Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 10:26:38 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What's the daemon chasing? Message-ID: <19970902102638.62618@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199709011643.JAA05705@kithrup.com>; from Sean Eric Fagan on Mon, Sep 01, 1997 at 09:43:56AM -0700 References: <19970901175821.15741@lemis.com> <199709011004.DAA06818.kithrup.freebsd.chat@implode.root.com> <199709011643.JAA05705@kithrup.com>
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On Mon, Sep 01, 1997 at 09:43:56AM -0700, Sean Eric Fagan wrote: > In article <199709011004.DAA06818.kithrup.freebsd.chat@implode.root.com> you write: >> There are at least two different interpretations: >> 1) A giant sperm cell. *Why* he would wish to do this is unknown. > > Officially, it's an orb that is moving very quickly, thus leaving a > trail. Hmm. I thought an orb was spherical. We talked about it a bit more this morning. Some of the suggestions: - a pancake - a frisbee - a fried egg > Why the orb's there, I dunno. Probably represents the fact that BSD was no > longer dependent on AT&T licenses, and thus was searching for its own little > logo (with the AT&T deathstar and Novell deathsquare and now SCO > deathtree-over-looking-bay being the other side, of course). Hmm. That doesn't say why it was an orb. Greg
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