Werewolf -> Sulphur -> <blank>? Sulphur is a <blank>, <NewName> is a <blank>

Horst H. von Brand vonbrand at inf.utfsm.cl
Sat May 24 18:21:32 UTC 2008


Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat.com> wrote:
> On May 22, 2008, Josh Boyer <jwboyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Let the naming begin!  We're starting very early this time around in
> > the name game for F10.  So, let the suggestions flow!

> Xenon, Neon and Carbide appear to name existing software products
> already, but Oil, Deuterium and sulphur are other kinds of lamps, more
> specifically, other materials used to build lamps, and I couldn't find
> any programs using these names.

Just too bad...

Caloric was the name of the (imaginary) element heat

Elements for Aristotle were fire, water, air, fire.

Alchemy experts around here for other elements?
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