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OS X 10.7 Name thread
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Yes, but mine was a palindromic rhetoric in response to rdowns' question in honor of his sig.
Felidae is the family name for all species of cats. Felidae is subdivided into many different species and subspecies. Big cats can roar but not purr and small cats can purr but not roar. The common house cat is in the family Felidae.
Dale
Edit: Never call a house cat "common"...
I am uncertain of the motive in your post... but I must make a few adjustments to your wording as to not confuse anyone here.
The last two sentences seem a bit irrelevant.
I'm an info junkie, that's all. If folks want to banter about new OSX names, that's fine. Just know what "big cat" means.
Dale
okay, we can choose from these:
o Chinese Mountain Cat (Felis bieti)
o Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
o Jungle Cat (Felis chaus)
o Pallas's Cat (Felis manul)
o Sand Cat (Felis margarita)
o Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes)
o Wild Cat (Felis silvestris)
o Iriomote Cat (Prionailurus iriomotensis)
o Flat-headed Cat (Prionailurus planiceps)
o Rusty-spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus)
o Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
o Cougar (Puma concolor)
o Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi)
o Canadian Lynx (Lynx canadensis)
o Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
o Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus)
o Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
o Pantanal Cat (Leopardus braccatus)
o Colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)
o Geoffroy's Cat (Leopardus geoffroyi)
o Kodkod (Leopardus guigna)
o Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus jacobitus)
o Pampas Cat (Leopardus pajeros)
o Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
o Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus)
o Margay (Leopardus wiedii)
o Serval (Leptailurus serval)
o Caracal (Caracal caracal)
o African Golden Cat (Profelis aurata)
o Bay Cat (Catopuma badia)
o Asian Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii)
o Marbled Cat (Pardofelis marmorata)
o Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
o Bornean Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi)
o Lion (Panthera leo)
o Chinese Mountain Cat (Felis bieti)
o Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
o Jungle Cat (Felis chaus)
o Pallas's Cat (Felis manul)
o Sand Cat (Felis margarita)
o Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes)
o Wild Cat (Felis silvestris)
o Iriomote Cat (Prionailurus iriomotensis)
o Flat-headed Cat (Prionailurus planiceps)
o Rusty-spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus)
o Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
o Cougar (Puma concolor)
o Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi)
o Canadian Lynx (Lynx canadensis)
o Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
o Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus)
o Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
o Pantanal Cat (Leopardus braccatus)
o Colocolo (Leopardus colocolo)
o Geoffroy's Cat (Leopardus geoffroyi)
o Kodkod (Leopardus guigna)
o Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus jacobitus)
o Pampas Cat (Leopardus pajeros)
o Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
o Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus)
o Margay (Leopardus wiedii)
o Serval (Leptailurus serval)
o Caracal (Caracal caracal)
o African Golden Cat (Profelis aurata)
o Bay Cat (Catopuma badia)
o Asian Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii)
o Marbled Cat (Pardofelis marmorata)
o Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
o Bornean Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi)
o Lion (Panthera leo)
the names are out - OS 10.7 Cougar and OS 10.8 Lynx!
So Apple sent Steve Jobs on a mission: find the last available cat names. His first instinct was to look under him. Sometimes the solutions to your problems are right under your nose.
Much to his dismay, he found nothing underneath him, and he also dropped his iPhone, which promptly exploded.
So, he decided to take a different route. So, he decided to do some internet research and looked at wikipedia.
That didn't work out. Although, he did have a lead: the Cougar. This immediately brought back pleasant memories of sleeping in the back of his 1989 Mercury Cougar while desperately trying to start up his previoUS computer company (he had more success when he changed the name).
So, he went off through Los Angeles looking for a Mercury Cougar, hoping to find further inspiration in his quest for cats; however, during his journey he suddenly came to the realization that those memories weren't so pleasant after all, so he lit a cigarette, downed half a bottle of Jack Daniels and by the time he found a Mercury Cougar, he became enraged and took his broken iPhone and wrote graffiti all over it in a drunken rage, threw the Jack Daniels at a nearby tree, and tossed his cigarette away.
He woke up the next day hungover, certain that he was about to be arrested any minute for vandalism. Fortunately for him, his lit cigarette and bottle of Jack Daniels turned out to be the perfect formula for removing evidence. Unfortunately for California, it was also the perfect formula for destroying half of Los Angeles.
So, he decided to name the next OS cougar.
But what would 10.8 be? After an extended 38 seconds of soulsearching, Steve decided that the only solution to his dilemma was to find his roots back in Africa. He caught a plane with JetBlue to Egypt, to search the great pyramids at Giza for the answer. Upon arrival, he was told that he could not exit the plane due to an unplanned event obscuring the runway.
After 4 1/2 hours on the tarmac, he was very upset, but he had an idea- he then took out his broken iPhone and smashed through the window of the plane. He jumped out, but suddenly discovered that an L-1011 was passing by the plane at that very moment, and found himself on the wing. The plane hadn't taken off yet, so, after a good degree of climbing, he made his way inside the plane, which was apparently bound for Moscow. "Great!" he said. "Now I'll never find another big cat. What kinds of cats live in Russia?"
He didn't know how wrong he was. After landing, he decided he would journey out into the wilderness of Russia. He then discovered that there were many animals that lived there that he was not aware of.
And then, he saw it. The cat he was looking for. But what was it?
He pulled out his Macbook, and looked it up. It was a lynx! To keep with tradition, he took out his sharpie and made his mark on the lynx and took a picture.
He then kindly gave the lynx a bath to wash off the sharpie marks. The lynx wasn't happy.
Steve headed back to Apple HQ to make the announcement. He was sure that these were the best names for the new OS. He rushed into the building, when one of his aides walked up to him.
"Steve, where have you been?"
"I've been everywhere. I've got something to tell you."
"I've got something to tell you, too!"
"This is more important, I found"
"I've got to tell you this! The tech guys have decided that we're switching to Mac OS XI next year. The new mascots will be dogs!"
"Uhh..."
So Apple sent Steve Jobs on a mission: find the last available cat names. His first instinct was to look under him. Sometimes the solutions to your problems are right under your nose.
Much to his dismay, he found nothing underneath him, and he also dropped his iPhone, which promptly exploded.
So, he decided to take a different route. So, he decided to do some internet research and looked at wikipedia.
That didn't work out. Although, he did have a lead: the Cougar. This immediately brought back pleasant memories of sleeping in the back of his 1989 Mercury Cougar while desperately trying to start up his previoUS computer company (he had more success when he changed the name).
So, he went off through Los Angeles looking for a Mercury Cougar, hoping to find further inspiration in his quest for cats; however, during his journey he suddenly came to the realization that those memories weren't so pleasant after all, so he lit a cigarette, downed half a bottle of Jack Daniels and by the time he found a Mercury Cougar, he became enraged and took his broken iPhone and wrote graffiti all over it in a drunken rage, threw the Jack Daniels at a nearby tree, and tossed his cigarette away.
He woke up the next day hungover, certain that he was about to be arrested any minute for vandalism. Fortunately for him, his lit cigarette and bottle of Jack Daniels turned out to be the perfect formula for removing evidence. Unfortunately for California, it was also the perfect formula for destroying half of Los Angeles.
So, he decided to name the next OS cougar.
But what would 10.8 be? After an extended 38 seconds of soulsearching, Steve decided that the only solution to his dilemma was to find his roots back in Africa. He caught a plane with JetBlue to Egypt, to search the great pyramids at Giza for the answer. Upon arrival, he was told that he could not exit the plane due to an unplanned event obscuring the runway.
After 4 1/2 hours on the tarmac, he was very upset, but he had an idea- he then took out his broken iPhone and smashed through the window of the plane. He jumped out, but suddenly discovered that an L-1011 was passing by the plane at that very moment, and found himself on the wing. The plane hadn't taken off yet, so, after a good degree of climbing, he made his way inside the plane, which was apparently bound for Moscow. "Great!" he said. "Now I'll never find another big cat. What kinds of cats live in Russia?"
He didn't know how wrong he was. After landing, he decided he would journey out into the wilderness of Russia. He then discovered that there were many animals that lived there that he was not aware of.
And then, he saw it. The cat he was looking for. But what was it?
He pulled out his Macbook, and looked it up. It was a lynx! To keep with tradition, he took out his sharpie and made his mark on the lynx and took a picture.
He then kindly gave the lynx a bath to wash off the sharpie marks. The lynx wasn't happy.
Steve headed back to Apple HQ to make the announcement. He was sure that these were the best names for the new OS. He rushed into the building, when one of his aides walked up to him.
"Steve, where have you been?"
"I've been everywhere. I've got something to tell you."
"I've got something to tell you, too!"
"This is more important, I found"
"I've got to tell you this! The tech guys have decided that we're switching to Mac OS XI next year. The new mascots will be dogs!"
"Uhh..."
Good Sugesstions, but...
My vote still goes for Liger.
Or, by now, apple could probably make up a cat name and we'd all think it was the coolest thing anyway, even if we don't believe it...
what about straying from the "big cat" thing and going into the "big scary animal" category instead?
GODZILLA!
You have to admit, it has a ring to it!
My vote still goes for Liger.
Or, by now, apple could probably make up a cat name and we'd all think it was the coolest thing anyway, even if we don't believe it...
what about straying from the "big cat" thing and going into the "big scary animal" category instead?
GODZILLA!
You have to admit, it has a ring to it!
10.7 - Cougar
10.8 - Lion
10.9 - King Cheetah (since 10.0 was Cheetah)
What will the next version be?
11.0 or 10.10?
Considering "MacOS X" is read "MacOS Ten", how is "MacOS X 10.6" read?
Mac OS Ten Ten dot Six?
MacOS X 11.0 = Mac OS Ten Eleven dot Oh?
MacOS X 10.10 = Mac OS Ten Ten dot Ten?
Maybe MacOS XI 1.0? lol....
I'm betting it'll be MacOS X 10.10
10.8 - Lion
10.9 - King Cheetah (since 10.0 was Cheetah)
What will the next version be?
11.0 or 10.10?
Considering "MacOS X" is read "MacOS Ten", how is "MacOS X 10.6" read?
Mac OS Ten Ten dot Six?
MacOS X 11.0 = Mac OS Ten Eleven dot Oh?
MacOS X 10.10 = Mac OS Ten Ten dot Ten?
Maybe MacOS XI 1.0? lol....
I'm betting it'll be MacOS X 10.10
Haha I think thats the best one yet, now if we can just get some box art for that
