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Date:      Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:22:47 +0100 (CET)
From:      Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Save the Demon!
Message-ID:  <200502142022.j1EKMl5R092740@lurza.secnetix.de>
In-Reply-To: <20050214192904.GA50992@neptune.atopia.net>

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Dan Ponte <dcp1990@neptune.atopia.net> wrote:
 > Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> wrote:
 > > AFAIK, one of the main points of that logo competition is
 > > to do away with anything that could be interpreted in an
 > > religious way.  Therefore an image of an Angel would be
 > > completely inappropriate.  (Why feminine anyway?  Beastie
 > > has no specific gender, therefore it would be best to not
 > > bias the logo one way or the other.)
 > > 
 > > Also take into account that a logo is not a mascot and
 > > should not be designed in a way that it could be confused
 > > with the mascot (Beastie will still exist), so the logo
 > > should not contain a person or creature.
 > 
 > Such a goal makes no sense.

It does make sense.  It was one of the requirements
laid down for NetBSD's logo competition, which was
completed successfully last year.

Best regards
   Oliver

-- 
Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München
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(On the statement print "42 monkeys" + "1 snake":)  By the way,
both perl and Python get this wrong.  Perl gives 43 and Python
gives "42 monkeys1 snake", when the answer is clearly "41 monkeys
and 1 fat snake".        -- Jim Fulton



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