Is there any existing copywrite on that horn?

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Alan Pyne <[email protected]> wrote:

> How about adopting the Trystero muted post horn symbol from Pynchon's The
> Crying of Lot 49?
>
> http://cl49.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:MutedPosthorn.png
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_horn
>
> Here's why I think this could work well:
>
> - it's meaningful (in the book, this symbol is representative of a secret
> postal service)
> - it's symbolic, rather than literal (avoiding the various cultural
> variation problems covered earlier)
> - it's distinctive (it has an alchemical feel to it, not unlike the
> Quicksilver icon - Letters is a power tool for developers/computer "wizards"
> ;-)
>
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> Alan Pyne
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