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One thing Jack and I had talked about before he passed away was having an AN fish scale over at the Georgia aquarium. I think it would be appropriate for us to have something to remember Jack by that's more permanent than the floral arrangement we sent. Below are the requirements for what you can put on the fish scales.
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We have enough money left over from people's donations to purchase multiple fish, so don't let the 12 character 2 line restriction limit you, but keep in mind how it will fall out when the words are spread out over multiple scales. Google is your frenemy. Caveat Emptor - Latin for tough titty I tend to interpret things in the way that's most hilarious to me |
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Jack Frost IV
Friend, Son Laser Apes Forever - AN LoCash, U R Missed - AN (Look, I hate that texting crap as much as the next person, but it *fits*) Last edited by Kickaha : 2005-06-08 at 14:49. |
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A Fish
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OK, A fish called nova is a bit shit, but if Jack wanted it to be a apple nova fish then it needs something to relate it to here!
I like the the Jack Frost IV, Friend, Son one - Something like that would be great as a memory of Jack, but also another one that is just AN related. How big is the fish? Could we pay a bit more and get something a bit special? OK, I have given up keeping this sig up to date. Lets just say I'm the guy that installs every latest version as soon as its available! |
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Damn, you're right.
Jack Frost 4 ? :/ |
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JackRFrostIV or JackFrostIV?
I like the Friend, Son one also. |
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Can one of you ring them and see if they can do a 1 off, 13 character line?
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[edit]: Actually, I just tried it, and JackFrost IV looks the best IMO. |
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Remember folks, we're not limited to a single fish. Therefore messages over 24 characters in length are possible, and to be honest I'd like to have something more substantial that just 24 characters will allow.
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Yes, but we can't guarantee that the scales will line up as we expect them to. At best, they'll still be offset to "lock" into the right shapes.
Though, I see what you mean. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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What about:
Jack's House AppleNova Though I don't think its quite as good as JackFrost IV. Just throwing it out there. |
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Perhaps somebody can talk to the people there to make an arrangement so that we know how several scales would be lined up. We're going to buy a bunch, so they might be willing to do that little service for us.
Edit: I like CubeDude's message. Short and precise |
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Though, if they could guarantee our fishies would be in a row it might be fun to experiment with groups of words. So it goes. |
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>709> looks good. We'll need to get his parents' prior approval.
FJ |
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While the concept of 'evergreen' perpetually-relevant writing is nice, I don't think we should discount things that may make sense now but lose meaning as years go by...
Domains change (what if we'd had one called AppleInsider for Jack), and there's no guarantee URLs will even look the same decades from now (telephones used to be Pennsylvania 6-5000 before they went to 7, 8 and 10 digits). My point is that we shouldn't rule out concepts based solely on "no one will get it in x years". If we're getting a 'school' of fish as a garoupa (pun!) AppleNova - on one line works dot com - on the line underneath would work too. Whether or not our URL will exist or even look the same in 2020 isn't necessarily a deal-breaker for me, since in the interim folks might connect the dots and experience the community life in The House that Jack Built. Given that attitude (as I expressed in chat last week), I don't have a problem with adding some humour that again, might not be as meaningful x years hence, but will bring a chuckle to the current generation. OMGWTFBBQ!! while meaningless to many, was germane to Jack and may be comedy gold for geeks. As for getting names to fit that friends can connect, how about... JackRFrostIV aka LoCash, aka M3dJack aka corner4j TurboRodent, MarmotDeacon or various mix and match combinations based on which name rings the most bells. |
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25 chars of wasted space.
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Jack R Frost
IV applenova '05 remember applenova Jack R Frost LoCash remember LoCash You can't capture LoCash in 24 chars. |
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The fish that Jack built (AN)
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Oh wow, I thought it was like an adopt a fish program. A personalised fish scale? What a weird idea. I gather it forms part of a whole fish. How big is the entire fish and what type of fishy is it (no reason, just like to know). Only 12 characters. Bet plenty of people have struggled with that limitation.
Loved the pun 'burb. So bad it was good. Thought they all had their merits but Kickaha's friend son one. What a bummer about the name not fitting. Leaving the gaps out troubles the anally (one L or 2?) retentive perfectionist in me. Jack-LoCash or Jack/LoCash m/b? Alcimedes, I haven't forgotten. It will happen, though possibly not until next week now. Lots of bad shit going down the last two weeks, for some reason. Bad shit happening to me, bad shit happening to people around me. No like. Want it to stop. |
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I have no ideas beyond what has already been said, but I think it's a great idea.
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had to think about that one, almost wrote decifering) standard English ^ see odd spaces and line breaks grammar is a significant challenge, let alone anything more complex. Where was I. Oh yeah. I know it's not anal-retentive. That's some stupid or stoopid American expression. Or part of the joke I'm not getting. I've checked. It's two Ls. Anally retentive. ANally retentive! God I got the dictionary out. The real dictionary. I don't remember the last time I used a real dictionary. Hells bells. |
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Here's a line from Hamlet:
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. EDIT: ("Sing thee/To thy rest" could work as well; it may even look better when "scaled") Last edited by LudwigVan : 2005-06-08 at 22:15. Reason: Postscript |
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Anyway, I like the idea of some humour, some sentiment. LoCash's Laser Apes I like HOM's suggestion. Or burb's OMFGBBQ!!/!!1ONE1!!1 Anything more personal and sentimental I'll leave to people that were closer to him. |
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Personally, I'd like to see
Jack Frost IV Friend. Reverend. Asshole. .... there aren't enough fish scales for what I'd like to say, and unfortunately giving Jack shit isn't quite the same anymore. I think just something simple and kind, yet since its being organized by AN something connecting it with that wouldn't be bad either. |
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