(apologies if this is a duplicate - I think my last post has gotten lost).
The RFC pleads for a community spirit from ORA. Barring that, it seeks
a new symbol for the community entirely
I'd suggest a mongoose - eats poisonous snakes for breakfast.
There's a sort of tie-in with Perl Mongers
/me likes. /me likes a lot.
David T. Grove
Blue Square Group
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The RFC pleads for a community spirit from ORA. Barring that, it seeks a
new
symbol for the community entirely
I'd suggest a mongoose - eats poisonous snakes for breakfast.
There's a sort of tie-in with Perl Mongers == Perl Mongoose as well :-)
Dave.
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Larry Wall wrote:
there seems to be a shortage of three
On Wed, 9 May 2001 10:24:26 -0400, David Grove wrote:
I remember someone (whether at O'Reilly or
not I don't remember) saying that, even if it looks like a horse but has a
hump, it's not allowed. Or was that an alpaca with a llama...
The RFC pleads for a community spirit from ORA. Barring that,
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 04:50:51PM +0200, Bart Lateur wrote:
Several perl ports, and at least one book, use a shiny ball as a
symbol.
It took me a bit of thinking before I realized what this shiny ball
represents. Odd.
Beginning Perl was going to use a blown-up microscope slide of a grain
of
concerns : new mascot?
On Wed, 9 May 2001 10:24:26 -0400, David Grove wrote:
I remember someone (whether at O'Reilly or
not I don't remember) saying that, even if it looks like a horse
but has a
hump, it's not allowed. Or was that an alpaca with a llama...
The RFC pleads for a community
concerns : new mascot?
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 04:50:51PM +0200, Bart Lateur wrote:
Several perl ports, and at least one book, use a shiny ball as a
symbol.
It took me a bit of thinking before I realized what this shiny ball
represents. Odd.
Beginning Perl was going to use
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:02:52AM -0400, David Grove wrote:
oyster/clam/mussel shell with association to the Perl language. The first
thought is to give a demonstration on how rude holding this type of symbol
is.
I think all it would demonstrate is how flawed the copyright system is.
But
And there was me thinking the shiny ball must be a camel dropping
At 04:06 PM 5/9/2001 +0100, Simon Cozens wrote:
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:02:52AM -0400, David Grove wrote:
oyster/clam/mussel shell with association to the Perl language. The first
thought is to give a demonstration on how rude holding this type of symbol
is.
I think all it would
- STDIN concerns : new mascot?
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Simon Cozens wrote:
Beginning Perl was going to use a blown-up microscope slide of a grain
of sand - the beginnings of a pearl. Of course, nobody would have got
it, so we went with a cat instead, which is even more oblique.
Hmmm, I
David Grove writes:
Probably not if it had scales, webbed feet, a hookbill, antennae, a furry
coontail, and udders. Otherwise, if it looks like a camel at all, it's
considered a trademark violation. I remember someone (whether at O'Reilly or
not I don't remember) saying that, even if it
A. C. Yardley writes:
taken off list. (I don't mean to arrogant the decisional authority
Erh, make that arrogate ...
/acy
As my Con Law professor was fond of saying, Horse hooey!*
Camel cookies.
;-)
These types of issues are not nearly so clear cut as many company's
would have people believe. E.g., O'Reilly is book publisher that
engages in the business of publishing and selling books for a
profit. They
Larry Wall wrote:
there seems to be a shortage of three-humped camels.
At last! the unencumbered image for the mascot! Could
O'Reilly really claim a three-humped camel was an image of
a camel, with a straight face?
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