Let's See if we can wipe Vista off this list!

[perlluver]

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/name_ISS/index.html, write in Ubuntu, and lets see if we can get this named Ubuntu. It would extremely awesome to have an Ubuntu named node in space. Let's do it guys.

[damis648]

On it! w00t!:popcorn:

[cmay]

sorry i failed.
i cant enter the right letters on the verification they ask me for ,for what ever reason they do that. i really start to dislike these captchas orwhat ever thay are called.
i pray many of the users who resides in these forums will be able to do the job and earn our name in space.

[perlluver]

sorry i failed.
i cant enter the right letters on the verification they ask me for ,for what ever reason they do that. i really start to dislike these captchas orwhat ever thay are called.
i pray many of the users who resides in these forums will be able to do the job and earn our name in space.

I hear you, I have had it with them capthca's they are annoying, and 90% can't be read. I guess I got lucky being able to read one of them.

[Naiki Muliaina]

Voted ^^

[hyperdude111]

Voted

[khelben1979]

Voted!

[my window broke]

Voted!

Who in the world put Vista as a name?

[joey-elijah]

I voted....

...for Serenity.

BROWNCOATS PWN!

[fluteflute]

Voted!

[Darkhack]

I already voted before I saw this thread. If you noticed, Colbert is the most suggested name and that's the one I voted for. The name is from Stephen Colbert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert), the host of an American television show called The Colbert Report (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colbert_Report) which is a humorous news show. It's kind of The Onion for those who are familiar with it.

Last week on his show, he asked viewers to vote for the name Colbert. This isn't the first time he's pulled stunts like this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colbert_bump#Cultural_impact). In fact, it has come under the name "Colbert Bump" which refers to a noticeable spike in popularity once mentioned on his show. For example, the day Firefox 3 was released, it was mentioned on his show and that night Mozilla noticed an increase in the number of download shortly after the episode aired.

I realize that a lot of UbuntuForum member's aren't American. That's why I went through that explanation. I think it would be really amazing if we could get it named Ubuntu, but it seems like Colbert is going to keep its top spot.

[myusername]

voted. i wanted to vote colbert... i wish he could have run for president.

[damis648]

sorry i failed.
i cant enter the right letters on the verification they ask me for ,for what ever reason they do that. i really start to dislike these captchas orwhat ever thay are called.
i pray many of the users who resides in these forums will be able to do the job and earn our name in space.

Took me a while too, you have to put the letters in uppercase.:popcorn:

[tuxsheadache]

Voted
My firefly geek nature pulled me towards serenity, but I held out for you guys.

[Le-Froid]

Voted! ..for colbert

[perlluver]

Yeah I see Colbert, but I don't want anything to ramp up his ego anymore, so I will continue to try to wipe his name off there too.

[PhoHammer]

sorry i failed.
i cant enter the right letters on the verification they ask me for ,for what ever reason they do that. i really start to dislike these captchas orwhat ever thay are called.
i pray many of the users who resides in these forums will be able to do the job and earn our name in space.

That was the hardest thing I've done all day.

First I gave up due to the same problem as above, then I went back to try all caps.

The pop-up tab kept closing on me and I had to use Opera's little "trash can" tool
to revive the tab it opened then recall from photographic memory the
letters that the captcha wanted because it didn't reload the image...

Now that is an aerospace-engineered website if I've ever seen one.

+1 for Ubuntu

[smbm]

Vista is also a valid English word you know:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vista

I think it would be quite a good name for part of a space station given it's meaning.

I still won't be voting though.

[linux_lover69]

I voted!! :D

[tadcan]

Voted

[Skripka]

I voted....

...for Serenity.


That is what you name a TEA-not a module on the ISS.

PS-vote for Colbert here.

[ice60]

i disabled iframes so i can't even see the page -

Sorry your browser does not support frames or is currently not set to accept them.

morons!


i enabled iframes, then had to enable scripting and in the end voted for Serenity because i hate comedians. i forgot about ubuntu.

[gletob]

I voted...

for the name to be Virginia

[Chemical Imbalance]

Voted Ubuntu

[gletob]

voted. i wanted to vote colbert... i wish he could have run for president.

Damned doritos!!!

[MikeTheC]

Voted for... Vista!!!



Just kidding. I'd never do that. I submitted "Ubuntu".

[Ms_Angel_D]

Voted for Ubuntu :D

[JackieChan]

HAHAHA... I hope it gets named Colbert after Stephen Colbert. If he told everyone on his show to use his name, it would be named that for sure.

[JackieChan]

Oh darn, Serenity is winning. I guess that isn't so bad, I did name my bearded dragon that after all.

[kg4tah]

I voted Ubuntu

[bjschuma]

I voted for Colbert last week.

[smartboyathome]

I voted Xenu, because it'd be funny to see Node 3 named after a scientologist "god", so to speak. :P

[Trail]

Colbert++;

[BlueSkyNIS]

Voted!

[abhilashm86]

c'mmon freinds, vote ubuntu :)added

[3rdalbum]

Voted, but I think Xenu is a pretty funny idea :-)

[BackwardsDown]

Voted

[chamber]

Done

[mehaga]

I realize that a lot of UbuntuForum member's aren't American. That's why I went through that explanation. I think it would be really amazing if we could get it named Ubuntu, but it seems like Colbert is going to keep its top spot.

Hey, Stewart and Colbert have fans in Bosnia, too! :popcorn:

To me, The Daily Show is kind of replacement for morning newspaper. Wake up procedure:
- fix coffee
- open http://thedailyshow.com and watch the last episode
- click the Colbert Report link
...

Aaand... ok, I'll vote Ubuntu :)

[sanderella]

Voted Ubuntu.:KS

[djsroknrol]

Voted....

[henkeC]

+1 for Ubuntu

[Giant Speck]

I voted for Serenity. Firefly was one of my favorite television series.

I also don't think Vista is a bad name. I mean, it existed before Microsoft named a Windows version after it.

[Mr. Picklesworth]

You guys sure this is a good idea? If NASA has more Google-juice than us (which is extremely probable), this could pull Ubuntu the operating system from the top of Google search results :P

[lukjad]

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/name_ISS/index.html, write in Ubuntu, and lets see if we can get this named Ubuntu. It would extremely awesome to have an Ubuntu named node in space. Let's do it guys.
There is nothing wrong with the word "Vista". I don't know that it's a good name for a spacecraft, but it's not a bad word.

[cmay]

:p

[Jimmynemo2]

Voted- the Captcha seems to be case sensitive folks. Hope that helps.

[wsonar]

I had to vote Colbert

even tho he doesn't need any additional ego boosting

[Simian Man]

Why would you vote for Ubuntu instead of just "Linux"?

[BrokenKingpin]

Voted!

[WA_Garrett]

It seems like everyone wants this thing named for something. Colbert fans want it named Colbert, 4Chan wants it named Xenu, and Ubuntu foums wants it named Ubuntu? what's next? Australians wanting it to be named Kangaroo?

[durand]

voted ^^

+1

[Giant Speck]

It seems like everyone wants this thing named for something. Colbert fans want it named Colbert, 4Chan wants it named Xenu, and Ubuntu foums wants it named Ubuntu? what's next? Australians wanting it to be named Kangaroo?

The Aussies shouldn't be allowed to name anything after Ubuntu gave them Karmic Koala. :P

[durand]

Why would you vote for Ubuntu instead of just "Linux"?

Ubuntu means something. The word 'Linux' is sort of more technical.

[durand]

Voted- the Captcha seems to be case sensitive folks. Hope that helps.

Strange, I didn't have to type any captcha...

[RATM_Owns]

I already voted for "COLBERT"

Because Stephan Colbert told me to. :P

[artir]

Voted.

and you MUST vote too.

Remember that according to the rules, you can vote 1 time per day :)
(Or you can use the TOR network mwahahaha)

[cptrohn]

voted

[phantom3113]

Voted! ...for Colbert and Ubuntu. :) I'm not sure why you people keep complaining about those captchas, all I saw was a line of VERY easy to read letters :/

[Chemical Imbalance]

voted ubuntu again!

[BigSilly]

I wonder how many people thought they were voting Ubuntu but typed unbunut or something! :biggrin:

I voted Ubuntu anyway. It's not just a great OS, it's a lovely word, aand far more applicable here than "Vista" I reckon.

[dragos240]

voted

[Giant Speck]

I voted for Serenity again. :)

[linuxuser21]

I voted as well. We need this! It would be amazing if this happened.

[artir]

voted again and bump

[Paqman]

Lol @ Xenu!

To be fair, Serenity is a better name than Ubuntu.

[Giant Speck]

Lol @ Xenu!

To be fair, Serenity is a better name than Ubuntu.

I love it. The only problem is, Colbert is in the lead with 115,000 votes, while Serenity only has about 99,000.

The thing is, though, NASA is not bound to name it anything that is suggested, even if it wins the contest.

[mocoloco]

+3 votes for Ubuntu (used different IPs).
For those voting for Colbert, Xenu, etc, note NASA's critera

The name should reflect the spirit of exploration and cooperation embodied by the space station, and follow in the tradition set by Node 1- Unity- and Node 2- Harmony.
Of the suggested names only Synergy and Ubuntu seem to meet that. Looks like Serenity will take it anyway.

[shadowdude1794]

Voted... I really hope zenu doesn't get it...

[Giant Speck]

Voted... I really hope zenu doesn't get it...

It's not even close to getting it.

[Giant Speck]

Also, Ubuntu has finally made it on the Top Ten Suggestions list.

Congrats, guys. I'm still voting for Serenity again, though. :p

[ubudog]

Voted! Its on the top ten!

[Paqman]

The thing is, though, NASA is not bound to name it anything that is suggested, even if it wins the contest.

They're not bound to, but they've been swayed before. One of the shuttles was named Enterprise (in part) because of a determined campaign by Trekkies.

[Giant Speck]

They're not bound to, but they've been swayed before. One of the shuttles was named Enterprise (in part) because of a determined campaign by Trekkies.

Yeah, but the Enterprise was never actually used for space travel.

[Chemical Imbalance]

Oh man, we rock--it really is in the top ten now! :)

C'mon forums, vote!

[durand]

Wow.

[HavocXphere]

Voted.:popcorn:

[Syrtis]

Ubuntu has my vote

[hyperdude111]

Ubuntu has made it onto the to 10 list!!

[perlluver]

Way to go guys, keep on voting for Ubuntu, and we might make it to space.

[hatten]

I had to give them a cookie, but it worked!

[Sealbhach]

"MYYEARBOOK" is in the Top 10. :confused:

XENU is a funny one.:D That would be embarassing.


.

[perlluver]

"MYYEARBOOK" is in the Top 10. :confused:

XENU is a funny one.:D That would be embarassing.


.

Yeah that is how I found it in the first place, but I wanted to see if we could get to the top, and have Ubuntu in space.

[twiz86]

I do love Ubuntu but unfortunately i already voted for Colbert. tehehe

[armageddon08]

Voted.........
for Ubuntu of course. ;)

[saxin]

Yep, voted for Ubuntu too. Come on guys, help out. ;)

[Brandel Valico]

Voted as well

[NET WT]

I voted also, for Ubuntu :)

[rasmus91]

Voted for ubuntu.

I don't get anyone would have anything in space with a name as ugly as vista

[t0p]

Voted for ubuntu.

I don't get anyone would have anything in space with a name as ugly as vista

Vista is a beautiful word. Pity it's been forever marred by association with that operating system...

Anyway, I voted for ubuntu. Though I was sorely tempted by MYYEARBOOK! ;)

BTW: Xenu is a bunch of alien ghosts or something, according to Saint L Ron. Knowing what them Scientologists are like, that'll probably be the new node's name. (Oooh!! New node's name... what a tongue-twister!!)

[ubudog]

Ubuntu actually means humanity to others.

[ubudog]

Why would anyone want to name it vista??

[artir]

Voted again!

[Johnsie]

I voted Mohammed. I don't think it will win though.

[ACMiller]

Ubuntu tops Vista! Nice to see, we're slowly working our way up that list.

[Chemical Imbalance]

Just in case anyone doesn't know, you can vote every 24 hours (or as many times from different computers/IP's)

Vote! :)

[dragos240]

Ubuntu is now 8th on the list :D, vista is now last, just a few more! Hopefully we can get it to the top, man that would be great!

[Chemical Imbalance]

Ubuntu is now 8th on the list :D, vista is now last, just a few more! Hopefully we can get it to the top, man that would be great!

:guitar:

[BLTicklemonster]

done!

Top 10 Suggestions
COLBERT
MYYEARBOOK
XENU
SOCIALVIBE
BUDDY
TRANQUILITY
SYNERGY
UBUNTU
VISION
VISTA

[smbm]

Why would anyone want to name it vista??

If I'm correct the word vista means 'good view' (broadly speaking), it seems to me you will probably get quite a vista from the window of a space station.

Seems like just as valid a name as ubuntu to me.

[cmay]

WHOHOOO its working !!!!
keep up the good work :)

[cmat]

These public polls always result in hilarity.

[Giant Speck]

These public polls always result in hilarity.

Hence the fact that Colbert is in the lead, with over 110,000 votes.

[cmat]

If COLBERT wins space travel as a whole will lose it's legitimacy.

[perlluver]

If COLBERT wins space travel as a whole will lose it's legitimacy.

+1 to that, just something else to boost his ego even higher.

[Giant Speck]

+1 to that, just something else to boost his ego even higher.

Or his character's ego. Most of what we see of Stephen Colbert is simply the character he plays on the show.

[phaze_1]

It would be cool if they put the logo as well!!

[sharathpaps]

Voted! Ubuntu it is

[Mehashi]

Yay! I voted for Ubuntu. If we all keep doing it we might get rid of MY.YEARBOOK and VISTA. Persistence is needed! Come on fella's!
\\:D/

[Swagman]

Voted Ubuntu.

[tsaowang]

Voted Ubuntu

[Kingsley]

Voted Colbert

[artir]

Voted Ubuntu again!

[Muffinabus]

Voted Ubuntu, nice to see that it's actually on the list now (:

[hyperdude111]

we need more eyes ...bump

[dragos240]

vista is gone :)

[Mr. Picklesworth]

vista is gone :)

I declare this thread concluded.

(Although MYYEARBOOK is an even worse offender. How did it get there?!)

[Chemical Imbalance]

I declare this thread concluded.

(Although MYYEARBOOK is an even worse offender. How did it get there?!)

What the heck is myyearbook? I could google it--but it sounds like some stupid social network crud ;)

[perlluver]

What the heck is myyearbook? I could google it--but it sounds like some stupid social network crud ;)

Quiet you :P and yes it is. Lets wipe it off that list too. According to myyearbook this will end on Sunday, so we need to do it by then. Come on guys we can do it.

[izizzle]

Voted! And Ubuntu is on the Top 10 List!

[Catboy~]

I'm sorry Ubuntu...but I voted for Colbert. But hey, at least Windows is off the list :D

[perlluver]

Why do we feel the need to inflate Colberts ego more? Oh well, guess Ubuntu won't be winning this with colbert there.

[Catboy~]

Well Colbert did ask his fans to do this on his show, so he got a lot of votes from them. Oh well, there's always next time ;)

[linuxisevolution]

Wipe Vista off the list? We still have Windows 2000 to kill!

[linuxisevolution]

bumped early

[Chemical Imbalance]

Wipe Vista off the list? We still have Windows 2000 to kill!

:confused:

[linuxisevolution]

:confused:

It's a joke, since Windows 2000 has more market share than Linux...

[Giant Speck]

Personally, I would have rather had Vista on the list than MYYEARBOOK.

I really want Serenity to win, but I'd find it comical if they really did name it after Stephen Colbert. I mean, he does have a species of trapdoor spider, a bald eagle, a turtle, a co-mascot for a Michigan hockey team, a Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor, and an Air Virgin plane named after him. Naming this would just be the icing on the cake.

[Stenrad]

Voted!

[Mohamedzv2]

I voted to put in tranquility. Sorry, just seems better fit

[cmay]

we did it :)

[GOROSSI]

Voted :D

[TBOL3]

You know, the security of that webpage is very weak. The only thing stopping people from voting more then once a day, is a cookie that they put on your system.

[linuxisevolution]

You know, the security of that webpage is very weak. The only thing stopping people from voting more then once a day, is a cookie that they put on your system.

I was able to open six virtual machines and vote 7 times.:p

*SSSHHHH*

[zakany]

Anyone who wasted their vote on an OS rather than support the mighty Colbert is a douche.

Yeah. You can quote me on that.

[mcdreamy81]

Voted

[dragos240]

i just kept deleting the cookies from the nasa website and it worked brilliantly!

[TBOL3]

Ya, I voted about 20x yesterday, before I said to myself "I have better things to do with my life".

[mocoloco]

Anyone who wasted their vote on an OS rather than support the mighty Colbert is a douche.

Yeah. You can quote me on that.

Looks like I just did :) Anyway, I don't consider that I voted for an OS name, the word has it's own meaning which I think fits very well with the names of the other parts of the station. Anyway -- and I say this not meaning personal offence to his fans but -- in my opinion Colbert is the douche.

[hatten]

hmm, if i knew how to program a little better i would make a program that voted UBUNTU (and maybe had me write in the letters as a popup) then deleted the cookie and looped!
if someone creates one pm me =D

[vlearner]

voted!!!! yay
hatten : that s why they have security check by stupid captchas :D

[TBOL3]

Yes, but those security checks are completely useless. If you abstract it enough, the result will always be 0000000.

[bapoumba]

hmm, if i knew how to program a little better i would make a program that voted UBUNTU (and maybe had me write in the letters as a popup) then deleted the cookie and looped!
if someone creates one pm me =D
Highly not recommended :)

[Faolan84]

Exactly, once Ubuntu gets ahead by a 90% margin above the rest I'm sure NASA would be quite suspicious.

[Calmatory]

The name should reflect the spirit of exploration and cooperation embodied by the space station, and follow in the tradition set by Node 1- Unity- and Node 2- Harmony.


Ubuntu...?

Yeah right.... :rolleyes:

[Chemical Imbalance]

Ubuntu...?

Yeah right.... :rolleyes:

Look up what Ubuntu means, it does fit...;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(philosophy)

[hatten]

Exactly, once Ubuntu gets ahead by a 90% margin above the rest I'm sure NASA would be quite suspicious.
well, lets stop at 89% then! =D

[perlluver]

I don't know if the thing is working anymore, and it looks as if Colbert may have won it, blah.

[calrogman]

Just so everyone knows, the captcha is case-sensitive.

[Mehashi]

Yay! Vista is definately off the list now! Its a shame, its a nice word but since micro$oft hijacked it, it has bad connotations. (eng?)

I voted for ubuntu again, but sadly with not much time left I dont think we can win this one!
Waaaagh! *stamps feets in corner*

Oh well, maybe we'll get a fuel line named after us or something?!

We could always hope for a BSOD plague, then only *nix users could vote! Yay! (Things always work so nicely in my mind!)

On that note, do you know if they use *nix in space? That sounds cool... Space*nix...

Surely they wouldnt risk a BSOD as they approach to dock with the ISS?!

xx vote more while you can! It ends at 4:00 on the 20th! xx

[mocoloco]

On that note, do you know if they use *nix in space? That sounds cool... Space*nix...


I was curious, so I googled "NASA linux". According to a blogger who saw some NASA folks at the Smithsonian, NASA uses Ubuntu (http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com/2008/07/nasa-uses-ubuntu.html). Plus headlines like "NASA to build 10,000-processor Linux computer (http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/28/HNnasalinux_1.html)" and "NASA Takes Linux in Space (http://news.softpedia.com/news/NASA-Takes-Linux-in-Space-57672.shtml)" were all over. And that's only Linux, I'm sure other *nix is in use, the scientific community uses it heavily.

[squee]

Voted Ubuntu naturally

I really cant understand how "my Year book" is in the top 10. Seriously? Has the site been hacked? Or the captcha beaten?

Colbert is a crap name. TBH ubuntu isnt great either. Vista would have been nice had M$ not ruined the word. Serenity, or something like that would be ok too.

[artir]

Ubuntu is actually a good word. It means humanity to others or to be united with the rest of the ppl and Node 3 is a ISS connector part, isn't it?

[tjwoosta]

Ubuntu

[crazyfuturamanoob]

Voted for Ubuntu! :D

[Giant Speck]

This is still going on?

Hell, yeah. I'm voting for Serenity again.

[days_of_ruin]

I reopened the tab with the word verification and now I can just fill in the captcha again and again and its says "Comment added" or whatever every time. Do you think its actually counting?

[mocoloco]

I've wondered the same thing. Others talk about cookies, but I can vote several times and it never complains. But I don't know if it's actually counting them all.

[Chemical Imbalance]

Well its almost over now.

We accomplished our goal though ;)

[perlluver]

We moved up a space, keep it up guys, maybe we can move up one more.

[MasterNetra]

Nope voting is done and over with. Ubuntu only made it to 7th place. At least Vista is off the list though!

[Chemical Imbalance]

Nope voting is done and over with. Ubuntu only made it to 7th place. At least Vista is off the list though!

But bc of this thread we got on the list to #7 and bumped vista. That's pretty cool :KS

[TBOL3]

I thought we made it to 6th? Or did they have 11 people on the list?

[MasterNetra]

I thought we made it to 6th? Or did they have 11 people on the list?

No there was 10 names on the list the contest ended with Ubuntu at 7th place. It may of hit 6th at one point but if it did then if obviously got pushed down again. Anyway just visit the link in the first post. you will see the name rankings for the top 10 as well as the vote percentages for the default selections.

[markbuntu]

Serenity is a good name, I hope they go with that. At least vista is off the chart.

[Giant Speck]

Damn it all! They named it "Tranquility"!

[mocoloco]

At least it wasn't Colbert :) I seriously doubt they ever considered that at all.