From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 27 22:57:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ox.techasia.com.ph (AP-203.167.24.10.sysads.com [203.167.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7E2937B718 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 22:57:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jessie@power-jessie.net) Received: from tiger.techasia.com.ph (host-216-252-142-18.interpacket.net [216.252.142.18]) by ox.techasia.com.ph (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1978A2C47 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:47:06 +0800 (PHT) Received: from jessie (unknown [216.252.213.11]) by tiger.techasia.com.ph (Postfix) with SMTP id CB2D02E839 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:48:24 +0000 (GMT) From: "Power JeSsIe!" To: Subject: bsd logo Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 15:09:28 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 In-Reply-To: <00ca01c0a20d$862637a0$6100000a@vladsempire.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i'm just wondering why is it that the bsd logo is a little red devil? http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html said : "Many people equate the word ``daemon'' with the word ``demon,'' implying some kind of Satanic connection between UNIX and the underworld. This is an egregious misunderstanding. ``Daemon'' is actually a much older form of ``demon''; daemons have no particular bias towards good or evil, but rather serve to help define a person's character or personality. The ancient Greeks' concept of a ``personal daemon'' was similar to the modern concept of a ``guardian angel'' --- ``eudaemonia'' is the state of being helped or protected by a kindly spirit. As a rule, UNIX systems seem to be infested with both daemons and demons." (p403) but if daemon doesn't mean a demon, why is it that the logo is like that? a little red fellow with horns,tail and a fork... can someone enlighten me pls... i've heard that the fork in the logo symbolizes UNIX... don't get mad at me ...just curious .. thanks jessie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message