Question

Who is Hermes?

Answer 1

A character from futurama....i dont see how this is os feedback can you close this...pkease?

Answer 2

I know of Futurama. Each time you send a message, you see this "Hermes would be proud"

Answer 3

OH YEAH!!! Thats so true

Answer 4

Pro someone who made the pm system or made thia site

Answer 5

Hes the Greek messenger God..
You're sending a message..
Hermes would be proud.
Haa get it?
@Isaiah.Feynman

Answer 6

Hermes was the Greek god of commerce, son of Zeus and Maia. Quick acting and cunning, he was able to move swiftly between the world of man and the world of gods, acting as a messenger of the gods and the link between mortals and the Olympians.

Answer 7

Yea some people take it as offensive and others dont.

Answer 8

In programming there is an old tradition of the Easter Egg. These were hidden extras they put in. It was a way for a programmer to have fun. Well, the Hermes thing falls into a similar concept of being entertaining. Programmers like fun things in their programs.

Answer 9

@jagr2713 don't forget to cite your sources :P
http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Hermes/hermes.html

Answer 10

\(\color{blue}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @EclipsedStar
@jagr2713 don't forget to cite your sources :P

http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Hermes/hermes.html
\(\color{blue}{\text{End of Quote}}\)
hm ok

Answer 11

We need more of these funny things. We can all do with a little more humor in our lives!

Answer 12

ikr Preetha. lol

Answer 13

Like this? Hahaha xD

Answer 14

@jagr2713 I get it now.

Answer 15

Lol

Answer 16

Perhaps they should have used Mercury. Then people would have known it was for when your messages were Roman here and there. As it is, you have to be a computer Greek to get the joke.

Answer 17

@compassionate Right?

Answer 18

No, left.

Answer 19

Here I set up a triple pun and Compassionte left it...

Answer 20

LOL x'D

Answer 21

@e.mccormick
I only found two puns:
Roman=Roaming
Greek=Geek

Bonus:
"Here I set up a triple pun and Compassionte [sic] left it..."
LEFT

@Compassionate literally left it...

Answer 22

@GreenCat The mercury bit itself might get by most... have to use some quick silver to catch it.

Answer 23

Sorry; Mercury is too quick for me.

Answer 24

Unless the point is that Mercury is Roman; then, I already got that.
@e.mccormick

Answer 25

Look up other names for mercury, the element.

Answer 26

Isn't mercury literally quicksilver? OH 'quick' silver!

Answer 27

And another way to pun the need for it to be called mercury.

Answer 28

Hastly, Godspeed Quicksilver

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1AVNC_enUS607US607&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Quicksilver+skateboard&tbm=shop

Answer 29

So the point is that Mercury would be quicker than Hermes?
I do know that the element is also known as Quicksilver but I thought that was an added pun.