Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:25:56 -0800 From: Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org> To: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> Cc: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> Subject: Re: 9.2-PRE: switch off that stupid "Nakatomi Socrates" Message-ID: <CA%2BE3k91hX_UHs21g31Pu1QCQkZfK_nWZfBN-px%2BaYe9D%2BcgpDw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52460D3F.304@gmail.com> References: <20130921123125.309f30eb@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> <523D7784.30002@FreeBSD.org> <5246014B.70908@gmail.com> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC01B09@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> <52460D3F.304@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:57 PM, David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> I have loader_logo="orb" and I still have a message at the right bottom > >> with that stupid joke. I know that you're passionate about this topic, but if you could drop the subjective parts and focus on the facts, that would be more constructive. > Seriously, I don't understand why people waste time to create jokes like > that instead of working on serious issues. Because we're not robots. We need to occasionally shift gears to avoid burning out. Taking a break to do something playful can actually improve overall productivity. Especially if you're pushing hard to get a world-class OS out the door in your copious free time. > >> Also in the future you can just forgot that crappy ideas as you can see, > >> nobody liked it. I actually thought that it was pretty cool. It may have needed an easier off switch, but I think that it was harmless. > Check again in the lists, I'm not the only one complaining on that. This depends on which lists. I'm not the only one who thought it was cool. People were passing it around and appreciating the reference. I'm honestly mystified by the backlash on this. Did people panic because they thought they'd been hacked? If so, future logo humor could be adjusted to account for this. I understand leaving out true code-based easter eggs, to keep code clean and simple. But this was a humorous logo change for an alpha release. It seems harmless to me. Royce
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