Werewolf -> Sulphur -> <blank>? Sulphur is a <blank>, <NewName> is a <blank>

Horst H. von Brand vonbrand at inf.utfsm.cl
Sat May 24 20:09:21 UTC 2008


HM Eng.Prowip <eng at prowip.net.br> wrote:
> On Friday 23 May 2008 21:13:32 Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> > On May 22, 2008, Josh Boyer <jwboyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Let the naming begin!  We're starting very early this time around in
> > > the name game for F10.  So, let the suggestions flow!
> >
> > Xenon, Neon and Carbide appear to name existing software products
> > already, but Oil, Deuterium and sulphur are other kinds of lamps, more
> > specifically, other materials used to build lamps, and I couldn't find
> > any programs using these names.
> >
> > Pyrethrum, nicotine and sulphur are inseticides, they kills bugs!
> >
> > Charcoal, nitrate and sulphur are components of gunpowder.
> >
> > Fire and sulfur (brimstone) are major features of hell.
> >
> > Sulfur, Mercury and Salt are the Three Primes of alchemy.

Phlogiston came quite close to sulphur in the (corresponding, obsolete)
chemical theory.
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