July 10th, 2003, 07:40 AM
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Re: Design Names
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Originally posted by Rojero:
Taking a break from my shipset making...man i dont know if i can come with 100 names let alone 1000!
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One method would be to get (or make) a list of adjectives and another of nouns, then run every possible pairing.
Very Short example:
Adjectives:
Fast
Slow
Noisy
Quiet
Nouns:
Fox
Hound
Chicken
Mouse
Names:
Fast Fox
Slow Fox
Noisy Fox
Quiet Fox
Fast Hound
Slow Hound
Noisy Hound
Quiet Hound
Fast Chicken
Slow Chicken
Noisy Chicken
Quiet Chicken
Fast Mouse
Slow Mouse
Noisy Mouse
Quiet Mouse
The number of parings is Adjectives * Nouns; 4*4=16 in the example above. If you can come up with 32 adjectives and 32 nouns, you will have 1024 names available; 50 adjectives and 50 nouns yields 2500 possibilites; 100 and 100 yields 10000. This could simplify your naming problem somewhat. It would even be possible to build an Excel spreadsheet to produce them.
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Of course, by the time I finish this post, it will already be obsolete. C'est la vie.
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