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Subject:    Re: Radio Anorak - Good Music, Good Chats,
From:       "Harald Sitter" <sitter.harald () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-09-17 6:57:43
Message-ID: 1cc7d65c0709162357l146d961ob5fb283c27c40803 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Ok, so everyone agrees on making it 100% branded...

Aaron, please announce the old, new, branded name ;-)

On 9/17/07, Mark Kretschmann <kretschmann@kde.org> wrote:
>
> On 9/17/07, Harald Sitter <harald@getamarok.com> wrote:
> > On Monday 17 September 2007 08:14:34 Mark Kretschmann wrote:
> > > On 9/17/07, Aaron Krill <aaron@getamarok.org> wrote:
> > > > My name is Aaron Krill, and I am the new manager/maintainer/guru of
> > > > Amarok's latest and greatest endeavor, Radio Anorak. Radio Anorak is
> a
> > > > new community radio for users of Amarok.
> > >
> > > As Seb said, welcome on board Aaron :) But about the name: Wouldn't it
> > > be better to call it simply "Radio Amarok"? I can see how this
> > > Anorak/Amarok thing might turn out confusing for some people.
> >
> > I am pretty sure it was you who told me to use anorak beacuse it's fun
> and
> > stuff -.-
>
> Hehe yeah, it was my idea originally. And I still think it's funny.
> But the joke is lost on most people. Not even Seb knew that Anorak is
> also a term for "geek", because geeks wear Anoraks. Apparently this is
> really only known in the UK.
>
> In the UK it is/was a common geek hobby to sit at a train station
> station and take photos of trains. It's called "trainspotting". And
> because the weather is often so bad there, they often wear Anoraks. So
> it has become popular to call geeks Anoraks ;)
>
> --
> Mark
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Ok, so everyone agrees on making it 100% branded... <br><br>Aaron, please announce \
the old, new, branded name ;-)<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/17/07, <b \
class="gmail_sendername">Mark Kretschmann</b> &lt;<a \
href="mailto:kretschmann@kde.org"> kretschmann@kde.org</a>&gt; \
wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On 9/17/07, Harald Sitter \
&lt;<a href="mailto:harald@getamarok.com"> harald@getamarok.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br>&gt; On Monday 17 September 2007 08:14:34 Mark Kretschmann wrote:<br>&gt; \
&gt; On 9/17/07, Aaron Krill &lt;<a \
href="mailto:aaron@getamarok.org">aaron@getamarok.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br> &gt; &gt; \
&gt; My name is Aaron Krill, and I am the new manager/maintainer/guru of<br>&gt; &gt; \
&gt; Amarok&#39;s latest and greatest endeavor, Radio Anorak. Radio Anorak is \
a<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; new community radio for users of Amarok. <br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; \
&gt; As Seb said, welcome on board Aaron :) But about the name: Wouldn&#39;t \
it<br>&gt; &gt; be better to call it simply &quot;Radio Amarok&quot;? I can see how \
this<br>&gt; &gt; Anorak/Amarok thing might turn out confusing for some people. \
<br>&gt;<br>&gt; I am pretty sure it was you who told me to use anorak beacuse \
it&#39;s fun and<br>&gt; stuff -.-<br><br>Hehe yeah, it was my idea originally. And I \
still think it&#39;s funny.<br>But the joke is lost on most people. Not even Seb knew \
that Anorak is <br>also a term for &quot;geek&quot;, because geeks wear Anoraks. \
Apparently this is<br>really only known in the UK.<br><br>In the UK it is/was a \
common geek hobby to sit at a train station<br>station and take photos of trains. \
It&#39;s called &quot;trainspotting&quot;. And <br>because the weather is often so \
bad there, they often wear Anoraks. So<br>it has become popular to call geeks Anoraks \
;)<br><br>--<br>Mark<br>_______________________________________________<br>Amarok-promo \
mailing list <br><a href="mailto:Amarok-promo@kde.org">Amarok-promo@kde.org</a><br><a \
href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-promo">https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-promo</a><br></blockquote></div><br>




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