Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 22:18:22 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, Licia <licia@o-o.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I Need Advice Message-ID: <4.1.19981107221812.00a6eee0@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <19981108141424.00692@welearn.com.au> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981107133017.26045A-100000@o-o> <Pine.BSF.3.96.981107133017.26045A-100000@o-o>
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At 02:14 PM 11/8/98 +1100, Sue Blake wrote: >On Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 01:41:01PM -0600, Licia wrote: >> >> I'm about to place an order for 1,000 ink pens to give away. >> I am allowed 4 lines of 26 characters each in which to place >> my message. I would really like some suggestions as to how >> best to use these lines to advocate FreeBSD. >> >> Right now, I am thinking something like : >> >> |---------------------------| >> >> 1 FreeBSD >> 2 A Free Operating System >> 3 http://www.FreeBSD.org >> 4 The Power To Serve > >Why not utilise some of that area as free space to accentuate the rest? >Then you could say more with less, and arouse curiosity, e.g. > > |---------------------------| >1 The power to serve >2 >3 http://www.FreeBSD.org >4 > >or use line 4 instead of 3 (I'm not sure whether line 4 would lead onto >line 1 without a gap or not, and that's important), so that some text >is visible at any angle. People don't usually spend much time reading >pens :-) The name is obvious from the URL. > >Another way to spice up the mystery would be something like: > > |---------------------------| >1 My other writing tool is >2 FreeBSD >3 >4 http://www.FreeBSD.org > > > |---------------------------| >1 My other writing tool has >2 the power to serve. >3 >4 http://www.FreeBSD.org > > > |---------------------------| >1 My other communication tool >2 has the power to serve. >3 >4 http://www.FreeBSD.org > > >Come on folks, think of something better. Whatever doesn't get used >on pens will give us ideas for other uses. > >-- > >Regards, > -*Sue*- Some of those are really good, Sue.. :-) --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 http://www.droo.orland.me.us My Latest Kernel: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT (ONEEX) #14: Mon Oct 19 22:36:58 EDT 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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