Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 16:57:21 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "T.M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -current marcketting name? Message-ID: <XFMail.20021104165721.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3DC6E578.EE0B48D4@mail.ptd.net>
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On 04-Nov-2002 T.M. Sommers wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: >> >> On 04-Nov-2002 Terry Lambert wrote: >> > Ollivier Robert wrote: >> >> According to Kyle Martin: >> >> > 5.Doh! with a new beastie mascot pic found at: >> >> >> >> If you want a mascot, take this then: >> >> >> >> <http://www.neverland.net/bellamy/>; >> >> >> >> (drawing made for BSDCon Europe although that one is wearing even less) >> >> >> >> (B. Bellamy is a well known french comic artist, drawing his models in >> >> several magazines -- including Linux ones) >> > >> > Looks like a World War II B-52 bomber logo. Probably offensive >> > to Nazis... >> >> B-29 or some such maybe. The first B-52's were built in the 50's. >> AFAIK the US didn't have jet-powered bombers during WWII. I think >> the first jet-powered fighters were used in the Korean War to >> counter Mig's. (Putting on my history-channel watching hat.) > > The Germans had the Me-262 during the war, but fortunately misused it so > that it didn't wipe the skies clear of Allied aircraft. The Americans > and British had jets under development during the war, but they did not > become operational until 1946 or thereabouts. Yes, I should have clarified the last to say "..the first [US] jet-powered fighters were used [in action] in.." -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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