How CALIBRE got its name... - Page 2

kacir · 02-15-2009, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpiderMatt

Kovid isn't a celebrity?

No. He is most definitely not.
Not until The Sun publishes his nude photos, or some interesting ... aehm ... "story" on the front page. (**)

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpiderMatt

I only use programs made by celebrities.

So go ahead and download that wonderful library program that Paris Hilton released last week. Or was it Michael Jackson? (***)
go here:
http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/
and you will surely find some very fine library software.
oh wait ...

(***) sorry I can't use more relevant names, but I somehow do not follow that kind of ... aehm ... journalism.

(**) No Krittika Goyal, that was NOT a request for you, even if you want to be married to a celebrity very much ;-)

Patricia · 02-15-2009, 08:05 AM

Welcome to the forum, Krittika, and thank you for the story about Calibre's name.

phenomshel · 02-15-2009, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krittika Goyal

Converter And LIBRary for Ebooks
Other factors making the name appropriate:
Kovid is a grad student at CALtech. That is where CALIBRE was conceived.
Kovid's Zodiac sign is LIBRa.
Calibre means degree or grade of excellence and CALIBRE is a high calibre product ;-)
Its a short word with a nice zing to it.
I had recently watched a west wing episode where Bartlet used a gun metaphor in commenting on Richies book.
And i nagged Kovid till he agreed to the name ;-)

However it came about, the program is awesome. And welcome to MobileRead!

justlizz · 02-15-2009, 02:09 PM

Hello Krittika just a piece of usless information Calibre is the name of a talking library for the blind in the UK I used to deal with them a lot when my mother was alive as she was blind
lizz

andavane · 02-15-2009, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seabound

Well, indeed--thanks for clearing that up!

I have a confession to make: I sometimes find it annoying when people call it caliber instead of calibre, .......

Welcome to MR, Krittika!

,

....and yet I feel that to be annoyed at the spelling 'caliber' could be a tad unfair. After all, etymologically speaking, 'liber' is Latin for 'book' (or the inner bark of a tree); as the cap would fit so well, some may find it a shade footling to decry it.... and it adds a deeper dimension to the good missus's original description in her opening post...

Kind regards

John

Krittika Goyal · 02-15-2009, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justlizz

Hello Krittika just a piece of usless information Calibre is the name of a talking library for the blind in the UK I used to deal with them a lot when my mother was alive as she was blind
lizz

what is a talking library? how does it work?

ShortNCuddlyAm · 02-15-2009, 08:13 PM

Welcome, Krittika, and thanks for the backstory on Calibre's name

Spartacus2112 · 02-15-2009, 08:17 PM

Welcome!

Mitchll · 02-15-2009, 08:20 PM

Welcome!

kovidgoyal · 02-15-2009, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andavane

,

....and yet I feel that to be annoyed at the spelling 'caliber' could be a tad unfair. After all, etymologically speaking, 'liber' is Latin for 'book' (or the inner bark of a tree); as the cap would fit so well, some may find it a shade footling to decry it.... and it adds a deeper dimension to the good missus's original description in her opening post...

Kind regards

John

Ah but 'libre' is free

andavane · 02-16-2009, 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Ah but 'libre' is free

liber
um| liberior -or -us| liberrimus -a -um ADJ
free (man); unimpeded;

rshiplett · 02-16-2009, 01:48 AM

Hi
I could not get calibre until I flipped the python slink on my Asus 900a to point to python2.5 - until then it complained about the urllib2 package

I tried the build but there is an issue with setuptools even with the links flipped from python2.4 to python2.5 in /usr/bin

kovidgoyal · 02-16-2009, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rshiplett

Hi
I could not get calibre until I flipped the python slink on my Asus 900a to point to python2.5 - until then it complained about the urllib2 package

I tried the build but there is an issue with setuptools even with the links flipped from python2.4 to python2.5 in /usr/bin

Use the binary installer.

justlizz · 02-16-2009, 02:07 PM

Krittika a talking library is audio books but they started them in the 1970s and then they used cassettes and a special player made easy for the blind to use and they send them all over the country to blind people so they can listen to books that have been put on tape it is charity run in the UK and actors and actresses donate there time to record tapes
lizz

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Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	Welcome to the forum, Krittika, and thank you for the story about Calibre's name.

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justlizz Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Device: sony prs 505	Hello Krittika just a piece of usless information Calibre is the name of a talking library for the blind in the UK I used to deal with them a lot when my mother was alive as she was blind lizz

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rshiplett RobertS Curl = Curl.com Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: MN Device: Asus Eee PC 900A	Hi I could not get calibre until I flipped the python slink on my Asus 900a to point to python2.5 - until then it complained about the urllib2 package I tried the build but there is an issue with setuptools even with the links flipped from python2.4 to python2.5 in /usr/bin

02-16-2009, 02:07 PM	#29
justlizz Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Device: sony prs 505	Krittika a talking library is audio books but they started them in the 1970s and then they used cassettes and a special player made easy for the blind to use and they send them all over the country to blind people so they can listen to books that have been put on tape it is charity run in the UK and actors and actresses donate there time to record tapes lizz

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