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Re:Crux SQL by fortran77 on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @06:38PM (#24055261)
And the reason the word "crux" means a "decisive point" is because of the Romans' use of the cross as a means of torturing and killing people. The fact that you're fine with it is OK--it's a free Country--but it tells me a lot about what kind of a person you are.

https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=crux

> Century Dictionary ascribes it to "the cross as an instrument of torture; hence anything that puzzles or vexes in a high degree ...." Extended sense of "central point" is attested by 1888.

So I guess you'd be find with calling your product "noose" or "lynching". Good luck with that.

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Re:Crux SQL by beders on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @12:15AM (#24057212)
Yeah, I think Iron Maiden should really change their name. How dare they? And crossword puzzles shall be called intersection puzzles from now on! But why stop there!

What kind of a sinful name is Crossfit! Burn them at the cross!

And let'sorganize a protest in front of the Center for Research in Open Source Software (CROSS) at UC Santa Cruz(!!!!!) too!

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Re:Crux SQL by 0xdeadb00f on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @01:15AM (#24057478)
Languages and words' meaning change over time.

Just because Crux's root was a torture device doesn't mean it has any connotation to a torture device in modern English.

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Re:Crux SQL by fortran77 on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @09:11AM (#24060392)
We all renamed our "master" repositories, didn't we?
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