Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2012-01-05 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:57:57 -0700 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

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2012-01-05 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:36:56 -0500 Jamie wrote: [snip] > As a former fundie myself (brief stint, I assure you!), I do have > some sympathy for your hotel guests. Decades ago, in my teens, before > I was fortunate enough to snap out of it, such a situation would have > produced an *extreme* amou

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2012-01-05 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:40:09 -0700 Brett Glass wrote: > At 02:20 AM 12/5/2011, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > >Even better, colour it golden, and you can get the Harry Potter > >constituency on-board too.. > > Or color it pink... and pigs will fly! ;-) > > --Brett And make the head football-shaped

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2012-01-05 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:40:19 -0700 Brett Glass wrote: > ROFL! This should be part of the official collection of artwork. > > If we used this, all we'd need to worry about is offending the > atheists. ;-) > > --Brett Glass You beat me to it. I was just going to chime in with a remark to that ef

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-12-05 Thread Brett Glass
At 02:20 AM 12/5/2011, Matthew Seaman wrote: Even better, colour it golden, and you can get the Harry Potter constituency on-board too.. Or color it pink... and pigs will fly! ;-) --Brett ___ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freeb

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-12-05 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 04/12/2011 21:18, Paul Schenkeveld wrote: > On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 01:40:19PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: >> > ROFL! This should be part of the official collection of artwork. > +1 > > So why not make the user choose which logo to use for FreeBSD, have > different versions of the website, CD-ROM

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-12-04 Thread Paul Schenkeveld
On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 01:40:19PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > ROFL! This should be part of the official collection of artwork. +1 So why not make the user choose which logo to use for FreeBSD, have different versions of the website, CD-ROM/DVD kits, books, shirts and other merchandise? ;-) > If

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-12-04 Thread Brett Glass
ROFL! This should be part of the official collection of artwork. If we used this, all we'd need to worry about is offending the atheists. ;-) --Brett Glass At 02:01 AM 12/4/2011, Alejandro Camuñez wrote: I made a nice and "family-friendly" version. Here you have :P http://box.jisko.net/i/de9

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-12-04 Thread Mike Jeays
On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 08:18:57 +1300 Jonathan Chen wrote: > 2011/12/4 Alejandro Camuñez : > > I made a nice and "family-friendly" version. Here you have :P > > > > http://box.jisko.net/i/de9679fd.png > > I almost fell out my chair laughing! I love the fact that the shadown > of the daemon is in the

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-12-04 Thread Jonathan Chen
2011/12/4 Alejandro Camuñez : > I made a nice and "family-friendly" version. Here you have :P > > http://box.jisko.net/i/de9679fd.png I almost fell out my chair laughing! I love the fact that the shadown of the daemon is in the shiny little bubble. -- Jonathan Chen __

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-12-04 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 4 Dec 2011, Alejandro Camuñez wrote: I made a nice and "family-friendly" version. Here you have :P http://box.jisko.net/i/de9679fd.png That is both beatiful and funny as hell. It should be available along with the official artwork.___ free

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-12-04 Thread Alejandro Camuñez
Relax, it's just a bad pun :P > > > I made a nice and "family-friendly" version. Here you have :P > > > > http://box.jisko.net/i/de9679fd.png > > > > Enjoy > > > > Alex Vixgeck.- > > I desperately hope that this is a joke... If so, it is very amusing, and > nicely done. > _

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-12-04 Thread Alejandro Camuñez
I should have written at the beginning of my mail something like "*WARNING* The above post may contain traces of irony and sarcasm" ... ... /facepalm/ ___ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To uns

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-12-04 Thread David S Alanis
On 12/04/2011 03:01 AM, Alejandro Camuñez wrote: I made a nice and "family-friendly" version. Here you have :P http://box.jisko.net/i/de9679fd.png Enjoy Alex Vixgeck.- ___ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/li

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-12-04 Thread Mike Jeays
On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 10:01:16 +0100 Alejandro Camuñez wrote: > I made a nice and "family-friendly" version. Here you have :P > > http://box.jisko.net/i/de9679fd.png > > Enjoy > > Alex Vixgeck.- > ___ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http:/

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-12-04 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Sunday 04 December 2011 16:01:16 Alejandro Camuñez wrote: > I made a nice and "family-friendly" version. Here you have :P > > http://box.jisko.net/i/de9679fd.png this is really offending. I would have to give up on FreeBSD if this would become the logo. Why do people feel offended by th

Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-12-04 Thread Alejandro Camuñez
I made a nice and "family-friendly" version. Here you have :P http://box.jisko.net/i/de9679fd.png Enjoy Alex Vixgeck.- ___ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-11-30 Thread David Duchscher
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

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-11-30 Thread Jamie
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

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-11-30 Thread RW
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

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-11-30 Thread Tom Limoncelli
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

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-11-30 Thread William Palfreman
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

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-11-30 Thread Tony Theodore
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

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-11-30 Thread Ulf Zimmermann
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

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-11-30 Thread Aryeh Friedman
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

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-11-30 Thread Brett Glass
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 ___ freebsd-

Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-11-30 Thread Brett Glass
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

Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo

2011-11-29 Thread Brett Glass
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 we or the hotel management "worshipped the Devil" and