its scientific name would:
> 
> The plant known as "Cocklebur" -- its common species is poisonous to
> animals and livestock.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocklebur
> 
> It's genus name is Xanthium.
> 
> Anyway, just offering a suggestion.
> 
> - Jason Lee
> en:User:AllyUnion
> 
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Soxred93 <soxred93 at gmail.com
> <mailto:soxred93 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Some more ones that I am submitting are:
>     * Narcissus (one of my favorites)
>     * Larkspur
>     * Iris (one of my favorites)
>     * Rhubarb
>     * Yew
>     * Elderberry
>     * Mistletoe
> 
>     Soxred93/X!
> 
>     On Jan 16, 2009, at 7:06 PM [Jan 16, 2009 ], Simon Walker wrote:
> 
>     > 2009/1/16 Lilewyn <lilewyn at yahoo.ca <mailto:lilewyn at yahoo.ca>>:
>     >> * Vandale (As above, but Van Dale was Dutch.)
>     >> * Willow
>     >
>     >> * Yarrow
>     >> * Zedler (Not a poisonous plant, but names after Johann Heinrich
>     >> Zedler,
>     >>   who was an 18th century German encyclopedist. This is in keeping
>     >> with
>     >>   the WMF naming scheme.)
>     >
>     > Something needs to fill that gap :P
>     >
>     >> Short, usable, and thematic (poisonous plant) names might be:
>     >> * Azalea
>     >> * Daphne
>     >> * Digitalis
>     >> * Foxglove
>     >> * Hellebore
>     >> * Holly
>     >> * Lilly
>     >> * Oleander
>     >> * Privet
>     >> * Wolfsbane
>     >> * Yew
>     >
>     > I'm sure someone came up with a name beginning with X, or am I just
>     > imagining it?
>     >
>     > --
>     > Regards,
>     >
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