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Author Topic: Boaty McBoatface Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-26-2016 06:56 PM                        Why do they ever "ask input" from people for these things? Even the ideas that are serious invariably suck. Makes for some hilarious humor though.  |  IP: Logged James Biggins Film Handler Posts: 31 From: Leicester U.K. Registered: Oct 2014 posted 05-06-2016 05:40 AM                     http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36225652 The UK's new polar research ship is to be named RRS Sir David Attenborough, despite Boaty McBoatface previously topping a public vote. A website inviting suggestions to name the vessel had attracted huge interest, with "Boaty McBoatface" being the clear favourite. But Science Minister Jo Johnson said there were "more suitable" names. The £200m vessel will instead be named after the world-renowned naturalist and broadcaster, days before he turns 90. Sir David said he was "truly honoured" by the decision. While the ship will not be named Boaty McBoatface, one of the remotely operated sub-sea vehicles will be named Boaty in recognition of the vote. James Hand, who first suggested the name Boaty McBoatace, said he was pleased the name would "live on". In a tweet, he also said that RRS Sir David Attenborough, which came fourth in the public vote, was a "fitting and excellent choice". Sir David Attenborough said he was "truly honoured" by the decision Mr Johnson said: "The public provided some truly inspirational and creative names, and while it was a difficult decision I'm delighted that our state-of-the-art polar research ship will be named after one of the nation's most cherished broadcasters and natural scientists." He added the ship would "put Britain at the forefront of efforts to preserve our precious marine environment". And Prof Jane Francis, the director of the British Antarctic Survey, one of the principal users of the ship, told BBC News: "We are delighted with the name RRS David Attenborough. He is an important public figure who has engaged and inspired the public over generations with his passion for the natural world. "This new ship will be at the forefront of polar science and deliver world-leading capability for UK research in both Antarctica and the Arctic."  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 05-06-2016 10:35 PM                        I can't help thinking that this is aa lost opportunity. Everyone in the world has heard of Boaty McBoatface now, and the name will now disappear from the public awareness. Had they gone through with naming it Boaty McBoatface, imagine the opportunities to promote the science to kids and everyone else. Boaty McBoatface Marine Kids Explorer Club, with a grand prize every year of a trip aboard the real Boaty McBoatface research vessel! Boaty McBoatFace stuffed toys. Boaty cartoon television show (and eventual movie). And have you heard about the latest discovery by the scientists on Boaty McBoatface? It's really incredible! But now it's just another stodgy old research ship... yawn....  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-06-2016 11:13 PM                        Pixar should immediately greenlight a "Boaty McBoatface" movie.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-13-2016 04:51 AM                        Google just named something "Parsy McParseFace": "As much as we love to fawn over artificial intelligence (AI), it’s still not great at recognizing and parsing natural language. That’s why Google is open sourcing its new language parsing model for English, which it calls ‘Parsey McParseface.’ Before you even ask, the name has no meaning. When Google was trying to figure out what to call its language parsing technology, someone suggested Parsey McParseface; it’s a bit like Apple’s Liam, which has no clever backstory either. The overall AI model model is called SyntaxNet (please make your SkyNet jokes now); ‘ol Parsey is just for English." The Link  |  IP: Logged

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