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2013/7/7 reynt0 <rey...@cs.albany.edu>: > On 07.07.2013, Hauke Laging wrote: > . . . > >> Linux has its cuddly penguin, BSD its devil, openSUSE the >> chameleon... Whether the GNU gnu increases the fun factor >> is a difficult question... ;-) >> >> I guess it would be good to have something like that for >> OpenPGP. Something that people both like and recognize. >> Something that both instructors (OpenPGP courses) and >> private people, companies and other organizations which >> use it can put on their web pages in order to create >> awareness. >> >> I would prefer something with a strong appearance, a >> smiling rhino or gorilla maybe. :-) >> >> I am a total artistic black-out so I can hardly do more >> about that than say "I would like to have it". > > . . . > > A current movie and old TV show in the USA makes me think > of, why not a masked western hero? (Not a superhero.) Like > the well-known Lone Ranger, who was on the side of good > against evil, on the side of law without being himself of > the law, etc. He just liked his privacy and anonymity. > > The image might even be of the masked cowboy on an archtypal rearing horse, > fun and active, exciting. I would be surprised > if the "Lone Ranger" media franchise had a copyright on that > image, they just used it like lots of western movies have > probably since commercial movies were invented, including Zorro, > etc. The "cowboy" could be gender neutral, ie not displaying > any gender characteristics. :-) > > On the negative side, I wonder if such an image might be > accused of being too "activist"? Also, I suppose the image > would have to be carefully done so it did not look like just > some bad guy. Maybe wear a big white western hat rather > than a black hat? <|8^) > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
