Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-08-02 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 08:52:32PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 03:55:11PM +0100, Frank Shute wrote: A pitchfork has 2 tines a trident (which is what Beastie carries) has 3. Actually, pitchforks typically have four. Two would be a fauchard or military fork -- a

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-08-01 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 03:55:11PM +0100, Frank Shute wrote: A pitchfork has 2 tines a trident (which is what Beastie carries) has 3. Actually, pitchforks typically have four. Two would be a fauchard or military fork -- a weapon of war. Tridents, meanwhile, are better suited to fishing,

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-08-01 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I'd think there wouldn't be much hay surviving in a lake of fire, though. If you go fishing in this lake of fire, can you use a trident instead of a pitchfork? Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-08-01 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 10:13:32 +0700 (ICT), Olivier Nicole olivier.nic...@cs.ait.ac.th wrote: Hi, I'd think there wouldn't be much hay surviving in a lake of fire, though. If you go fishing in this lake of fire, can you use a trident instead of a pitchfork? Sure, but everything you'll

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-31 Thread Frank Shute
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 05:07:26PM +, Mario Lobo wrote: On Thursday 29 July 2010 19:45:02 Antonio Olivares wrote: I am sorry but I am now confused, the BSD Logo : http://www.freebsd.org/layout/images/logo-red.png is the sex toy right? Because Beastie just has his pitchfork

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-31 Thread Daniel C. Dowse
Hello What ever you ppl, say does it really depend on some logo? I` am sick an tired of downld that kind of mails from this list. I mean there are more trouble in the world then discuss `bout some logo of and Underground OS. That`s my opinion so please don`t feed the troll thx Daniel --

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-30 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:30:45AM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Friday, July 30, 2010 14:06:07 +1000 Ian Smith smi...@nimnet.asn.au wrote: . . . Now about that sex toy.. It's a girl thing, Paul. Or rather, a girls thing .. and no, I didn't forget an apostrophe. Hope that

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-30 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Friday, July 30, 2010 14:06:07 +1000 Ian Smith smi...@nimnet.asn.au wrote: In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 321, Issue 11, Message: 20 On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:20:24 -0500 Paul Schmehl pschmehl_li...@tx.rr.com wrote: --On Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:03:07 -0400 Jerry McAllister

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread perryh
Gary Gatten ggat...@waddell.com wrote: Will someone PLEASE kill this thread! Moderator(s)? Er, questions@ is not moderated ... You are, of course, welcome to add a rule to your procmail or whatever to delete these messages before you see them. ___

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread 文鳥
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:55:04 -0600 Dale Scott dalesc...@shaw.ca wrote: Personally, I enjoy our mascot Beastie, as well as the Beastie-influenced official logo. I also smile when I see Casper, Wendy andHotStuff. However, I also accept there are individuals who understand these symbols

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread Ryszard W. Czekaj
Hi! I like this daemon. I'm using this daemon: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=viewImagefriendID=308365571albumID=0imageID=4021319 OS and computer are not religion. Or I'm wrong? Amiga vs Atari, daemon vs angel? RYCHoo

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-29 Thread Antonio Vieiro
On 24/07/2010 04:01, Victor Skovorodnikov wrote: [...] I have always been thinking of trying FreeBSD but as a Christian I get deterred by its un-Christian logo. [...] The logo means that all the people not trying out FreeBSD are going to go directly to hell after death. The logo is not

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread Bob Hall
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 09:52:07AM +0200, ?? wrote: On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:55:04 -0600 Dale Scott dalesc...@shaw.ca wrote: Personally, I enjoy our mascot Beastie, as well as the Beastie-influenced official logo. I also smile when I see Casper, Wendy andHotStuff. However, I also

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread Jerry McAllister
: BSD logo (a moderate opinion) Dale Scott wrote: Personally, I enjoy our mascot Beastie, as well as the Beastie-influenced official logo. I also smile when I see Casper, Wendy andHotStuff. However, I also accept there are individuals who understand these symbols differently than me

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:15:27AM -0400, Bob Hall wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 09:52:07AM +0200, ?? wrote: On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:55:04 -0600 Dale Scott dalesc...@shaw.ca wrote: Personally, I enjoy our mascot Beastie, as well as the Beastie-influenced official logo. I also

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-29 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:05:03 +0200, Antonio Vieiro anto...@antonioshome.net wrote: The logo means that all the people not trying out FreeBSD are going to go directly to hell after death. No need to wait such a long time... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:03:07 -0400 Jerry McAllister jerr...@msu.edu wrote: Actually, the OP said logo and made no mention of mascott. I am the one way back in this thread that introduced the difference of BSDie mascot and round thing logo in this thread. I assumed the OP meant the

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-29 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 07:30:02PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:05:03 +0200, Antonio Vieiro anto...@antonioshome.net wrote: The logo means that all the people not trying out FreeBSD are going to go directly to hell after death. No need to wait such a long time... :-)

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:20:24PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:03:07 -0400 Jerry McAllister jerr...@msu.edu wrote: Actually, the OP said logo and made no mention of mascott. I am the one way back in this thread that introduced the difference of BSDie mascot

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-29 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Chad Perrin on Thursday, 29 July 2010: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 07:30:02PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:05:03 +0200, Antonio Vieiro anto...@antonioshome.net wrote: The logo means that all the people not trying out FreeBSD are going to go directly to hell after

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-29 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:22:24PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 07:30:02PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:05:03 +0200, Antonio Vieiro anto...@antonioshome.net wrote: The logo means that all the people not trying out FreeBSD are going to go

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-29 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:39:16 -0400, Jerry McAllister jerr...@msu.edu wrote: Our church and most protestant churches do not accept purgatory. I do not accept the moon - it's just the backside of the sun. Also I don't accept gravity as its effects are just actions intended by falling objects to do

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-29 Thread Mario Lobo
On Thursday 29 July 2010 18:54:06 Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:39:16 -0400, Jerry McAllister jerr...@msu.edu wrote: Our church and most protestant churches do not accept purgatory. I do not accept the moon - it's just the backside of the sun. Also I don't accept gravity as its

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-29 Thread Antonio Olivares
I am having fun too! And I had seen the quote on the bible of the number of the beast: http://egomania.nu/gates.html How about the Koran/Quran? Does it have something like this? Does the Book of Mormon have something related? I don't want to ask a priest/pastor about Beastie :( But yes we

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread Antonio Olivares
On 7/29/10, Jerry McAllister jerr...@msu.edu wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:20:24PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:03:07 -0400 Jerry McAllister jerr...@msu.edu wrote: Actually, the OP said logo and made no mention of mascott. I am the one way back in this

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread Mario Lobo
On Thursday 29 July 2010 19:45:02 Antonio Olivares wrote: I am sorry but I am now confused, the BSD Logo : http://www.freebsd.org/layout/images/logo-red.png is the sex toy right? Because Beastie just has his pitchfork Well, don't forget that sado-masochists would find tons of usages

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Mario Lobo on Thursday, 29 July 2010: On Thursday 29 July 2010 19:45:02 Antonio Olivares wrote: I am sorry but I am now confused, the BSD Logo : http://www.freebsd.org/layout/images/logo-red.png is the sex toy right? Because Beastie just has his pitchfork Well, don't

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Thursday, July 29, 2010 14:34:49 -0400 Jerry McAllister jerr...@msu.edu wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:20:24PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:03:07 -0400 Jerry McAllister jerr...@msu.edu wrote: Actually, the OP said logo and made no mention of mascott.

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread Mario Lobo
On Thursday 29 July 2010 20:22:26 Chip Camden wrote: Quoth Mario Lobo on Thursday, 29 July 2010: On Thursday 29 July 2010 19:45:02 Antonio Olivares wrote: I am sorry but I am now confused, the BSD Logo : http://www.freebsd.org/layout/images/logo-red.png is the sex toy right?

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 29/07/2010 20:45:02, Antonio Olivares wrote: I am sorry but I am now confused, the BSD Logo : http://www.freebsd.org/layout/images/logo-red.png is the sex toy right? Someone really should *make* some of these -- polybutadiene rubber (you know -- like those super-bouncy balls) in

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread Bob Hall
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:03:07AM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:15:27AM -0400, Bob Hall wrote: Beastie is the mascot, and the sex toy is the logo. It is only the mascot that the OP objected to. He didn't mention any objections to the logo. Actually, the OP

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-29 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Antonio Olivares wrote: But yes we are in difficult times and then the 2012 saga, will the world end? I have it on good AUTHORITY: $dig @daleco.biz daleco.biz | grep AUTHORITY: ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1 That we're perfectly OK:

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 321, Issue 11, Message: 20 On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:20:24 -0500 Paul Schmehl pschmehl_li...@tx.rr.com wrote: --On Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:03:07 -0400 Jerry McAllister jerr...@msu.edu wrote: Actually, the OP said logo and made no mention of mascott.

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-29 Thread Antonio Olivares
On 7/28/10, Chuck Robey chu...@telenix.org wrote: Dale Scott wrote: Personally, I enjoy our mascot Beastie, as well as the Beastie-influenced official logo. I also smile when I see Casper, Wendy andHotStuff. However, I also accept there are individuals who understand these symbols

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-28 Thread David Brodbeck
On Tue, July 27, 2010 3:09 pm, Chip Camden wrote: Quoth Paul Schmehl on Tuesday, 27 July 2010: --On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 15:49:47 -0500 Reid Linnemann lr...@cs.okstate.edu wrote: On final analysis, I think the OP should abandon any desire for FreeBSD in favor of this:

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-28 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth David Brodbeck on Wednesday, 28 July 2010: On Tue, July 27, 2010 3:09 pm, Chip Camden wrote: Quoth Paul Schmehl on Tuesday, 27 July 2010: --On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 15:49:47 -0500 Reid Linnemann lr...@cs.okstate.edu wrote: On final analysis, I think the OP should abandon any

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-28 Thread Dale Scott
wouldn't object to one or two more officially sanctioned mascots and logos either. Dale Scott - Original Message - From: David Brodbeck g...@gull.us Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:25 Subject: Re: BSD logo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org On Tue, July 27, 2010 3:09 pm, Chip Camden wrote

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-28 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Terrence Koeman wrote: Subject: Re: BSD logo On final analysis, I think the OP should abandon any desire for FreeBSD in favor of this: http://pudge.net/jesux/ Is this real? It looks like a page from landoverbaptist.com or something. I'm still deciding whether to laugh or cry

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-28 Thread Chuck Robey
Dale Scott wrote: Personally, I enjoy our mascot Beastie, as well as the Beastie-influenced official logo. I also smile when I see Casper, Wendy andHotStuff. However, I also accept there are individuals who understand these symbols differently than me, and that I may be alienating them to

RE: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-28 Thread Gary Gatten
...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Robey Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 3:47 PM To: Dale Scott Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion) Dale Scott wrote: Personally, I enjoy our mascot Beastie, as well as the Beastie-influenced

Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion)

2010-07-28 Thread Rocky Borg
On 7/28/2010 1:46 PM, Chuck Robey wrote: The point is, no sane person really believes that Beastie equates to devil worship, and I don't like the idea of letting crazies dictate my life. So you're saying I shouldn't be ritualing sacrificing a chicken as Carl Orff's - O Fortuna plays in the

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Bulk
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 06:20:48PM -0600, Chad Perrin typed: You're a self-righteous git, and probably personally offended by the appearance of an attack on Christianity (which is never what was intended, nor even what happened, at least in the case of the specific email to which you

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread FBSD UG
On 27 jul 2010, at 11:10, Bulk wrote: On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 06:20:48PM -0600, Chad Perrin typed: You're a self-righteous git, and probably personally offended by the appearance of an attack on Christianity (which is never what was intended, nor even what happened, at least in the case of

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Andy Balholm
Chad Perrin wrote: Andy Balholm wrote: although the UNIX term daemon is not satanic in origin, some aspects of Beastie's appearance are obviously derived from traditional depictions of the Devil. Really? Are you sure they weren't derived from something else -- perhaps a source in common

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 02:06:17PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: On Mon, July 26, 2010 11:24 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: When this is the way one answers a simple question, I tend to believe there's no genuine interest in dialog. Well, I hate to break it to you, but people who are trying to

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Kruppa, Peter Ulrich
Am 27.07.2010 17:23, schrieb Andy Balholm: Chad Perrin wrote: Andy Balholm wrote: although the UNIX term daemon is not satanic in origin, some aspects of Beastie's appearance are obviously derived from traditional depictions of the Devil. Really? Are you sure they weren't

RE: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Terrence Koeman
[snip] Perhaps there are some ancient depictions/sculptures of the greek god Pan (god of the shepherds) around? Pan partially resembles a goat. This page has some articles on the subject: http://www.helium.com/knowledge/112455-where-did-the-image-used-to-represent-satan-come-from --

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Monday, July 26, 2010 18:20:48 -0600 Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 01:24:21PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Saturday, July 24, 2010 00:24:46 -0600 Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: When this is the way someone starts a discussion about wanting to

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Jerry B. Altzman
2010/7/23 Victor Skovorodnikov vic...@mail.ru Hi! This may sound strange but I have a question about logo. Why such a logo for BSD? What is the meaning of that logo? I have always been thinking of trying FreeBSD but as a Christian I get deterred by its un-Christian logo. Have you

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Andy Balholm
On Jul 27, 2010, at 9:02 AM, Kruppa, Peter Ulrich wrote: Am 27.07.2010 17:23, schrieb Andy Balholm: Chad Perrin wrote: Andy Balholm wrote: although the UNIX term daemon is not satanic in origin, some aspects of Beastie's appearance are obviously derived from traditional

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Reid Linnemann
On final analysis, I think the OP should abandon any desire for FreeBSD in favor of this: http://pudge.net/jesux/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 15:49:47 -0500 Reid Linnemann lr...@cs.okstate.edu wrote: On final analysis, I think the OP should abandon any desire for FreeBSD in favor of this: http://pudge.net/jesux/ Sheesh. Now I really have seen everything. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Paul Schmehl on Tuesday, 27 July 2010: --On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 15:49:47 -0500 Reid Linnemann lr...@cs.okstate.edu wrote: On final analysis, I think the OP should abandon any desire for FreeBSD in favor of this: http://pudge.net/jesux/ Sheesh. Now I really have seen everything.

RE: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Terrence Koeman
Subject: Re: BSD logo On final analysis, I think the OP should abandon any desire for FreeBSD in favor of this: http://pudge.net/jesux/ Is this real? It looks like a page from landoverbaptist.com or something. I'm still deciding whether to laugh or cry... -- Regards, T. Koeman, MTh/BSc/BPsy

RE: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Terrence Koeman
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Chip Camden Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:10 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD logo Quoth Paul Schmehl on Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Terrence Koeman on Wednesday, 28 July 2010: -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Chip Camden Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:10 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD logo

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 03:09:52PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: Quoth Paul Schmehl on Tuesday, 27 July 2010: --On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 15:49:47 -0500 Reid Linnemann lr...@cs.okstate.edu wrote: On final analysis, I think the OP should abandon any desire for FreeBSD in favor of this:

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread Chad Perrin
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 01:38:38PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: I made no value judgments about you. Bullshit. You must be a troll, the way you lie to me about what you just said -- even in the same paragraph as that lie. At a minimum, get some help for the anger issues. You are probably

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-27 Thread perryh
Kruppa, Peter Ulrich pukru...@googlemail.com wrote: Pan (god of the shepherds) ... partially resembles a goat. And thus, when a critic Pans a show, he gets the performers' goat? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:20:31AM -0500, Kevin Monceaux wrote: On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:29:37AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: Without downloading a PDF and reading it . . . do you know what Latin variant is used in that document? No, without download and reading the PDF I wouldn't know

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Tom Worster
On 7/24/10 5:59 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 12:05:14AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: I'm reminded that the SATAN network scanner project used to ship a utility with the source code that would patch it to rename it SANTA. I suppose someone could fork a

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Tom Worster
On 7/23/10 10:01 PM, Victor Skovorodnikov vic...@mail.ru wrote: I have always been thinking of trying FreeBSD but as a Christian I get deterred by its un-Christian logo. to me, devils, daemons and demons are mythological critters like elves, pixies and bogey men. Have you considered

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Frank Solensky
Original message Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:40:26 -0400 From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org (on behalf of Tom Worster f...@thefsb.org) Subject: Re: BSD logo To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org On 7/23/10 10:01 PM, Victor Skovorodnikov vic...@mail.ru wrote: I have always been

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Andy Balholm
David Brodbeck wrote: It also hasn't escaped my notice that the original poster has never come back to this thread; I suspect we've been trolled, folks. That's possible. It's also possible that, after reading the responses to his inquiry, the original poster decided that his question had

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:39:12 -0700 Andy Balholm a...@balholm.com articulated: David Brodbeck wrote: It also hasn't escaped my notice that the original poster has never come back to this thread; I suspect we've been trolled, folks. That's possible. It's also possible that, after reading

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Reid Linnemann
Suffice it to say, though there are many intuitive comments I think that ultimately we are beating a dead horse with another dead horse while standing on a dead horse. The corpses are starting to reek. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Pegasus Mc Cleaft
By the way . . . while I think a BelssedBSD fork is a ridiculous idea, the name BlessedBSD is *brilliant*. Pronouncing it aloud makes the high-quality pun buried in the name more obvious, for those who didn't quite catch it on the first read-through. i agree. lovely name. the pagan

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 17:39, Andy Balholm a...@balholm.com wrote: The original post looks to me like an expression of sincere concern about BSD's image I'd say, if the logo is hard to cope with for some, then they may be comforted in something of a far more importance than the logo -

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Saturday, July 24, 2010 00:24:46 -0600 Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: When this is the way someone starts a discussion about wanting to use a new OS, I tend to believe there is no genuine interest in using the OS in question. When this is the way one answers a simple question, I

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Paul Schmehl pschmehl_li...@tx.rr.comwrote: When this is the way one answers a simple question, I tend to believe there's no genuine interest in dialog. I am therefore left to wonder who really is the intolerant one. One cannot claim to be tolerant while

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 03:41:27PM -0700, Charlie Kester wrote: On Sun 25 Jul 2010 at 14:42:14 PDT Matthew Seaman wrote: Besides, I suspect that the OP was not in fact genuinely offended but merely trying to stir up trouble Which makes it all the more disappointing that so many of you

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread David Brodbeck
On Mon, July 26, 2010 11:24 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: When this is the way one answers a simple question, I tend to believe there's no genuine interest in dialog. Well, I hate to break it to you, but people who are trying to make a religious point aren't interested in dialog, anyway. In fact,

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:06:17 -0700, David Brodbeck g...@gull.us wrote: These people have been taught from a young age that logic is evil and will lead them down the road to hell, so logical arguments are lost on them. Reminds me to the discussion around Russell's teapot... -- Polytropon

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Monday, July 26, 2010 14:06:17 -0700 David Brodbeck g...@gull.us wrote: On Mon, July 26, 2010 11:24 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: When this is the way one answers a simple question, I tend to believe there's no genuine interest in dialog. Well, I hate to break it to you, but people who are

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread David Brodbeck
On Mon, July 26, 2010 3:53 pm, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Monday, July 26, 2010 14:06:17 -0700 David Brodbeck g...@gull.us wrote: On Mon, July 26, 2010 11:24 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: When this is the way one answers a simple question, I tend to believe there's no genuine interest in dialog.

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Tom Worster
On 7/26/10 12:35 PM, Pegasus Mc Cleaft k...@mthelicon.com wrote: By the way . . . while I think a BelssedBSD fork is a ridiculous idea, the name BlessedBSD is *brilliant*. Pronouncing it aloud makes the high-quality pun buried in the name more obvious, for those who didn't quite catch it on

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Neal Hogan
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:06:17 -0700, David Brodbeck g...@gull.us wrote: These people have been taught from a young age that logic is evil and will lead them down the road to hell, so logical arguments are lost on them.

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:59 PM, David Brodbeck g...@gull.us wrote: On Mon, July 26, 2010 3:53 pm, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Monday, July 26, 2010 14:06:17 -0700 David Brodbeck g...@gull.us wrote: On Mon, July 26, 2010 11:24 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: When this is the way one answers a simple

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Alejandro Imass a...@p2ee.org wrote: On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:59 PM, David Brodbeck g...@gull.us wrote: On Mon, July 26, 2010 3:53 pm, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Monday, July 26, 2010 14:06:17 -0700 David Brodbeck g...@gull.us wrote: On Mon, July 26, 2010

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:22:21 -0500, Neal Hogan nealho...@gmail.com wrote: No . . . not you . . . Polytropon! The end of the world must be coming (Revelations-1.0). Do *NOT* tempt me. Okay, you did. And this is what will happen: It turns this thread into a bottomless pit of nonsense, but well,

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 08:39:12AM -0700, Andy Balholm wrote: It's also possible that, after reading the responses to his inquiry, the original poster decided that his question had been adequately answered, his concerns were justified, and he should use a different operating system.

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Glenn Sieb
On 7/26/10 8:01 PM, Polytropon wrote: ,ggg, nd spotteth twice they the system before dP8I the fifth version, and so, the Programmers dP 88 went Forth to RAM Gilead in Kernel Bilgemath, dP88 by Shell Ethra Joygalion, to the house of

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 01:24:21PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Saturday, July 24, 2010 00:24:46 -0600 Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: When this is the way someone starts a discussion about wanting to use a new OS, I tend to believe there is no genuine interest in using the OS in

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 05:53:30PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Monday, July 26, 2010 14:06:17 -0700 David Brodbeck g...@gull.us wrote: On Mon, July 26, 2010 11:24 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: When this is the way one answers a simple question, I tend to believe there's no genuine interest

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Antonio Olivares
On 7/26/10, Glenn Sieb ges+li...@wingfoot.org wrote: On 7/26/10 8:01 PM, Polytropon wrote: ,ggg, nd spotteth twice they the system before dP8I the fifth version, and so, the Programmers dP 88 went Forth to RAM Gilead in Kernel Bilgemath, dP

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Neal Hogan
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:22:21 -0500, Neal Hogan nealho...@gmail.com wrote: No . . . not you . . . Polytropon! The end of the world must be coming (Revelations-1.0). Do *NOT* tempt me. Okay, you did. And this is what will

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-25 Thread perryh
Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.com wrote: Personally, I like the devilish association, however indirect it may be. FreeBSD is somewhat counter-cultural and anti- authoritarian, after all. This discussion has drifted badly OT, but I feel compelled to point out that Christ Himself was

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-25 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 12:57:14AM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.com wrote: Personally, I like the devilish association, however indirect it may be. FreeBSD is somewhat counter-cultural and anti- authoritarian, after all. This discussion has

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Saturday 24 July 2010 10:01:07 Victor Skovorodnikov wrote: This may sound strange but I have a question about logo. Why such a logo for BSD? What is the meaning of that logo? I have always been thinking of trying FreeBSD but as a Christian I get deterred by its un-Christian

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-25 Thread Kevin Monceaux
On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 03:47:25PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: Actually, daemon is a Latinization of the Greek daimon. Daimon is pronounced something more like die-mahn, but (being from the Latin) daemon is prounounced dee-mohn. Unix tradition holds that daemon is pronounced similarly to the

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-25 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:11 PM, David Brodbeck g...@gull.us wrote: On Jul 24, 2010, at 7:33 AM, Alejandro Imass wrote: I am not a religious man myself, but if the logo had any religious meaning to me I am sure I could better understand Victor's issues. Seems silly, but if it was the other

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-25 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:54:37AM -0400, Alejandro Imass wrote: Suppose for a moment that BSD would have forked to FBSD first in the East, say by a group of Indian Buddhist computer science students, and their choice of logo was a funny cartoon of a smiling Buddha holding a Swastika above

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-25 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 08:47:30AM -0500, Kevin Monceaux wrote: On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 03:47:25PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: Actually, daemon is a Latinization of the Greek daimon. Daimon is pronounced something more like die-mahn, but (being from the Latin) daemon is prounounced

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-25 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 12:57:14AM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.com wrote: Personally, I like the devilish association, however indirect it may be. FreeBSD is somewhat counter-cultural and anti- authoritarian, after all. This discussion has

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-25 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Chad Perrin on Sunday, 25 July 2010: On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:54:37AM -0400, Alejandro Imass wrote: snip I'd think a devout Christian would have much more reason to complain about a Flying Spaghetti Monster (whose only purpose is to mock mystical belief systems) than a Daemon, ...

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-25 Thread Charlie Kester
On Sun 25 Jul 2010 at 00:57:14 PDT per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: This discussion has drifted badly OT Yes, and it really should be killed, now. Please. My thanks to those few who did NOT take it as an occasion for Christian-bashing. I'm not a Christian either, but I do get tired of it being

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-25 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Chad Perrin on Sunday, 25 July 2010: On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 12:57:14AM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.com wrote: Personally, I like the devilish association, however indirect it may be. FreeBSD is somewhat counter-cultural and anti-

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-25 Thread Antonio Olivares
I have seen this quote: - religions, worst damnation of mankind and on BSD forums :) http://149.20.54.209/showthread.php?t=14886 /* I'm not a Christian either, but I do get tired of it being the only religion people feel entitled to poke fun at.

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-25 Thread me
...and thus the Godwin's law holds! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:54:37AM -0400, Alejandro Imass wrote: Suppose for a moment that BSD would have forked to FBSD first in the

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-25 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:23:59AM -0700, Charlie Kester wrote: On Sun 25 Jul 2010 at 00:57:14 PDT per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: This discussion has drifted badly OT Yes, and it really should be killed, now. Please. My thanks to those few who did NOT take it as an occasion for

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