From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 28 4:11:51 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 19E5337B719 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 04:11:34 -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 F3796A2C33; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 20:01:02 +0800 (PHT) Received: from jessie (unknown [216.252.213.11]) by tiger.techasia.com.ph (Postfix) with SMTP id 71ED22E839; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 20:02:11 +0000 (GMT) From: "Power JeSsIe!" To: "Kathy Quinlan" , "fooler" , "Artem Koutchine" Cc: "Neil Blakey-Milner" , Subject: RE: bsd logo Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 20:21:38 -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) In-Reply-To: <00f301c0a172$91e7b8c0$fe00a8c0@kat.lan> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG is this cute? http://freebsdphreak.org/takeittux.jpg See my SuperSig: http://proxy.supersig.com/sig?60013444_60006895 -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Quinlan [mailto:katinka@magestower.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 2:38 AM To: fooler; Artem Koutchine Cc: Neil Blakey-Milner; Power JeSsIe!; questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd logo And besides he wears sneakers, he is soooo cute :o) Kat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "fooler" To: "Artem Koutchine" Cc: "Neil Blakey-Milner" ; "Power JeSsIe!" ; Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 6:12 PM Subject: Re: bsd logo > http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/copyright/daemon.html > > fooler. > > Artem Koutchine wrote: > > > Who gives a f**k about this? Some weird > > brain screwed religion maniac who is perversed enough > > to be classied as fanatic and will become a member os > > some sect w/o doub. > > > > A well know official relegion representative > > in Russian (Russian Ortodox) said on behave on the number > > 666 that it is only a number. Nothing more. It can be used, > > written, manupulated, said and so forth w/o being in danger > > of calling upon evil. This is just a number. If you put some > > extra meaning in it - it is you up to you, but it is closer > > to pagan culture. > > > > So, FreeBSD logo is just a FreeBSD logo. Nobody knows > > how daemon (demon, imp, etc) look like. Or in my case, > > if it even exists. So, relax people! Read some good > > books (Freud, Stanislav Lem) to clear up your view on such > > things. > > > > The creature which is represented on FreeBSD logo is > > definitelly a freindly one and it is (using human anotomy) still > > a child or a teenager. I doubt that such creature with a smile > > can represent any kind of danger. Psychologically for > > a modern human (whose culture is relied upon religion > > not as much as in 19th centure) this picture should > > be associated with position emotion and humor. If it is not > > for you - visit your psychoanalist. > > > > Best regards, > > Artem > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Neil Blakey-Milner" > > To: "Power JeSsIe!" > > Cc: > > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 12:02 PM > > Subject: Re: bsd logo > > > > > On Wed 2001-02-28 (15:09), Power JeSsIe! wrote: > > > > 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... > > > > > > There was a process of "demonisation" occuring when (possibly > > before, > > > but definitely during) other cultures were introduced to > > Christianity. > > > Their previous gods, angel-analogues, and so forth were deemed to be > > > evil forces pretending to be good, or whatever. > > > > > > Webster's definition: > > > > > > Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil > > > spirit, fr. Gr. ? a divinity; of uncertain origin.] > > > 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a > > > middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology. > > > > > > The imagery can be linked at least to stylised Eastern art from > > pre-"BC" > > > (CE, now, isn't it?), and to pre-Christianity Europe (satyrs, and so > > > forth). > > > > > > Neil > > > -- > > > Neil Blakey-Milner > > > nbm@mithrandr.moria.org > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ____________________________________________________________ Get your domain name and domain-based e-mail from Namezero.com. New! Namezero Plus domains now available. 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