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DanRRight
Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Posts: 2820 Location: South Pole, Antarctica
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:06 am Post subject: One of California fires was called Slink |
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near Yosemite and lake Tahoe. This year we almost were burned. And looks like new wave may come if believe forecasts with +43C temperatures in a few days. |
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Robert
Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 445 Location: Manchester
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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What does slink mean in this context? |
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DanRRight
Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Posts: 2820 Location: South Pole, Antarctica
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 12:10 am Post subject: |
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I'm curious too. To all fires and hurricanes someone assigns their names. The one who gave this name used this Fortran compiler ? |
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mecej4
Joined: 31 Oct 2006 Posts: 1886
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:34 am Post subject: |
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Brand names (of software, toys, food products) are usually selected/coined so as not to match common words, especially those with pejorative senses.
Perhaps this fire slunk in?
The Slinky toy has been with us for decades, and "slink" can mean "give birth to prematurely".
There is a brand of tyre gauges and air pumps named "Slime"! Anyone remember "slime in the ice machine" Marvin Zindler? |
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PaulLaidler Site Admin
Joined: 21 Feb 2005 Posts: 7928 Location: Salford, UK
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 6:32 am Post subject: |
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Slink, a verb - to move smoothly and quietly with gliding steps, in a stealthy or sensuous manner.
Or formerly the Salford linker, now the Silverfrost linker. Was there any thought in the naming about it running smoothing? Probably not but I think that it does. |
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Robert
Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 445 Location: Manchester
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:36 am Post subject: |
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I assume it was for Salford Linker. Salford Software couldn't ship the Microsoft COFF linker for FTN77/Win32 so a new one was written. It took quite a long time as I recall probably because it had to cope with lots of the COFF specification that in the end was not utilised. |
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John-Silver
Joined: 30 Jul 2013 Posts: 1520 Location: Aerospace Valley
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Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | The Slink Fire was reported on August 29th at 6 p.m. in the Slinkard Valley southwest of Topaz Lake. It is burning inPonderosa Pine, Pinyon-Juniper and mixed conifer and was a result of recent lightning in the area.
The fire has grown to 18,665 acres, with 15% containment.
Evacuations are no longer in effect for Cunningham Lane south to the town of Walker. Highway 395 is open. |
... named after the valey in which it is burnng (started?) then ? _________________ ''Computers (HAL and MARVIN excepted) are incredibly rigid. They question nothing. Especially input data.Human beings are incredibly trusting of computers and don't check input data. Together cocking up even the simplest calculation ... " |
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DanRRight
Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Posts: 2820 Location: South Pole, Antarctica
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Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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good catch |
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IanLambley
Joined: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 490 Location: Sunderland
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:28 am Post subject: |
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For the benefit of our cousins across the pond, the past tense of:
Slink is slinked, present tense is slinking.
Dive is dived, present tense is diving.
Sneak is sneaked, present tense is sneaking.
And while I am getting things off my chest, the word "Buoy" is pronounced "boy" as in "Bouyant" and Buoyancy". Not Boo-eee!
Do not believe the "Webster's Dictionary of Misspelled words"
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Robert
Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 445 Location: Manchester
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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...and colour is pronounced color. Hmm... |
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IanLambley
Joined: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 490 Location: Sunderland
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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Whereas, it should really be pronounced "colØr", where the leter"Ø" is as used in Norwegian! |
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LitusSaxonicum
Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 2388 Location: Yateley, Hants, UK
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 10:43 am Post subject: |
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And the meaning of 'sketchy' is? |
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John-Silver
Joined: 30 Jul 2013 Posts: 1520 Location: Aerospace Valley
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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that dictionary referred to is mis-spelled too !!! _________________ ''Computers (HAL and MARVIN excepted) are incredibly rigid. They question nothing. Especially input data.Human beings are incredibly trusting of computers and don't check input data. Together cocking up even the simplest calculation ... " |
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Robert
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mecej4
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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Ms. Spellings was Secretary of Education in the G.W. Bush administration (US). |
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