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TizMee – Tizen compatibility layer for MeeGoTizMee – Tizen compatibility layer for MeeGoPosted Aug 14, 2012 3:20 UTC (Tue) by daglwn (subscriber, #65432)In reply to: TizMee – Tizen compatibility layer for MeeGo by mikov Parent article: TizMee – Tizen compatibility layer for MeeGo
Huh?
Wikipedia: "In physics, a phonon is a collective excitation in a periodic, elastic arrangement of atoms or molecules in condensed matter, such as solids and some liquids."
Unless there is some other audio-related meaning to "phonon" that is more specialized, I don't see how it fits.
And even if there *is* such a meaning, it is certainly isn't the first thing one thinks about when encountering the word.
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TizMee – Tizen compatibility layer for MeeGo Posted Aug 14, 2012 3:43 UTC (Tue) by sfeam (subscriber, #2841) [Link] Continuing from that same Wikipedia article:"The name phonon comes from the Greek word φωνή (phonē), which translates as sound or voice because long-wavelength phonons give rise to sound." Maybe it's just because I'm old enough to remember earlier usage, but to me "phonon" immediately signals something related to sound. According to the OED, the original coinage (1932) was: J. Frenkel, Wave Mech. vi. 267: It is possible to associate the acoustical waves with certain particles which we shall call ‘phonons’, and to replace the study of the heat oscillations forming these waves by the study of the motion of the corresponding ‘phonons’. Closer to on-topic. Is "TizMee" to be pronounced tease me or 'tis me?
TizMee – Tizen compatibility layer for MeeGo Posted Aug 14, 2012 4:06 UTC (Tue) by mikov (subscriber, #33179) [Link]
The phone, not to mention the phonograph http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph both sound very similar to Phonon, and they both have something to do with sound :-)
That certainly is the first meaning that comes to my mind. I wasn't even aware of the physical meaning, and neither are most people, I am sure.
How about Git as an example of a bad name that is also very good :-)
TizMee – Tizen compatibility layer for MeeGo Posted Aug 14, 2012 7:51 UTC (Tue) by renox (subscriber, #23785) [Link]
Very funny: this "collective excitation" is the movement of atoms/molecules which transmit sound in a solid/liquid..
So phonon is related to sound, which makes it an "on topic" name, its mains drawback is that not a lot of people know what is a phonon (as you've shown).
TizMee – Tizen compatibility layer for MeeGo Posted Aug 14, 2012 14:39 UTC (Tue) by daglwn (subscriber, #65432) [Link]
Most people don't listen to sound through a solid or liquid...
TizMee – Tizen compatibility layer for MeeGo Posted Aug 15, 2012 1:49 UTC (Wed) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]
I imagine "fluid" would be better than "liquid" which includes air and gases.
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