Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:06:10 -0800 From: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> To: "Paul A. Hoadley" <paulh@logicsquad.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: about logo Message-ID: <20040130000610.3809be06.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <20040130070435.GA12066@grover.logicsquad.net> References: <20040130065605.9623.qmail@web12907.mail.yahoo.com> <20040130070435.GA12066@grover.logicsquad.net>
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[redirected to freebsd-chat@] On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 17:34:35 +1030 "Paul A. Hoadley" <paulh@logicsquad.net> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:56:05PM -0800, Bubble Gum wrote: > > > I just want to ask (i'm sorry if it's a silly question),why freebsd > > logo use "devil" character? > > It's not a devil. It's a daemon. > > http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html But you have to admit, glib explanations notwithstanding, that our beloved Beastie *is* a devil. I mean, I sincerely doubt that the ancient Greeks envisioned daemons to be red-skinned horned things with pointy tails, carrying pitchforks. Whereas who can dispute that the modern devil image in western culture *does* entail those features? So I feel that there's a certain amount of sophistry in this oft-repeated apologia - and it's beginning to annoy me just a little. Now, if anyone has a *problem* with Beastie being a devil, that's a completely different issue... -Chris
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