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a3_nm | karma 3233 | avg karma 3.89 · 2014-01-31 07:16:30

It could also be referring to the classic https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/mickens/thenight...

stingraycharles | karma 11619 | avg karma 4.34 · 2014-01-31 07:22:15

Both wrong; from the site:

"Nightwatch got its name from the famous painting The Night Watch by Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn. The masterpiece is prominently displayed in the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam - The Netherlands".

http://nightwatchjs.org/guide

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mbq | karma 601 | avg karma 1.45 · 2014-01-31 15:58:46+00:00

...which was called such because the painting got dirty and buried under tons of varnish; the actual title is "The Company of captain Frans Banning Cocq and lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch preparing to march out."

delian66 | karma 515 | avg karma 1.92 · 2014-01-31 17:45:39+00:00

Thank you for this link ... it was an epic reading, a true classic indeed.