From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 5 17:03:13 2005 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 2498416A420 for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2005 17:03:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cyto@hellband.co.uk) Received: from hbdnet.uk.to (host-84-9-60-212.bulldogdsl.com [84.9.60.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D9E543D46 for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2005 17:03:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cyto@hellband.co.uk) Received: from WRKHBDNET (unknown [192.168.0.1]) by hbdnet.uk.to (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99EA678083C; Tue, 5 Jul 2005 18:00:49 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <007d01c58183$6cc4c1a0$0200a8c0@WRKHBDNET> From: "Cytomatrix" To: "Mike Brown" References: <20050705071336.26328.qmail@hyperreal.org> Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 18:03:08 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux move to FreeBSD 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: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 17:03:13 -0000 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" To: 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. > >