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[Barth Netterfield]

I was thinking about KDE Data Explorer, but I worry that the acronym
may already be taken.

As to Netterplot, I would feel sort of uncomfortable with having my
name in the program name, though the German meaning is cool.

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Peter Kümmel <syntheticpp at gmx.net> wrote:
> Here my idea: nettplot
>
> There are no Google hits for "nettplot"
>
> It sound like netplot, but I found no programs with this name, only a
> web interface for gnuplot: http://lavica.fesb.hr/netplot/en/index.html
>
> nettplot is easy to remember, indicates the scope of the program:
> plotting. A disadvantage is the association with the net, but at least
> we we could plot files which resides on some network drive.
>
> Additionally 'nett' has a meaning in German: neat
> http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=&search=nett
>
> And most important, the founder's name starts with nett, so he couldn't
> say No ;)
>
>
>
> Or even better: netterplot
> The German word 'netter' translates to "more neat"
>
> And we are not alone with the prefix netter
>
> http://www.netteranatomy.com
> http://www.nettervibration.com machines
> http://www.netterimages.com  medical illustrator Netter
> http://www.netterreference.com
> http://www.netterconstruction.com
>
> so why no netterplot.***?
>
> But maybe the English meaning of netter is misleading, or
> we say X/Y coordinate system is a net, a netterplot is the
> one who does it.
>
> And again Netter also has meaning in the history of kst ;)
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> Am Sonntag, den 22.08.2010, 18:43 +1000 schrieb Ben Lewis:
>> I like really KST because it's short but acronyms can be hard to
>> remember... was it KST, KTS or KSB?
>>
>> Maybe giving it a meaning would make it more memorable e.g. Kde
>> Scientic Trending.
>>
>> If you're looking for ideas proplot.com and testplot.com are
>> available.
>>
>> Cheers, Ben
>>
>> On 22/08/2010 7:49 AM, Barth Netterfield wrote:
>> > I chose kst because it started with a k and was only three letters
>> > long :-)  I normally run it from the command line.
>> >
>> > I originally thought of it as a chart recorder or 'stripchart'.
>> >
>> > I don't have a better name (yet) but a good app slogan might be
>> > "explore your data."
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > C. Barth Netterfield
>> > University of Toronto
>> > 416-845-0946
>> >
>> > On Aug 21, 2010 5:04 PM, <nicolas.brisset at free.fr> wrote:
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > yes that can only help, unless FITS support is not
>> > production-ready yet (I'm not a FITS user, I have no idea how good
>> > the support is compared to the other tools people can use to work
>> > with FITS).
>> > > In the same order of ideas, I think I once mailed the CDF and
>> > netCDF sites to tell them kst had gained support for them (at least
>> > partly, we should still extend it) but I don't think they ever
>> > updated their web pages.
>> > >
>> > > By the way, strangely nobody commented on my suggestion to change
>> > the name of the application (at least for the 2.x series). If we
>> > ever want to go that way, now would be a good time and we should do
>> > it *before* advertising the new version!
>> > > Does anybody have an opinion on that?
>> > > I am personnally in favor of it. Barth, I don't know where the
>> > name comes from and please don't be offended but I find the name
>> > neither expressive (who could gather the idea that it's a plotting
>> > tool from the name?) nor "sexy". I've not given it much thought, but
>> > to kick off the brainstorming I'd suggest "powerplot" or
>> > "powerplotter". That would surely increase the hit rate by Google
>> > when looking for plot tools, especially if we create a site with
>> > that string in the URL as I've noticed that sites with keywords in
>> > the URL seem to get high scores. And more people may want to give it
>> > a try.
>> > > OK, I've just seen that this name is already taken. So let's just
>> > use it as an incentive to unleash your creativity!
>> > >
>> > > Nicolas
>> > > ----- "Peter Kümmel" <syntheticpp at gmx.net> a écrit :
>> > >
>> > >> nicolas.brisset at free.fr:
>> > >> > 2) we definitely need *more press work*.
>> > >>
>> > >> We could list Kst in the various file-format articles in
>> > Wikipedia.
>> > >>
>> > >> For instance somewhere in the section "Using FITS files" at
>> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FITS
>> > >>
>> > >> Peter
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
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C. Barth Netterfield
University of Toronto
416-845-0946