Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot? -- please stop this

2011-12-05 Thread Mark Lentczner
On 23/11/11 19:11, heathmatlock wrote: Question: Do you want a mascot? No. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot? -- please stop this

2011-12-05 Thread Daniel Fischer
On Monday 05 December 2011, 17:03:35, Mark Lentczner wrote: On 23/11/11 19:11, heathmatlock wrote: Question: Do you want a mascot? No. I thought it was dead. Since it isn't: also no. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-12-01 Thread Paulo J. Matos
Yes On 23/11/11 19:11, heathmatlock wrote: Question: Do you want a mascot? Answers: Yes No -- This is an attempt to figure out if this idea is going anywhere. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-12-01 Thread Clark Gaebel
Yes. On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Paulo J. Matos pa...@matos-sorge.comwrote: Yes On 23/11/11 19:11, heathmatlock wrote: Question: Do you want a mascot? Answers: Yes No -- This is an attempt to figure out if this idea is going anywhere.

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-27 Thread edgar klerks
Yes and I like that one. :D On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Liyang HU haskell@liyang.hu wrote: On 25 November 2011 17:28, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic ivan.miljeno...@gmail.com wrote: And we already have one: http://paraiso-lang.org/ikmsm/books/c80.html Uh. W...T...F...??? Do I

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-27 Thread heathmatlock
Yes On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:11 PM, heathmatlock heathmatl...@gmail.com wrote: Question: Do you want a mascot? Answers: Yes No -- This is an attempt to figure out if this idea is going anywhere. -- Heath Matlock +1 256 274 4225 ___

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-26 Thread serialhex
i wouldn't mind a cool mascot, so yes hex -- * my blog is cooler than yours: http://serialhex.github.com * The wise man said: Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. * As a programmer, it is your job to put yourself out of business. What you

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-25 Thread Liyang HU
heathmatlock heathmatlock at gmail.com writes: Question: Do you want a mascot?  Yes And we already have one: http://paraiso-lang.org/ikmsm/books/c80.html /Liyang ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-25 Thread Ivan Lazar Miljenovic
On 25 November 2011 19:13, Liyang HU haskell@liyang.hu wrote: heathmatlock heathmatlock at gmail.com writes: Question: Do you want a mascot? Yes And we already have one: http://paraiso-lang.org/ikmsm/books/c80.html Uh. W...T...F...??? Do I want to know what's going on there? :p

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-25 Thread Liyang HU
On 25 November 2011 17:28, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic ivan.miljeno...@gmail.com wrote: And we already have one: http://paraiso-lang.org/ikmsm/books/c80.html Uh. W...T...F...??? Do I want to know what's going on there? :p It's called Reduce! λ Girl, a parody of Invade! Squid Girl.

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-25 Thread Daniel Fischer
On Friday 25 November 2011, 09:28:29, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic wrote: On 25 November 2011 19:13, Liyang HU haskell@liyang.hu wrote: heathmatlock heathmatlock at gmail.com writes: Question: Do you want a mascot? Yes And we already have one: http://paraiso-lang.org/ikmsm/books/c80.html

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-24 Thread Yves Parès
Yes. 2011/11/24 Colin Adams colinpaulad...@gmail.com No. On 23 November 2011 19:11, heathmatlock heathmatl...@gmail.com wrote: Question: Do you want a mascot? Answers: Yes No -- This is an attempt to figure out if this idea is going anywhere.

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-24 Thread Wolfgang Jeltsch
No. Am Mittwoch, den 23.11.2011, 13:11 -0600 schrieb heathmatlock: Question: Do you want a mascot? Answers: Yes No -- This is an attempt to figure out if this idea is going anywhere. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot? -- please stop this

2011-11-24 Thread David Virebayre
2011/11/23 Giovanni Tirloni gtirl...@sysdroid.com: 2. It floods people with email they don't care (unless they care to keep track of the results) Not that I care that much about a mascot (I like the lamb though), but a few threads about it hardly counts for a flooding. Besides, a good email

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-24 Thread Victor Nazarov
I have the same position. want a good mascot... Count this as yes. 2011/11/23 Gábor Lehel illiss...@gmail.com: I don't want a bad mascot. I do want a good mascot. If you must count me down for one side or the other, count this as a yes. On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 8:11 PM, heathmatlock

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot? -- please stop this

2011-11-24 Thread Ketil Malde
David Virebayre dav.vire+hask...@gmail.com writes: Also, this is café, right ? Aren't people subscribed to this list supposed to expect a broad range of topics ? I don't mind a broad range of topics, but using it to collect polls is IMHO abusing it. I guess I can dust off the killfiling

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-24 Thread philipp siegmantel
@Wolfgang Jeltsch: I'm sorry, that was indeed my intension. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-24 Thread philipp siegmantel
And also: Yes! (sorry for double post) On 24 November 2011 20:51, philipp siegmantel philipp.siegman...@googlemail.com wrote: @Wolfgang Jeltsch: I'm sorry, that was indeed my intension. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org

[Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread heathmatlock
Question: Do you want a mascot? Answers: Yes No -- This is an attempt to figure out if this idea is going anywhere. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread Ivan Lazar Miljenovic
No On 24 November 2011 06:11, heathmatlock heathmatl...@gmail.com wrote: Question: Do you want a mascot? Answers: Yes No -- This is an attempt to figure out if this idea is going anywhere. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread MigMit
No On 23 Nov 2011, at 23:11, heathmatlock wrote: Question: Do you want a mascot? Answers: Yes No -- This is an attempt to figure out if this idea is going anywhere. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread Scott Lawrence
No -- Scott Lawrence ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread José Pedro Magalhães
Yes On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 19:11, heathmatlock heathmatl...@gmail.com wrote: Question: Do you want a mascot? Answers: Yes No -- This is an attempt to figure out if this idea is going anywhere. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread Alexander Bernauer
Yes PS: Why not using Doodle for the poll? signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread Gábor Lehel
I don't want a bad mascot. I do want a good mascot. If you must count me down for one side or the other, count this as a yes. On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 8:11 PM, heathmatlock heathmatl...@gmail.com wrote: Question: Do you want a mascot? Answers: Yes No -- This is an attempt to figure out if

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread Thomas Davie
Yes Reasoning: Haskell has the image of being unfriendly, assenine, filled with crazy symbols, and the dreaded MATHS! A mascot would say you know what, this is fun! if (*ra4 != 0xffc78948) { return false; } On 23 Nov 2011, at 19:40, Alexander Bernauer wrote: Yes PS: Why not using

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread heathmatlock
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Alexander Bernauer alex-hask...@copton.net wrote: Yes PS: Why not using Doodle for the poll? Email is an easy way to make sure nobody votes twice. -- Heath Matlock +1 256 274 4225 ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread Alejandro Serrano Mena
Yes 2011/11/23 heathmatlock heathmatl...@gmail.com On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Alexander Bernauer alex-hask...@copton.net wrote: Yes PS: Why not using Doodle for the poll? Email is an easy way to make sure nobody votes twice. -- Heath Matlock +1 256 274 4225

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread Paul R
Yes If some people don't like it, they won't use it. I doubt it will find its way in highly technical haskell core team, but it could appear for fun here and there in web material. For example, I think we could have 3 variants of it, reflecting the haskell level (beginner, confirmed, guru).

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread Karol Samborski
2011/11/23 heathmatlock heathmatl...@gmail.com: Question: Do you want a mascot? Answers: Yes No -- This is an attempt to figure out if this idea is going anywhere. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread Alberto G. Corona
{^_^} ||| 2011/11/23 Alejandro Serrano Mena trup...@gmail.com Yes 2011/11/23 heathmatlock heathmatl...@gmail.com On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Alexander Bernauer alex-hask...@copton.net wrote: Yes PS: Why not using Doodle for the poll? Email is an easy way to make sure

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot? -- please stop this

2011-11-23 Thread Giovanni Tirloni
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 5:52 PM, heathmatlock heathmatl...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Alexander Bernauer alex-hask...@copton.net wrote: Yes PS: Why not using Doodle for the poll? Email is an easy way to make sure nobody votes twice. 1. It's unlikely to get

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot? -- please stop this

2011-11-23 Thread Krzysztof Skrzętnicki
I second this. One way is to use Forms from Google Docs. 1. They have been used with success before for similar pools 2. Can provide more elaborate questions 3. Automatically put results into a spreadsheet, which is useful 4. Protect against double-voters (sort of) 5. No spam Best regards,

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
heathmatlock wrote: Question: Do you want a mascot? No. I also really think this poll should have been in a web site somewhere and not on this list. Erik -- -- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot? -- please stop this

2011-11-23 Thread heathmatlock
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Giovanni Tirloni gtirl...@sysdroid.comwrote: 1. It's unlikely to get feedback from the larger Haskell community 2. It floods people with email they don't care (unless they care to keep track of the results) 3. One can just as easily create throw-away emails,

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread Conrad Parker
I wouldn't mind getting a lamb-astronaut tshirt with a lambda-bind logo on it for my kid, and maybe next month a lion-skateboarder with a lambda-bind on his deck, and then maybe something with a dinosaur. I guess I don't really want a mascot either, but I like this artwork. Conrad. On 24

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot? -- please stop this

2011-11-23 Thread heathmatlock
I closed the poll, it's showing 51% no and 50% yes, 129 to 128 respectively. I also found out you can vote as many times as you want without restriction, with no IP logging whatsoever. This is why I don't like putting polls on places where users regularly use anonymity for their own agendas, e.g.

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot? -- please stop this

2011-11-23 Thread heathmatlock
Before sleeping, I would like to point out as of right now there are 12 up votes and 5 down votes, 70% yes and 30% no for the topic on Reddit. It doesn't necessarily reflect the view on the question being posed, but it seems about right from my discussions. With that, I will try to refrain from

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread Jeroen Weijers
Yes 2011/11/24 Conrad Parker con...@metadecks.org: I wouldn't mind getting a lamb-astronaut tshirt with a lambda-bind logo on it for my kid, and maybe next month a lion-skateboarder with a lambda-bind on his deck, and then maybe something with a dinosaur. I guess I don't really want a mascot

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Poll: Do you want a mascot?

2011-11-23 Thread Colin Adams
No. On 23 November 2011 19:11, heathmatlock heathmatl...@gmail.com wrote: Question: Do you want a mascot? Answers: Yes No -- This is an attempt to figure out if this idea is going anywhere. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list