Re: [Haskell] Re: Marketing Haskell

[ajb]

G'day all.

Quoting "Benjamin L.Russell" :


Actually, according to the Wikipedia entry for "octopus" (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus), I probably should have written
the plural as either "octopuses" or "octopodes":


Ah, but "octopodes" is only the _nominative_ plural.  You really
should have written this:

Or is that a logo of two octoposi, one with four arms, and the other
with three?  Oh no, the poor octopodes!

Or, if the second sentence addresses the octopous, this would be correct:

Oh no, the poor octopoi!

Hope this helps.  For your homework, what is the plural of "topos"?

Cheers,
Andrew Bromage
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[Haskell] Re: Marketing Haskell

[Benjamin L . Russell]

On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 10:18:17 +0200, Thomas Davie 
wrote:

>On 3 Apr 2009, at 09:25, Benjamin L.Russell wrote:
>
>>[...]
>>
>> Or is that a logo of two octopi, one with four arms, and the other
>> with three?  Oh no, the poor octopi!
>
>If it's an octopi, surely it should have 3.1415926... arms?  Where's  
>the 0.1415926...?

Actually, according to the Wikipedia entry for "octopus" (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus), I probably should have written
the plural as either "octopuses" or "octopodes":

>The Oxford English Dictionary (2004 update[26]) lists octopuses, octopi
> and octopodes (in that order); it labels octopodes "rare", and notes 
>that octopi derives from the mistaken assumption that octopus is a
> second declension Latin noun, which it is not.

Since the 3.1415926... derives from a mistaken assumption, the
0.1415926... disappears in a poof of logic.  

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Re: [Haskell] Re: Marketing Haskell

[Thomas Davie]

On 3 Apr 2009, at 09:25, Benjamin L.Russell wrote:


On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 09:09:26 +0200, Jean-Philippe Bernardy
 wrote:


On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Marc A. Ziegert  wrote:


how about an octopus?


I could not resist the opportunity to combine two great ideas and  
give
you the haskell octopus logo in attachment. It's a bit rough, but  
with

a bit more polish, what do you think?


Nice try, but an octupus has eight arms, not seven.  What about the
remaining arm?

Or is that a logo of two octopi, one with four arms, and the other
with three?  Oh no, the poor octopi!


If it's an octopi, surely it should have 3.1415926... arms?  Where's  
the 0.1415926...?


Bob
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[Haskell] Re: Marketing Haskell

[Benjamin L . Russell]

On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 09:09:26 +0200, Jean-Philippe Bernardy
 wrote:

>On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Marc A. Ziegert  wrote:
>
>> how about an octopus?
>
>I could not resist the opportunity to combine two great ideas and give
>you the haskell octopus logo in attachment. It's a bit rough, but with
>a bit more polish, what do you think?

Nice try, but an octupus has eight arms, not seven.  What about the
remaining arm?

Or is that a logo of two octopi, one with four arms, and the other
with three?  Oh no, the poor octopi!

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Re: [Haskell] Re: Marketing Haskell

[Anton van Straaten]

Jean-Philippe Bernardy wrote:

  On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Marc A. Ziegert  wrote:
  
  
how about an octopus?

  
  I could not resist the opportunity to combine two great ideas and give
you the haskell octopus logo in attachment. It's a bit rough, but with
a bit more polish, what do you think?

  

Octopus?  I thought it was a narwhal orgy.

  
  
  




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Re: [Haskell] Re: Marketing Haskell

[Jean-Philippe Bernardy]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Marc A. Ziegert  wrote:

> how about an octopus?

I could not resist the opportunity to combine two great ideas and give
you the haskell octopus logo in attachment. It's a bit rough, but with
a bit more polish, what do you think?

Cheers,
JP.
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Re: [Haskell] Re: Marketing Haskell

[Marc A. Ziegert]

slow and lazy... that's me, too. but haskell is not slow.


how about an octopus?

there are some kinds (or all?), which are more chameleon like than real 
chameleons; they can look like strange fishes, stones, or whatever.
they have a decentralized brain (like multi core), are really intelligent (can 
even open cucumber glasses, but probably not 100 bottles of beer) and are from 
the stronger types of animals; strong because they save their energy (glucose 
and oxygen) in their blood for times when they need it -- like being lazy but 
fast.
they can swim backwards and can squeeze themself through holes of the size of 
their own eyes -- reminds me of javascript as backend.
and they are funny and cool: they squirt water at you like dolphins -- the 
"Quotes of the Week" are funny and cool, too, but you have to wet yourself.

imho, you can compare them to handy parrots (but mute) with colour/sign 
language and chameleon features. and they know some ninja arts; inky, but 
ninjas are cool.

some videos:
The Indonesian Mimic Octopus 
One Very Clever Octopus 
Skilled octopus opens bottles 
Octopus escaping through a one inch hole 

Wow! Giant octopus - extreme animals - BBC wildlife 

Pulpos: suave inteligencia (Octopus intelligence) 


- marc



Am Donnerstag, 2. April 2009 schrieb Bulat Ziganshin:
> Hello Benjamin,
> 
> Thursday, April 2, 2009, 2:54:38 PM, you wrote:
> 
> > Likewise.  Why don't we ask the real Simon to choose an additional
> > mascot for Haskell?  Something slow and lazy would do
> 
> i propose myself...
> 
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Re: [Haskell] Re: Marketing Haskell

[Bulat Ziganshin]

Hello Benjamin,

Thursday, April 2, 2009, 2:54:38 PM, you wrote:

> Likewise.  Why don't we ask the real Simon to choose an additional
> mascot for Haskell?  Something slow and lazy would do

i propose myself...

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[Haskell] Re: Marketing Haskell

[Benjamin L . Russell]

On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:24:54 -0700, Jonathan Cast
 wrote:

>The sad thing is, despite the form of this message, I entirely agree
>with the content...

Likewise.  Why don't we ask the real Simon to choose an additional
mascot for Haskell?  Something slow and lazy would do

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