From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 28 2:38:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from syncopation-01.iinet.net.au (syncopation-01.iinet.net.au [203.59.24.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9715137B718 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 02:38:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from katinka@magestower.com) Received: (qmail 19749 invoked by uid 666); 28 Feb 2001 10:49:20 -0000 Received: from opera.iinet.net.au (HELO wskatinka) (203.59.24.144) by mail.m.iinet.net.au with SMTP; 28 Feb 2001 10:49:20 -0000 Message-ID: <00f301c0a172$91e7b8c0$fe00a8c0@kat.lan> From: "Kathy Quinlan" To: "fooler" , "Artem Koutchine" Cc: "Neil Blakey-Milner" , "Power JeSsIe!" , References: <00ca01c0a20d$862637a0$6100000a@vladsempire.net> <20010228110202.A84177@rapier.smartspace.co.za> <005001c0a169$2b506160$0c00a8c0@ipform.ru> <3A9CCEF1.A899F513@skyinet.net> Subject: Re: bsd logo Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 18:38:19 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG And besides he wears sneakers, he is soooo cute :o) Kat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "fooler" To: "Artem Koutchine" Cc: "Neil Blakey-Milner" ; "Power JeSsIe!" ; Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 6:12 PM Subject: Re: bsd logo > http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/copyright/daemon.html > > fooler. > > Artem Koutchine wrote: > > > Who gives a f**k about this? Some weird > > brain screwed religion maniac who is perversed enough > > to be classied as fanatic and will become a member os > > some sect w/o doub. > > > > A well know official relegion representative > > in Russian (Russian Ortodox) said on behave on the number > > 666 that it is only a number. Nothing more. It can be used, > > written, manupulated, said and so forth w/o being in danger > > of calling upon evil. This is just a number. If you put some > > extra meaning in it - it is you up to you, but it is closer > > to pagan culture. > > > > So, FreeBSD logo is just a FreeBSD logo. Nobody knows > > how daemon (demon, imp, etc) look like. Or in my case, > > if it even exists. So, relax people! Read some good > > books (Freud, Stanislav Lem) to clear up your view on such > > things. > > > > The creature which is represented on FreeBSD logo is > > definitelly a freindly one and it is (using human anotomy) still > > a child or a teenager. I doubt that such creature with a smile > > can represent any kind of danger. Psychologically for > > a modern human (whose culture is relied upon religion > > not as much as in 19th centure) this picture should > > be associated with position emotion and humor. If it is not > > for you - visit your psychoanalist. > > > > Best regards, > > Artem > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Neil Blakey-Milner" > > To: "Power JeSsIe!" > > Cc: > > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 12:02 PM > > Subject: Re: bsd logo > > > > > On Wed 2001-02-28 (15:09), Power JeSsIe! wrote: > > > > but if daemon doesn't mean a demon, > > > > why is it that the logo is like that? > > > > a little red fellow with horns,tail and a fork... > > > > > > There was a process of "demonisation" occuring when (possibly > > before, > > > but definitely during) other cultures were introduced to > > Christianity. > > > Their previous gods, angel-analogues, and so forth were deemed to be > > > evil forces pretending to be good, or whatever. > > > > > > Webster's definition: > > > > > > Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil > > > spirit, fr. Gr. ? a divinity; of uncertain origin.] > > > 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a > > > middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology. > > > > > > The imagery can be linked at least to stylised Eastern art from > > pre-"BC" > > > (CE, now, isn't it?), and to pre-Christianity Europe (satyrs, and so > > > forth). > > > > > > Neil > > > -- > > > Neil Blakey-Milner > > > nbm@mithrandr.moria.org > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message