From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Dec  3 08:12:37 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76D1B16A4CE
	for <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>;
	Wed,  3 Dec 2003 08:12:37 -0800 (PST)
Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.86.163])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0DE643FDD
	for <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>;
	Wed,  3 Dec 2003 08:12:35 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from phk@phk.freebsd.dk)
Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by critter.freebsd.dk (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hB3GCX8D009444;
	Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:12:33 +0100 (CET)
	(envelope-from phk@phk.freebsd.dk)
To: Olev <hannula@hot.ee>
From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Dec 2003 18:08:41 +0200."
             <3FCE0A89.90107@hot.ee> 
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 17:12:33 +0100
Message-ID: <9443.1070467953@critter.freebsd.dk>
cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: 5.0 boot beastie animation? 
X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current
	<freebsd-current.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>,
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>,
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 16:12:37 -0000

In message <3FCE0A89.90107@hot.ee>, Olev writes:
>Just discovered a nice added leetness feature that makes the boot 
>beastie be drawn in full color (loader_color="YES" in loader.conf) ... 
>ok seems leet ... but wouldn't it be even more leet when it would be 
>drawn with the fork moving? One second with the fork 1 char space to 
>left and then after a second char space to the original place where it 
>is today (just 2 frames, and then redraw the beastie with one of them 
>every second).
>We all boot our machines as seldom as possible, but let's make that 
>booting FUN.

Just do not make it the default or people installing on serial consoles
will hate you more than you imagine...

-- 
Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe    
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.