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Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 10:26:38 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com>
Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: What's the daemon chasing?
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On Mon, Sep 01, 1997 at 09:43:56AM -0700, Sean Eric Fagan wrote:
> In article <199709011004.DAA06818.kithrup.freebsd.chat@implode.root.com> you write:
>>   There are at least two different interpretations:
>> 1) A giant sperm cell. *Why* he would wish to do this is unknown.
>
> Officially, it's an orb that is moving very quickly, thus leaving a
> trail.

Hmm.  I thought an orb was spherical.

We talked about it a bit more this morning.  Some of the suggestions:

- a pancake
- a frisbee
- a fried egg

> Why the orb's there, I dunno.  Probably represents the fact that BSD was no
> longer dependent on AT&T licenses, and thus was searching for its own little
> logo (with the AT&T deathstar and Novell deathsquare and now SCO
> deathtree-over-looking-bay being the other side, of course).

Hmm.  That doesn't say why it was an orb.

Greg