Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 18:03:08 +0100 From: "Cytomatrix" <cyto@hellband.co.uk> To: "Mike Brown" <mike@hyperreal.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux move to FreeBSD Message-ID: <007d01c58183$6cc4c1a0$0200a8c0@WRKHBDNET> References: <20050705071336.26328.qmail@hyperreal.org>
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This is the funniest discussion i have ever read. I saving these messages for future entertainment. I love Tux and Beastie pictures regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Brown" <mike@hyperreal.org> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 8:13 AM Subject: Re: Linux move to FreeBSD > Bob Hall wrote: >> The belief that guys with red skin, horns, pointy tails, and pitchforks >> represent the devil is a European superstition, not a Christian >> doctrine. There's no support for it in the Bible or the writings of the >> church fathers. > > There is also no support, except among BSD fans, for horned, > pointy-tailed, > red-skinned creatures with pitchforks representing anything other than a > li'l > devil. Saying it represents an invisible, oft-benevolent 'daemon' has very > little credibility when the mascot was clearly intended to look like what > two-thirds of humanity would recognize as _el diablo_, albeit an awfully > harmless, cartoony one. > > I think I will give one of my favorite input & control devices, the > 'mouse', a > mascot. It'll look a lot like this guy: > http://images.google.com/images?q=mickey%20mouse > ...but if anyone complains I'll just tell them it's clearly not an animate > rodent, but is rather a stylized, anthropomorphic interpretation of a > computer > accessory. I'm sure the lawyers at Disney will see my point of view. Hey, > if > it works for Beastie the "daemon"... > > On a more serious note, am I the only one who has been getting hiccups of > freebsd-questions mail from last year? I just got a bunch of traffic > (including one of the previous incarnations of this abysmal Beastie logo > non-debate) from late December, all posts that I had seen before. > >
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