Sorry, can't resist :-)

    Any  time  I  see  such  a  name for a piece of software, I'm
    trying to figure out what the single characters  could  stand
    for.  Thus I'm looking for a good interpretation of TOAST. So
    far I have

        Tuple
        Outgrown
        Attribute
        Storage
        Technique

    It somehow reflects what the toaster should do for us.

    Well, outgrown could be replaced by obscure,  off-beat,  off-
    side,  omnipotent,  outcast  and  many more. Omnipotent is my
    second choice.

    Some other ideas?


Jan

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Tue, 21 Dec 1999 01:36:09 +0100 (MET)
wieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck)
T-O-A-S-T meaning
> Sorry, can't resist :-)
> 
>     Any  time  I  see  such  a  name for a piece of software, I'm
>     trying to figure out what the single characters  could  stand
>     for.  Thus I'm looking for a good interpretation of TOAST. So
>     far I have
> 
>         Tuple
>         Outgrown
>         Attribute
>         Storage
>         Technique

    Tuple Overflow Attribute Storage Technique

I thought "slicer" would be more natural.


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Mon, 20 Dec 1999 21:09:10 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: [HACKERS] T-O-A-S-T meaning
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> Thus I'm looking for a good interpretation of TOAST. So
>> far I have
>> 
>> Tuple
>> Outgrown
>> Attribute
>> Storage
>> Technique

>     Tuple Overflow Attribute Storage Technique

The Outsized-Attribute Storage Technique ?

> I thought "slicer" would be more natural.

Only if you can provide an acronym...

I have a project slogan, if Jan wants one:

"TOAST --- the best thing since sliced bread!"

			regards, tom lane

Mon, 20 Dec 1999 23:53:42 -0500
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: [HACKERS] T-O-A-S-T meaning 
> The Outsized-Attribute Storage Technique ?
> 
> > I thought "slicer" would be more natural.
> 
> Only if you can provide an acronym...
> 
> I have a project slogan, if Jan wants one:
> 
> "TOAST --- the best thing since sliced bread!"

Nice.

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Tue, 21 Dec 1999 00:48:25 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: [HACKERS] T-O-A-S-T meaning
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > The Outsized-Attribute Storage Technique ?
> > 
> > > I thought "slicer" would be more natural.
> > 
> > Only if you can provide an acronym...
> > 
> > I have a project slogan, if Jan wants one:
> > 
> > "TOAST --- the best thing since sliced bread!"
> 
> Nice.

And don't forget the theme song by Haywood Banks.

Vince.
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Tue, 21 Dec 1999 06:27:12 -0500 (EST)
Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
Re: [HACKERS] T-O-A-S-T meaning
> > The Outsized-Attribute Storage Technique ?
> >
> > "TOAST --- the best thing since sliced bread!"
>
> Nice.

    What can I say - LOL!

    And  I  don't  think that "slicer" fit's like that. It'll not
    only slice 'em, it can squeeze them  into  the  master  tuple
    too.

    High  cross-bar  (is  that  the right wording?) though, but I
    like it.


Jan

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Tue, 21 Dec 1999 16:23:50 +0100 (MET)
wieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck)
Re: [HACKERS] T-O-A-S-T meaning
> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > > The Outsized-Attribute Storage Technique ?
> > > 
> > > > I thought "slicer" would be more natural.
> > > 
> > > Only if you can provide an acronym...
> > > 
> > > I have a project slogan, if Jan wants one:
> > > 
> > > "TOAST --- the best thing since sliced bread!"
> > 
> > Nice.
> 
> And don't forget the theme song by Haywood Banks.

Can I have a title?  Maybe I can find an MP3 of it.

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Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:59:12 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: [HACKERS] T-O-A-S-T meaning
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 
> > > > The Outsized-Attribute Storage Technique ?
> > > > 
> > > > > I thought "slicer" would be more natural.
> > > > 
> > > > Only if you can provide an acronym...
> > > > 
> > > > I have a project slogan, if Jan wants one:
> > > > 
> > > > "TOAST --- the best thing since sliced bread!"
> > > 
> > > Nice.
> > 
> > And don't forget the theme song by Haywood Banks.
> 
> Can I have a title?  Maybe I can find an MP3 of it.
> 
> 

Yep.  Toast.  He's got a website: www.haywoodbanks.com   

Vince.
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Tue, 21 Dec 1999 12:02:56 -0500 (EST)
Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
Re: [HACKERS] T-O-A-S-T meaning
> The Outsized-Attribute Storage Technique ?

The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique??

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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 17:16:10 +0000
Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
Re: [HACKERS] T-O-A-S-T meaning