sdevino wrote on Sun, 02 May 2004 07:14 |
Alsihad is short for "All's I Had" whichis followed by Pro Tools.
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Alsihad does not stand for "All's I had." It never has, and it never will. Alsihad is a term derived from the word Alsihah, which is the name of a Shriners Lodge in Georgia. It is emblazoned upon a Fez owned by Fletcher. He has a forum here on REP. Alsihah is a person that operates Alsihad. I call myself a Luddite, which is one that generally shuns digital technology. There is nothing wrong with classifying ourselves for our likes and dislikes. It helps to establish certain preferences, and this makes it a little easier to understand our peer's position. Alsihad was designed to allow one to express their enjoyment or lack thereof. It has worked well in this capacity.
Contrary to popular belief, Alsihad, is not a negative term. If anything, it's a positive one. It is a name that I prefer to call it for expression of enjoyment. Obviously, GM prefers that poster's here, refer to Aslihad by its given name. Seeing as this is his forum, that's his prerogative. Personally, I think editing "Alsihad" in someone's post to read as "[Pro Tools]" is as absurd as my trying to edit all "Pro Tools" to read "[Alsihad]" in posts. I tried that once, a long time ago. It didn't work out very well.
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Mixerman and his crew in the MARSH do not allow posters to mention "Pro Tools" by name.
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I'm not sure who my "crew" is but I can tell you that the above statement is completely false. We DO allow people to use the term Pro Tools on the MARSH, although I try to dissuade that words usage in the Womb. You see, I view Alsihad's given name as a dirty word. Further, I find said given name to be offensive. To me, the given name is the euphemism. Not my made up name, which is designed specifically to bring enjoyment or lack thereof.
But this is precisely my point. Let people call the box whatever they want. Alsihad, Pro Tools, we all understand these terms, and we all know what someone is talking about when they use either of these terms. Live and let live. What can I say? Some people come up with pet names for things. I don't see anyone complaining that I've dubbed control rooms as the Womb.
As an aside, I often work in multi-room complexes, and I hear other engineers referring to the box as Alsihad. I hear this term on an almost daily basis. The name Alsihad seems to have really caught on here in LA. I'd say that at this point, resistance is futile.
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Others in the MARSH do not seem to mind. I also think it is time to give up this pointless practice outside of MM's forum (he is entitled to moderate his forum anyway he see's fit IMO).
Steve
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Just because you don't see the point in my calling it Alsihad, doesn't mean that it's pointless. It just mean that you don't see the point.
I'm hoping GM won't edit out all the Alsihad's in this post (that could get rather confusing), as I'm merely trying to clear up several inaccurate statements, and to set the record straight. Nothing more, nothing less.
Enjoy,
Mixerman