Universal Recovery Script

Bale

Bale

Minion
I've started work on a completely rewritten recovery script because I no longer like this one. It was my first major script and that inexperience really shows. Now it seems to have so many problems that it seems like more fun to simply write a new script from scratch. I intend to create a recovery script that works both better and faster. I've still got a few conceptual roadblocks to overcome, but I am looking forward to it.

The reason that I am mentioning this so early in its development cycle is that I have a rather poor naming sense. You see, I am considering renaming it instead of just calling it a new version. This seems appropriate since the new project works completely different from Universal Recovery. There are such neat names for scripts these days from Wham to Batman. I'd be happy if my script had a memorable name also.

Can anyone suggest a nice name for my current recovery script project? It will be quite a while until I complete it, but I'd like to have a good name for the project. Right now, I'm calling it LifeLine which is slightly more catchy than Universal Recovery, but I have some hope that someone will suggest a better name.
 
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zarqon

zarqon

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I suggest "Dr. Script". You could then also add neat flavor messages like "Dr. Script prescribes <action>, then call him in the morning (via the CLI)." or "Evaluating symptoms..." Medical vocabulary is huge and awesome.
 
Theraze

Theraze

Active member
Bale's Universal Recovery Program. Or BURP for short. If you wanted to keep the UR part of the name. :)

Though zarqon's idea is okay, but in that case I'd just keep imaging Bale in the Dr. Mario role. Now where's that Gameboy...?

Edit: Or Bale's Ultimate Recovery Program, for a different U that probably more encompasses your desires while still providing that satisfying BURP.
 
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S

slyz

Developer
To keep Z's medical proposition and the UR initials, we could come up with a meaning for NURSE.

"NURSE: Universal Recovery Script Extended"?
 
zarqon

zarqon

Well-known member
Hahaha, yeah I almost forgot; medical people are crazy about acronyms.

It's a fairly common saying that medical students double their vocabularies by the time they finish med school. And I believe it -- when I searched for medical abbreviations and acronyms, some of the lists I found have around 200,000 entries! And looking at all the non-abbreviated words, it's little wonder they want to abbreviate everything. Feel free to peruse this list for ideas!
 
Bale

Bale

Minion
Great ones! At the moment I'm leaning towards Nurse.

zarqon, that article is hysterical. Thanks for the link.
 
fronobulax

fronobulax

Developer
Staff member
I kind of liked BURP but it has often been said that my sense of humor never got past eighth grade.

I confess that I think it is neat that the Z in zLib and the W in WHAM reference the authors, which predisposes me towards something with a B in it.
 
Winterbay

Winterbay

Active member
zarqon said:
Hahaha, yeah I almost forgot; medical people are crazy about acronyms.

It's a fairly common saying that medical students double their vocabularies by the time they finish med school. And I believe it -- when I searched for medical abbreviations and acronyms, some of the lists I found have around 200,000 entries! And looking at all the non-abbreviated words, it's little wonder they want to abbreviate everything. Feel free to peruse this list for ideas!
Click to expand...

Not to mention that most doctors will use a really complicated word if they can just because they can and because it separates them from everyone else. Or that's been my experience of talking to doctors at toxicological meetings :)
 
Bale

Bale

Minion
Elixir and Panacea are nice words. So are Amrita and Vitae.

Panacea might make a nice name. It's simple, descriptive and memorable. People other than myself find it easy to remember, right?
 
zarqon

zarqon

Well-known member
There's also D-PIMP (opposite of SGEEA).

Or Perry Mason (played by Raymond BURR -- Bale's Universal Recovery Revamped).

But really, that's just getting ridiculous now. The name ought to have at least some indication of what the script does, which is not several layers removed. Honestly, Z.

Okay, how about Specialist?

"You need to see a specialist about that."

Come on. NURSE was better.

Yeah, but then I'll feel strange every time I recommend someone use Bale's NURSE. Or take Bale's NURSE out for a spin. And if my girlfriend hears me saying that I'll be in trouble, since she is actually a nurse.

So what, you still like Dr. Script?

Yeah, it's like Doc Galaktik... except, a script.

People would confuse it with Mr. Script.

Nonsense, this script didn't spend 8 years in ASH medical school to be confused with a Greasemonkey script.

Maybe it's a decent idea, but Dr. Script doesn't really have the pizazz that script names these days seem to need. It's not even an acronym! What else you got?

Well, there's also Script, M.D.

*facepalm*
 
W

Weatherboy

Member
I'll have some of whatever Zarqon is having. ;)

I approve of a B though. With a hodgmen reference. BRASH - Bale's Recovery (and a Stuffed Hodgman) ?
 
zarqon

zarqon

Well-known member
Wiki said:
Soft cures Petrify status
Green Cherry cures Imp status
Echo Screen cures Mute status
Eyedrop cures Dark status
Antidote cures Poison status
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Rearrange the letters and you get D-PIMP. Must be read in a deep and sleazy voice.

More ideas:

  • PainKiller (dun dun dun... oh wait, that's a normal word... awesome)
  • Bayel (Bayer with an autoreferential twist).
  • Bale's MedKit (How would you shorten this though? Probably just MedKit. Never mind, it would be annoying watching people never settle on a standard capitalization.)
  • Otomyotomy (cutting out the cuts)
  • Antigen-B (now with Bale!)
  • Bale's Leukocyte Upholding Regimen (BLUR) (does that seem contrived to anyone else)
  • Bale's AutoDoc (what a BAD name)
  • Bale, M.D. (nice ring)
  • Recovery for Smarties (ironic since the name is stupid)
  • Dr. Script (just stop it Z)
  • RN (Registered Nurse... or Recovery Now)
  • Player, Heal Thyself (KJV)
  • Health Depot (need to stop by the Health Depot and pick up some HP... and maybe a drill press)
  • Tent, M.D. (uh huh)
  • Cottage, M.D. (yeah I went there)
  • Universal Recovery (keep it simple. Also, need to recover the universe?)
  • LifeSaver (it's not just a candy anymore!)
  • + (yeah the whole name is just the plus sign because it looks like the First Aid symbol. genius, huh)
  • ER (Enhanced Recovery)
  • BNURSE (Bale's New Umproved Recovery Script Extraordinaire)
  • Verpleegster (nurse in Dutch and Afrikaans, way awesome word)
  • Krankenpfleger (German this time, haha)
  • hjúkrunarfræðingur (ok, ok, Icelandic is out)
  • Bale's Arst (That's "doctor" from both Estonian and Latvian, not to mention pretty funny in an English context. "I recommend you install Bale's Arst.")
  • Script, M.D. (you're just being annoying now Z)
  • BAND-AID (Bale's Automated Nurse Delivering Aid)
  • Bale-Gay (um, it's like Ben-Gay, kind of...)
  • 1UP (short and relevant, with a classic game reference ftw)
  • Kiss It (and make it all better. Ok that's more of a song name. what genre though?)
  • Owwie-B-Gone (let mommy spray some Owwie-B-Gone on that scratch, dear. I think this product would actually sell.)
  • Less Than Three (everyone knows hearts mean +HP or +lives or something)
  • Bale's Resident Apothecary ("Let me warn you of the dangers of running BRA-less." Oh, the entendres.)

This is fun!
 
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