[girion]

  Sami - an altar to confirm receptiveness! Cool!* But maybe that would be a better name for another DAC -- or an outboard world clock. Now there's a niche product!
 
Alternatively, a server could be considered magic for regeneration:

 
Sàmi is also the name of a people and their language. Incidentally they live in Sweden, Finland and Norway. The name makes me immediately think of joik, reindeer and great fishing in the midnight sun. And souvas...

 

[OddE]

Sàmi is also the name of a people and their language. Incidentally they live in Sweden, Finland and Norway. The name makes me immediately think of joik, reindeer and great fishing in the midnight sun. And souvas... :tongue_smile:

They are a people (or, to be pedantic - a group of peoples), some of which (or all; my knowledge of things Sámi is very limited!) refer to some locations believed to have special, spiritual properties as sieidis.

To put it more concisely - sieidi is Sámi hallowed ground, more or less.

Fun fact: the municipality in Norway with the largest Sámi population is Oslo, the capital city. Obviously, the Sámi in Oslo do not observe the lifestyle you'd typically think of as Sámi...

 

[twinkle]

Originally Posted by valiant66 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
... I just can't get behind Hlidskialf as a product name....

I second that, that name doesn't have the RDA of vowels! 

 

 

[perplekks45]

  But I just can't get behind Hlidskialf as a product name for anything English speakers have to pronounce. I mean, can you pronounce (or even remember) the name of that ¿Finnish? volcano that blew up a few years ago and shut down travel over European airspace? I can't even remember enough letters in a row to google it. I do remember that watching North American newscasters trying to pronounce it made for a good drinking game…

Icelandic volcano, if I may help out here. And its name is Vatnajökull.

 

[tjw321]

  Icelandic volcano, if I may help out here. And its name is Vatnajökull.

My Macbook delivery was delayed by Eyjafjallajökull. Also Icelandic...

 

[perplekks45]

  My Macbook delivery was delayed by Eyjafjallajökull. Also Icelandic...

Looks like I was wrong and it was indeed Eyjafjallajökull. Vatnajökull is merely the more known (and, as far as I know, bigger) brother of it. Thanks for pointing it out.

 

[kothganesh]

  Looks like I was wrong and it was indeed Eyjafjallajökull. Vatnajökull is merely the more known (and, as far as I know, bigger) brother of it. Thanks for pointing it out.

Now that I have my jaw mobility exercise thanks to Head-fi'ers, I'm off to the gym !

 

 

[tonykaz]

Hello from Michigan ,
 
Having complex and interesting terminology keeps-out the Riff-Raff , something you Germans should understand properly : you won't see the Beats people trying anything that requires reasoning to present their ****y products .   
 
Love your comments and Love the Fatherland 
 
Tony 
 
I'm a Schiit & Sennheiser guy

 

[kothganesh]

  Hello from Michigan ,
 
...............

So let's hear it:
 
"Hail to the Victors........"

 

[ab initio]

  Hello from Michigan ,
 
Having complex and interesting terminology keeps-out the Riff-Raff , something you Germans should understand properly : you won't see the Beats people trying anything that requires reasoning to present their ****y products .   
 
Love your comments and Love the Fatherland 
 
Tony 
 
I'm a Schiit & Sennheiser guy

Cheers

 

[Frederose]

You should make an .epub out of this, it would be great to read this on my ebook. 

 

[adamaley]

Eagerly awaiting tomorrow's Yggy story. Also, Mike, when can we expect a follow-up from you?

 

[Silent One]

  Eagerly awaiting tomorrow's Yggy story. Also, Mike, when can we expect a follow-up from you?

Follow-up or no (tho, a follow-up would be nice 

), I would love to descend on their offices one Friday afternoon late. Take a tour, as things are wrapping up. Then sit around and chat over Pizza & Wine. Would I endure the mad weekend exodus from Los Angeles for this? YES!!! 

 

[Wildcatsare1]

Looks like I was wrong and it was indeed Eyjafjallajökull. Vatnajökull is merely the more known (and, as far as I know, bigger) brother of it. Thanks for pointing it out.

The erudite, well educated, worldliness, Folks on the Schiit Thread, truly impressive!!
Cheers!

 

[valiant66]

  Looks like I was wrong and it was indeed Eyjafjallajökull. Vatnajökull is merely the more known (and, as far as I know, bigger) brother of it. Thanks for pointing it out.

And I still thought it made a good drinking game watching American Speaking Newscasters try to pronounce that stuff.
 
God* help us all if Schiit ever decides to name a product Eyjafjallajökull.
 
*Or Odin…