On Nov 30, 2011, at 4:16 AM, Tom Limoncelli wrote:
> This is yet another reason why it was brilliant for Linux to have a
> Penguin as their logo. Up until then all Unix imagery was
> counter-productive to wide adoption: It was mostly wizards (a reminder
> that Unix is difficult to use and only un
Oh dear,
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 06:57:57PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote:
> I just got a call from the owner of a hotel for which we provide
> hotspot service. She says that a guest spotted the "Powered by
> FreeBSD" logo at the bottom of the login page, and was offended;
> the guest was convinced
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:24:23 -0700
Brett Glass wrote:
> At 07:52 PM 11/29/2011, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>
> >Where's this?
>
> The hotel is in Laramie, Wyoming, but the guest is obviously from
> elsewhere or would not be a hotel guest.
Not necessarily, perhaps a neighbour devilled some kidn
This is yet another reason why it was brilliant for Linux to have a
Penguin as their logo. Up until then all Unix imagery was
counter-productive to wide adoption: It was mostly wizards (a reminder
that Unix is difficult to use and only understood by few) or devils
(which is just plain confusing to
On 30 November 2011 02:57, Brett Glass wrote:
> Everyone:
>
> I just got a call from the owner of a hotel for which we provide hotspot
> service. She says that a guest spotted the "Powered by FreeBSD" logo at the
> bottom of the login page, and was offended; the guest was convinced that
> either w
On 30 November 2011 12:57, Brett Glass wrote:
[...]
>
> Attempts at misguided religious censorship notwithstanding, I don't want to
> see one of my ISP's customers lose business. And I'd like to keep a FreeBSD
> logo on our hotspot page. Is there artwork that doesn't include horned
> creatures th
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 01:24:23AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote:
> At 07:52 PM 11/29/2011, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>
> >Where's this?
>
> The hotel is in Laramie, Wyoming, but the guest is obviously from
> elsewhere or would not be a hotel guest.
>
> >Take a look at the horrible series of geomet
Ask the guest if it is not also true cow's have horns so that means that
all cattle are Satan worshipers?
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:24 AM, Brett Glass wrote:
> At 07:52 PM 11/29/2011, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>
> >Where's this?
>
> The hotel is in Laramie, Wyoming, but the guest is obviously f
At 01:26 AM 11/30/2011, Aryeh Friedman wrote:
>Ask the guest if it is not also true cow's have horns so that means that all
>cattle are Satan worshipers?
You're being rational. Alas, ignorant and/or superstitious people are not.
--Brett
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At 07:52 PM 11/29/2011, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>Where's this?
The hotel is in Laramie, Wyoming, but the guest is obviously from
elsewhere or would not be a hotel guest.
>Take a look at the horrible series of geometric figures like in the
>banner at http://www.freebsd.org/.
Alas, these stil
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