> I registered [2]shmop.net and [3]shmop.org, to be used as a mailing
> list/news archive site. ([4]shmop.org will probably just redirect to
> [5]shmop.net; [6]shmop.com is already taken, though it doesn't seem to
> be in use)
>
> Why "shmop"? [7]shmop is one of my favorite unix words. It stands for
> "shared memory operations", a set of system calls with other cool
> names like shmat and shmget. (see the [8]man page for shmop)
>
> "shared memory operations" seems appropriate for a public archiving
> service (which I have been meaning to set up for a while), and
> "shmop.net" has such a nice ring to it...
>
> (shmop.net isn't quite up yet, stay tuned)