From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 24 20:40:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBD031065677 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:40:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B78EA8FC13 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:40:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o6OKed0l006400; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:40:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:40:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:40:38 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <20100724204038.GB6335@thought.org> References: <4C4A9870.8050106@bah.homeip.net> <4C4AA29C.20109@infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C4AA29C.20109@infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24 years of service to the Unix community. Cc: Victor Skovorodnikov , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Bernt Hansson Subject: Re: BSD logo 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: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:40:51 -0000 On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 09:21:48AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 24/07/2010 08:38:24, Bernt Hansson wrote: > > Victor Skovorodnikov said the following on 2010-07-24 04:01: > >> Hi! > >> > >> This may sound strange but I have a question about logo. Why such a > >> logo for BSD? What is the > >> meaning of that logo? > >> > >> I have always been thinking of trying FreeBSD but as a Christian I get > >> deterred by its un-Christian > >> logo. > > > > Grow up your silly sod! > > No, no. I'm afraid the game is up, chaps. Such perspicacious > observation! Such penetrating insight! How could we have dreamed that > anyone would uncover our daemonic plot to make the world a better place > through superior software by simply examining our logo? > > My friends, I fear that there is going to be a lot of holy water > sprinkled in data centres over the coming months. There will be much > weeping and wailing and a darkness shall spread over the face of the > net; lightnings and thunders and unwholesome smokes shall assault those > holy warriors attempting to drive out the daemonically possessed (Hint: > turn off the power *before* applying the Holy Water.) > [[ ... ]] Suggest that Victor not do much more 'thinking'; his head may explode ... . gary > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org 99 44/100% Guaranteed Novel