From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ob0-x231.google.com (mail-ob0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F193F21F373; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:10:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obcwp18 with SMTP id wp18so17398168obc.6; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:10:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=vu4kDPMAazLkwcELjhRpgolI0K/h3TiU4q1vqW9eOqM=; b=MuKX08W04Jn6XAO3qLyPCZWq9uZymVxRR7ulOHFjvq2WVw0z4QFDVPRSSpW6IIvWMw NQGZw1f1e385w6TFqzxt1OeQ58on7loecPoFLeL5EuEh1mLvonFXxkcCxAuOs/XdpeSm iN+Wtwi84azHKU1foHZCgPHR73nBBh72KKgL48G6ikJ8av1i1VHOVazme+5QkTJ0JPQ1 /hMMdrg2zPoOt4BW50I7jBX/dnMcXrPvgJu5Z40aTQQBHA9ztIPqDiIT5x9nOhYZ8Tlk IkeFfSzEbv778sFYYp9OgVJ58gpdl+nmxwmYcCrjiRcqaBh54S7oZnqlP/JQaHT0x9Ys IXoQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.98.164 with SMTP id ej4mr1063432obb.0.1426205457813; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:10:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.202.51.66 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:10:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <550221CD.8030606@hp.com> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:10:57 -0700 Message-ID: From: Dave Taht To: Rick Jones , "cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: bloat Subject: Re: [Bloat] marketing #102 - giving netperf-wrapper a better name? X-BeenThere: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: General list for discussing Bufferbloat List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:11:27 -0000 while I am at it the us trademark db is here: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=3Dtess&state=3D4802:nateox.1.1 and welcome to the early 00s in terms of UI! I do hope someone here comes up with a good idea for a better name, as we sit and brainstorm for a while, here. The best I have come up with yet is pretty terrible - bload - pronounced "blowed". On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Dave Taht wrote: > I am just going to stand aside for a while... I would like to have a > file extension that worked (and also a website name that worked). > > You can do searches on: > > http://www.file-extensions.org/ > > and > > various whois sites > > for domain names. > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Rick Jones wrote: >> On 03/12/2015 04:01 PM, Dave Taht wrote: >>> >>> as netperf-wrapper has grown to include far more tests than netperf, >>> with quite a few more on their way, calling it this is increasingly >>> less appropriate: >>> >>> A noted cynic wrote me privately last month, about netperf-wrapper: >>> >>> 'why don't you rename the friggin thing "bufferbloat" or >>> "bloattest" or something? Netperf-wrapper is a terrible name, >>> seemingly still whatever the programmer called it when he wrote the >>> first sketchy version, one step up from "foo"' >>> >>> Hmm... we need a name with more foo, for sure, a better, more >>> descriptive name. Anyone got any ideas? Maybe run a contest somewhere? >> >> >> Well, not that I dislike the "netperf" name :) but I'll toss a few strip= es >> onto the bikeshed: >> >> *) bloat-probe >> *) tortoise (ok, it is measuring bloat/latency not speed but still) >> *) BMI (Bloat Measurement Index/Investigator/Illuminator ?-) >> *) bloat-watcher >> *) bloat-finder >> *) bloated >> *) blubber >> *) Ahab >> >> rick >> >>> One (technical) hope would be to find a good file extension for the >>> output, so it could be more easily parsed by browsers... but to heck >>> with that... a better name? >>> >>> Toke had some ideas also: >>> >>> - NQT - http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/NQT - I especially like >>> "Not Quite There". nqt.org points to this: >>> http://dyslexiafoundation.org/nqt/ >>> >>> - NetQual - http://www.qoesystems.com/NETQUAL.html >>> >>> - NQ-tester - doesn't seem to be taken by anything obvious >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bloat mailing list >> Bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat > > > > -- > Dave T=C3=A4ht > Let's make wifi fast, less jittery and reliable again! > > https://plus.google.com/u/0/107942175615993706558/posts/TVX3o84jjmb --=20 Dave T=C3=A4ht Let's make wifi fast, less jittery and reliable again! https://plus.google.com/u/0/107942175615993706558/posts/TVX3o84jjmb