Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:18:02 +0100 From: Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de> To: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: about logo Message-ID: <401A133A.7020900@kernel32.de> In-Reply-To: <20040130000610.3809be06.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> References: <20040130065605.9623.qmail@web12907.mail.yahoo.com> <20040130070435.GA12066@grover.logicsquad.net> <20040130000610.3809be06.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu>
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Hej Chris, Chris Pressey wrote: >> >>It's not a devil. It's a daemon. >> >>http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html > > > But you have to admit, glib explanations notwithstanding, that our > beloved Beastie *is* a devil. > It may be a demon too. Not daemon, but demon. In Ferry Tales, often a demon is used instead of the devil himself. But devil equals demon in that case, so therefor, right, our Beastie is a devil ;) My own Opinion ! > I mean, I sincerely doubt that the ancient Greeks envisioned daemons to > be red-skinned horned things with pointy tails, carrying pitchforks. > true. > Whereas who can dispute that the modern devil image in western culture > *does* entail those features? > true again. Ferrytail beasts / demons entail those features too ;) > So I feel that there's a certain amount of sophistry in this > oft-repeated apologia - and it's beginning to annoy me just a little. > true too ... > Now, if anyone has a *problem* with Beastie being a devil, that's a > completely different issue... > correct :) My explanation is that it's only a picture of a unix daemon runnig with a fork. You have some unix words, and how to give these words a cute picture ? Right, paint a devil with a pitchfork - that's it. And let's call him Chuck, 'cause he's wearing Chuck All Stars shoes ;) Am I wrong ?! rgrds, Marian
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