At least the Idris Elba character in Thor/Avengers is called "Heimdall"
without the "r" at the end. Both "Hemidall" and "Heimdall" seem OK, if you
add the "r" some people could loose their teeth trying to pronounce it
correctly ;-D
Werner
On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Ivar Grimstad <ivar.grimstad_at_gmail.com>
wrote:
> Being a Norwegian, I gotta go for Hemidall
> (I see that it is sometimes referred to as Heimdallr in some English
> texts, not sure which is more correct....)
>
> Ivar
>
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 3:01 PM arjan tijms <arjan.tijms_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Rudy De Busscher <rdebusscher_at_gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Soteria, Olin or Heimdall
>>>
>>> Securitas is a security company in Belgium by the way :)
>>>
>>
>> In the Netherlands as well ;)
>>
>> Current list:
>>
>> * Securitas
>> * Soteria +2
>> * Olin +1
>> * Placoderm
>> * Heimdall +1
>> * OmegaSupreme
>> * Omega-S
>> * Skyfeather
>> * JAAS-EE
>> * Amsterdam
>> * Copenhagen
>> * Jyväskylä
>> * Jiangshan
>> * Bennekom
>> * Blois
>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 4:30 PM, arjan tijms <arjan.tijms_at_gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We still haven't got a name for the RI project, Werner pitched some
>>>>>> terms earlier. I'd like to propose a poll to come up with such name. So far
>>>>>> we have:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * "Securitas" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securitas, a Roman deity
>>>>>> of security and safety (though there are of course at least 2 companies by
>>>>>> that name, one in Sweden, the other here in Switzerland)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * "Soteria" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soteria_(mythology), Greek
>>>>>> godess of safety and preservation from harm.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * "Olin" https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hl%C3%ADn.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * "Placoderm" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placoderm
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some additional ideas:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * "Heimdall" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimdallr Norse
>>>>>> mythology, also known from comics and sci-fi, guardian of Asgard.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * "OmegaSupreme" Guardian from G1 transformers continuity, perhaps
>>>>>> shorten to "Omega-S", where the S could even be taken to mean "Security".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * "Skyfeather" http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skyfeather_(G1) Another G1
>>>>>> transformer; one of the more unknown protectobots, the shield of God
>>>>>> Guardian.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * "JAAS-EE" Completely wrong, but too many people, even those who
>>>>>> should be in the know, think that "JAAS" is the universal security
>>>>>> framework used by Java EE. No matter how many times it's explained, people
>>>>>> simply want it to be this name. So in a way the community has already
>>>>>> chosen. But to distinguish with the "real" JAAS we could add the "EE"
>>>>>> moniker.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * "Amsterdam" or "Copenhagen" Safest cities (to cycle). Safety has
>>>>>> some relation with security. See
>>>>>> http://copenhagenize.eu/index/index.html Myself being Amsterdam
>>>>>> based my personal vote would be for Amsterdam, naturally ;)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * "A'dam" popular local abbreviation of Amsterdam.
>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%27dam ties in with "dam" a
>>>>>> barrier/protector against water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * "Jyväskylä" / "Jiangshan" two relatively large cities containing
>>>>>> the letters J, S, A from Java (EE) Security Api
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * "Bennekom" small town in The Netherlands
>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennekom no particular connection with
>>>>>> security, but just like Ozark for the MVC RI has no particular connection
>>>>>> with the technology.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * "Blois" City in France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blois also no
>>>>>> connection with security, but I like the sound of it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any other ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The list of proposed names:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * Securitas
>>>>>> * Soteria
>>>>>> * Olin
>>>>>> * Placoderm
>>>>>> * Heimdall
>>>>>> * OmegaSupreme
>>>>>> * Omega-S
>>>>>> * Skyfeather
>>>>>> * JAAS-EE
>>>>>> * Amsterdam
>>>>>> * Copenhagen
>>>>>> * Jyväskylä
>>>>>> * Jiangshan
>>>>>> * Bennekom
>>>>>> * Blois
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>> Arjan Tijms
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>