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Why on earth do people name their servers and programs and robots Amanda?

Date: 2002-06-24 01:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] egosumquisum.livejournal.com
In latin, amanda means "a woman (or other singular feminine entity) who will be (or MUST be) loved", or "things (neuter plural) that will/must be loved".

I suppose its a good thing to name your babies, wheher they are made of flesh or of bits, so that when they inevitably leave your care they will surely...by virtue of their names alone...be loved.

Date: 2002-06-24 02:05 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Maybe the guys who program it just think its cute.

Date: 2002-06-24 05:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buscemi.livejournal.com
Because they're all fans of Boston?

Date: 2002-06-24 09:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] water-damage.livejournal.com
Because there's nothing more fabulous than an amanda. They are all bowing down to your awesome sexual power.

Re:

Date: 2002-06-24 09:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsarina.livejournal.com
Very romantic.
Now to find someone who must love me.
(thanks)

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Date: 2002-06-24 09:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsarina.livejournal.com
Perhaps so. I just find it odd that I see it so often. Why not Amy, or Caroline?

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Date: 2002-06-24 09:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsarina.livejournal.com
Oh not that song! Eee. There's a much better Waylon Jennings song about an Amanda. (At least I think it's Waylon. Could be wrong there.)

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Date: 2002-06-24 09:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsarina.livejournal.com
Hahaha. Lovely. Miss Natalie, you're going to make my head swell up like a balloon. ;)

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Date: 2002-06-24 09:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] water-damage.livejournal.com
:-) It won't diminish your voodoo at all. They are all prostrate to it. It's sortof like the One Ring.

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Date: 2002-06-24 09:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsarina.livejournal.com
Hah! I just need to figure out which ring I own is really the One Ring in disguise. Mwuhahaha.

Date: 2002-06-24 11:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bobjones.livejournal.com
"advanced maryland automatic network disk archiver" says it all.

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Date: 2002-06-25 06:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsarina.livejournal.com
It's weird. I remember back when I did research at PcO, I was always turning up stuff like that.
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