[ros-users] ROS J Turtle Naming Brainstorming

[Aaron Blasdel]

I have been convinced by the arguments.
Changing my + votes:

+1 Jade
-1 Jagged
-1 Jedi (and any other pop culture tie in)

On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Daniel Stonier <d.stonier at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 18 April 2014 05:28, Mike Purvis <mpurvis at clearpathrobotics.com> wrote:
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>> Jade can still be a turtle, even if it's not an actual species:
>> https://www.google.ca/search?q=jade+turtle&tbm=isch
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> In asia, Jade turtles have alot of strong connotations about endurance and
> longevity...something ROS is starting to grow into.
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> Daniel.
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>> I like the sound of ROS Jade.
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>> On 17 April 2014 16:21, William Woodall <william at osrfoundation.org> wrote:
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>>> +0 on Jagged, it seems to imply some negative connotation about quality
>>> to me, like "rough around the edges". Even if it is "rough around the edges"
>>> :p we shouldn't name it as such.
>>>
>>> I think Jade Turtle, ROS Jade is nice a nice adjective too.
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>>> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Patrick Goebel <patrick at pirobot.org>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> +1 Jagged
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>>>> +1 to Bill's post in general (as another geezer...)
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>>>> --patrick
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>>>> On 04/17/2014 11:55 AM, Bill Smart wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> +1 Jagged
>>>>> -1e10 Judo
>>>>> still -1 for anything that's not actually a turtle
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm a geezer, and fear change.  However, here are a couple of thoughts:
>>>>> - we want companies to adopt ROS.  They will be significantly less
>>>>> likely to do so if the name is overly cute
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>>> We want something not too silly, but if we aren't having some fun with
>>> it, what the point? Also Ubuntu seems to do just fine on the business front
>>> with a similar naming pattern.
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - we will have even less adoption if there's a whiff of legal action
>>>>> (Jedi Turtle, for instance) possible.
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>>> Obviously we aren't going to pick anything where legal action might be a
>>> concern, which means, as sad as I am to say it, Jedi is pretty much off the
>>> table.
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>>>>>
>>>>> - I personally think that consistency outweights cool (of course, I'm
>>>>> old and British)
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>>> We've done a pretty good job at staying on theme, but sometimes it's hard
>>> when there is only one or two actual turtle related names.
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>>> I'd say just as important as being turtle related, if not more important,
>>> is that the code name is short, easy to spell and type, recognizable, and
>>> searchable. That's mostly why we ended up with Indigo in the last go around.
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>>>>>
>>>>> I've done judo since the 70's (no, really, since the 70s).  While I
>>>>> don't think it's a great name for J-turtle, over the past year ROS *has*
>>>>> thrown me to the mat, sat on me, and forced me to submit more than once, so
>>>>> maybe it *is* a viable option.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Bill
>>>>>
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