From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 11 07:52:29 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09DFA16A400 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 07:52:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7666A43D45 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 07:52:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id k4B7q1x70778; Thu, 11 May 2006 00:52:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Ceri Davies" , "Jonathan Horne" , Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 00:52:01 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: New FreeBSD Logo X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 07:52:29 -0000 >-----Original Message----- >From: Ceri Davies [mailto:ceri@submonkey.net] >Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:31 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt; Jonathan Horne; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo > > >On 10/5/06 09:18, "Ted Mittelstaedt" wrote: > >> >> Someone already posted a professional analysis. The summary was that >> the new logo was amateurish with some serious flaws. >Amateurish because >> a ball is about the easiest thing you can produce in >Photoshop and very >> unoriginal. Serious flaws because due to all the shading this logo is >> impossible to accurately reproduce on small items like business cards, >> and on larger items the shading makes it very expensive to >reproduce due >> to the number of colors used. > >In fact, there are reduced colour versions for exactly that >reason. Since >you didn't bother to look for them, I guess this isn't the real >issue for >you, though. > I was merely relating what the summary was. But, I think you fail to understand the point - the summary said that the shading is impossible to reproduce accurately on small items, a reduced color image simply is an official statement of "yeah, we know it's flawed in that it cannot be accurately reduced, so here's a substitute" It is like you got a car that is leaking oil at a rate of a quart a week and someone's "fix" for it is to give you a coupon for 4 free cases of oil. I guess that's technically a "fix", hope your rod bearings stand up to it, though. Ted