[Freedombox-discuss] Creating Box Identity Keys

[maxigas]

From: Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Creating Box Identity Keys
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:06:45 -0800 (PST)

> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Nick Daly <nick.m.daly at gmail.com>
>> To: freedombox-discuss at lists.alioth.debian.org
>> Cc: 
>> Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2012 8:18 PM
>> Subject: [Freedombox-discuss] Creating Box Identity Keys
>> 
>> For the FBX to be able to enforce identity standards, we need to
>> guarantee that SSH and PGP keys are available on for each user (in the
>> users group) on boxen at all times.
> 
> Please use the standard English plural form for "box", which is "boxes".
> Switching to a non-standard plural form based on context is obscure and
> apt to misinform people whose first language isn't English.
> 
> -Jonathan

I think people whose first language is not English but who are
interested to participate on this rather obscure technical/political
mailing list will be delighted to learn about this little gem of the
hacker tradition in which we all stand:

boxen (plural): (computing, slang) Multiple computers (or occasionally
a single computer), especially those running UNIX.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=boxen

http://www.hacker-dictionary.com/terms/boxen

maxigas, kiberpunk

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