Name The MySql Dolphin

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Posted by Hemos on Wednesday January 9, 2002 @03:48AM from the not-willy dept.

JayBonci writes: "In case you all missed it, everyone's favorite database engine, mysql is having the name the mySql dolphin contest, and everyone is invited. Nothing like a million suggestions to choose from to help them out. Not only that, but it might be a good time to help them choose a better name than some other attempts at open marketing submissions." Bill! Thom! Nguyen! Samwise! Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate!

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I name this dolphin.... by phyberop · 2002-01-09 03:49 · Score: 3, Funny

... flipper. Seems like the obvious choise ;)

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1. Re:I name this dolphin.... by Bob+McCown · 2002-01-09 03:59 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  or better yet...
that's easy by anser · 2002-01-09 03:51 · Score: 5, Funny

I will nominate: Bottleneck (the Bottlenose)
Maybe if it bulked up a bit.. by dat00ket · 2002-01-09 03:51 · Score: 5, Funny

The could call it Dolphin Lundgren
SQueaL by kitts · 2002-01-09 03:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Not bad, eh? EH?

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1. Re:SQueaL by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-09 04:02 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Only if you dont use lube...
I want to name it... by cr@ckwhore · 2002-01-09 03:52 · Score: 5, Funny

I want to name it "tuna", because a can of tuna tastes better with dolphin.

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1. Re:I want to name it... by dark_panda · 2002-01-09 04:55 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  And don't forget, you can tune a database, but you can't tuna fish.
  
  (blatantly modified from tunefs(8) manpage)
  
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Chicken of the Sea? by wiredog · 2002-01-09 03:52 · Score: 3, Funny

Or "Starkist"?

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Howard. by dschuetz · 2002-01-09 03:55 · Score: 3, Funny

It's obvious.

fnord!
I don't get it by Britney · 2002-01-09 03:57 · Score: 5, Funny

What's the Porpoise of this?

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How about GameCube? by Uttles · 2002-01-09 03:57 · Score: 2, Funny

...er, wait, Nintendo already took that path...

(intended as humor, please don't flame me oh mighty moderators)

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Senor SQueakLy by decipher_saint · 2002-01-09 04:00 · Score: 3, Funny

*crickets chirping*

err nevermind...

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Humpy by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-09 04:04 · Score: 2, Funny

I don't care what they say, that dolphin is definitely doing something unnatural to the rest of the logo. "Humpy" or "Frisky" are my votes.
Oh Great! by mESSDan · 2002-01-09 04:05 · Score: 5, Funny

First, they name the dolphin. Next, we get mandatory addons for MySQL that popup a cartoonish animation of the newly named dolphin everytime we click on something in the menu.
Then they're going to record some dolphin sounds, so everytime we do anything in MySQL, we get to hear "eeeeee-eEeeEeeEee eeeeeEEeeeee"
(popup)"Do you want to know about 'Primary Key'? eeEEEeeeeeeeee-eEEEEEeeeeeeE!"
Ahh heck, lets just call it Clippy. Hmm. Or maybe Tuna. Yeah.

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1. Re:Oh Great! by kitts · 2002-01-09 04:38 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Ahh heck, lets just call it Clippy.
  
  Uh oh. "Flippy".
  
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Dont' be like SuSE by cloudmaster · 2002-01-09 04:06 · Score: 4, Funny

SuSE certainly got a bunch of good names for their chameleon a while back, but decided that the worst entry should win. "Geeko?" Please MySQL folk, for the love of Pete, don't pick the dorkiest name possible... :)
The obvious choice by TheWhiteOtaku · 2002-01-09 04:08 · Score: 2, Funny

The obvious choice is Samuel McSamuelson. No reason, it's just a funny sounding name.

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1. Re:The obvious choice by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-09 04:15 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Well fuck you.
  
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I think they should go with... by Hugh+Kir · 2002-01-09 04:08 · Score: 5, Funny

CowboyNeal. This would grant the dolphin instant name recognition within the geek community, and would save space on the "What's your favorite open source mascot?" Slashdot poll.
Target demographic error by CaptainAlbert · 2002-01-09 04:10 · Score: 5, Funny

From the competition website:

> If your suggestion wins, you will receive three
> custom-made T-shirts with the message 'I named
> the MySQL Dolphin' as well as a Palm IIIC with
> Camera. Three T-shirts, because when one shirt
> is in the laundry, you still have two other
> shirts to wear!

This kinda presupposes that the sort of people who hack MySQL actually *do* any laundry :)

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Re:MySQL by kitts · 2002-01-09 04:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Why the hell do all open source applications have an animal mascot?

Quiet you. What would you rather? Paperclips?

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Screw MySQL... by dasmegabyte · 2002-01-09 04:20 · Score: 5, Funny

does the PostgreSQL elephant have a name? I vote for "stampy."

Seriously, though, what kind of a logo is a dolphin for a database? When I think of dolphins, I think of these unreliable, playful creatures that basically live the life of riley, eating fish and playing tricks on sailors all day long. Whereas an elephant...well, they never forget, do they?

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Ginger? Segway? IT? by nanojath · 2002-01-09 04:20 · Score: 3, Funny

Man all the good names are taken

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Suessian by jheywood · 2002-01-09 04:21 · Score: 2, Funny

Hmmmm. If not Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate, then maybe Sir Michael Carmichael Zutt....

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is there a *neal option? by fenux · 2002-01-09 04:25 · Score: 2, Funny

maybe whe should have a slashpoll about it.. but then again dolneal/myneal or whatever isn't likely to be accepted as the official name for the mysql dolphin .. myabe dotphin might be something... naaah
From the far side... by His+name+cannot+be+s · 2002-01-09 04:25 · Score: 2, Funny

I think we're getting another one of those
"habla a spanole" sounds.

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Shhhh by Uttles · 2002-01-09 04:26 · Score: 2, Funny

Don't give Billy any ideas... I mean the Butterfly thing is fading out, they're probably looking for a new one...

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Re:CELESTE. by Leven+Valera · 2002-01-09 04:27 · Score: 5, Funny

Or you could name him JOIN, because it'll be a constant reminder to get around to writing it.

LV

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I like SamWise by Palapatine · 2002-01-09 04:27 · Score: 3, Funny

"Don't lose data Samwise SQL, Dont lose any"
And he doesnt intend to, he doesnt intend to.

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In the great tradtion.. by chabotc · 2002-01-09 04:36 · Score: 3, Funny

In the great tradtion of Clippy and other helpfull and friendly computer entities, i name you

'Fishy'
Re:MySQL by dkoyanagi · 2002-01-09 04:40 · Score: 5, Funny

For the halibut?
Coming soon... by Bazman · 2002-01-09 04:52 · Score: 4, Funny
- Name The Register's bird!
- Name Zope's Z-on-a-sphere!
- Name ZD-Net's slightly rotated red rectangle!
- Name Slashdot's rounded green corner!
Re:Delphi by Rupert · 2002-01-09 05:06 · Score: 3, Funny

The Oracle at Delphi was interpreted by the Pythoness.

[totally OT]
If the interpreting priestess had been a Cameless, the whole point of the Oracle ("this is what will happen") would have to be changed ("there's more than one way it could turn out").

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Re:MySQL by dmuth · 2002-01-09 05:32 · Score: 3, Funny

Why the hell do all open source applications have an animal mascot?
Animals can't file lawsuits against us under some obscure law.
May be in for a surprise by Rubbersoul · 2002-01-09 05:47 · Score: 4, Funny

I hope our friends over at Microsoft do not try to stuff the ballot box on this one as they have in the past

I can see it now:
In a surprise move the Mysql group has named their mascot "MS rules, use Microsft SQL server".

Very odd this will be.

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candygram by Alien+Being · 2002-01-09 06:44 · Score: 2, Funny

You're that sneaky land shark aren't you?

Ah, I'm just a porpoise ma'am.