I think there are arguments for saying "No flag for none, UN flag for international": - The UN flag is already used for international teams on BOINCStats (see http://de.boincstats.com/stats/team_stats.php?pr=sah&st=0 for example) and users (see this link unless of course he changes it in the meantime http://de.boincstats.com/search/all_projects.php?cpid=9cf010f23a9b31d3c643201411adce4c ) - Users will understand that if you say 'None' you get no flag - Users who really don't like flags have a clear way of selecting that - Some s...@home users have already said they would like the UN flag for International (see this thread http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=54122#907031 )
2009/6/12 David Anderson <[email protected]>: > I'm going to stick with just the famfamfam flags. > > No flag shown for "None" or "International": > These people don't necessarily like the United Nations, > and may reject nationalism and flags entirely. > > -- David > > John 37309 wrote: >> OK attached to this email is a zipped package with the following 6 flags; >> >> un for United Nations, GIF and PNG >> >> aq for Antartica, GIF and PNG >> >> im for Isle of Man, GIF and PNG >> >> All flags are 16x11 pix >> >> Any more flags needed, let me know! >> >> John. >> >> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Richard Haselgrove >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> That's fine - congratulations on getting it this far. But I know, >> from personal experience, how easy it is for minor errors to creep >> in when cross-referencing lists by eye. >> >> My role in the commercial software I mentioned was effectively that >> of 'sweeper' - performing an independent final check before the >> datasets were sent for mastering, duplication and distribution. So I >> know the techniques - everything you saw in my previous post was >> done by bulk data manipulation and database matching. As I found >> myself saying repeatedly yesterday, "if you're going to do something >> at all, do it properply": hence the proof-read. >> >> I think it would be best if you, John, could go back to the original >> developers of famfamfam (since you made the link in the first >> place), and ask that images for IM, AQ and UN (conveniently >> unallocated) be added to the archive. That way, future BOINC >> projects can follow the installation instructions, and collect a >> single comprehensive archive - if the instruction are "get the >> archive, and add three odd single images", projects will mess up or >> not bother. >> >> [ IM has a flag - click the link on the Wikipedia page. AQ doesn't, >> so perhaps your UN image could be duplicated there ] >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* John 37309 <mailto:[email protected]> >> *To:* Richard Haselgrove <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Cc:* David Anderson <mailto:[email protected]> ; BOINC Dev >> Mailing List <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Friday, June 12, 2009 2:21 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [boinc_dev] Add country to forum profile >> >> Richard, >> It was I "hand-wrote-out" the two letter code for each country. >> I tried to cross reference the country codes from the official >> iso 3166-2 codes. The countries listed in the boinc code seem to >> be unique, they don't match the iso list of codes, they were >> taken from some CIA website. In the boinc list countries, there >> are countries listed that are not officially listed by iso or >> the international community. >> >> I did my best, but yes, you are correct in all the corrections >> you suggested. I searched the iso 3166-2 codes for words like >> "Gaza" and "Virgin" and when there was no country listed >> containing the word, i guessed! Yes, i possibly made errors in >> my dicisions about world political borders. >> >> If any flags are needed, i can make identical flags for any >> country that match the famfamfam flags. I have the >> image template made! >> >> The UN Flag; >> http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n46/john502/un-1.png >> >> http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n46/john502/un.gif >> >> John. >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
