On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 12:32 +1000, Andrew Ward wrote: > Apologies for adding to this discussion so late. > > When the idea of a mascot was first raised, I > recalled how in describing (and spelling) R to > people in seminars, etc I would sometimes say, > in my best pirate voice, "That's R, as in ARRRRRR!". > > The connection to something or someone criminal > is perhaps not desirable, but I'm sure that there > is someone in the R community who could be a model > for the logo (long beard certainly, eye-patch or > wooden leg even better). And then clicking on the > logo would play the accompanying sound. I think > this has plenty of appeal. > > ;-)
Perhaps we could get Johnny Depp (aka Jack Sparrow)? http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0325980/Ss/0325980/PiratesCN-36-6.jpg Or perhaps Jason Isaacs (aka Captain Hook)? http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0316396/Ss/0316396/5576_D137_00042.JPG ;-) Marc ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
