Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 13:50:14 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-chat@freeBSD.org Subject: Re: why is it called /boot/beastie.4th ? Message-ID: <20080203115013.GC2075@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <20080203073317.GA64281@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0802011055540.26188@libra.sfsu.edu> <200802012123.m11LNV3s061230@lurza.secnetix.de> <20080201225214.GA57322@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <863asaopbz.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080203010151.GA62332@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20080203041304.GA5298@kobe.laptop> <20080203073317.GA64281@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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On 2008-02-03 07:33, Frank Shute <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> wrote: >On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 06:13:05AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>On 2008-02-03 01:01, Frank Shute <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> wrote: >>>On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 01:28:48AM +0100, Dag-Erling Smrgrav wrote: >>>>Frank Shute <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> writes: >>>>> Should be done by default IMO. Used to be until the religious maniacs >>>>> started going on about devil worship and other such nonsense. >>>> >>>> No, it was removed because it was butt-ugly. ASCII art stopped being >>>> cool twenty years ago. >>> >>> And the ascii Freebsd that it was replaced with is beautiful?! And >>> cool?!! >>> >>> I like the ascii beastie and you've got no taste ;) >>> >>> If it were put to a vote, the beast would win by a country mile amongst >>> those users with taste! >> >> Taste... it's always 'taste' in a way or another. >> >> Since there *is* an option, which interested people can tweak to their >> heart's desire, and the source *IS* *OPEN* for anyone to modify on their >> own if the option is not enough, can we drop the ad hominem's and move >> on with actually *hacking* FreeBSD to make it better? > > I thought chat@ was the place to hang out when you'd had enough of > "hacking"? It is. I just thought the tone of the last exchanges started being `too much' even for chat. FreeBSD is famous as a project, including both the developers *and* the user community, for its civilized attitude and the maturity of email exchanges. We don't really *need* all that personal attack stuff :/ > As for taste, it's due to a lack of taste that we're now lumbered with > a sex toy as a logo. I don't feel particularly well about the new logo either, but that's a bit besides the point. I am not using FreeBSD because I like its current logo or because I like the style of monospaced text in the web pages (I don't, there are horrendous CSS bugs in the web site, which I have often complained about). I am using FreeBSD because I like the way it works, I like the quality of its source code base, and most importantly: I like the people ;) > Keep the text as a monument to somebody's stupidity and a project gone > awry... and the bloody sex toy. I suppose we should be thankful that the `sex toy' doesn't render well in ASCII art. Now that would be fun ...
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