Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-28 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster
How about a potato as a mascot? It is a staple in many diets, it dovetails nicely with the Toy Story leitmotif running through debian versioning, and is malleable allowing it to look like a lot of things, i.e. with a face, a swirl on its belly, etc. The logos are fantastic and should not be cha

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 12:23:33AM -0600, Anibal Avelar wrote: > http://fixxxer.cc/images/mascot/Mascot_Harmony_without_Strings_by_ravenmosher.jpg That looks like some sort of big eyeball? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-26 Thread Anibal Avelar
On 2/26/08, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Consider a red octopus with its arms arranged in a "swirl". Swirl? http://fixxxer.cc/images/mascot/Cucumber_Swirl.jpg http://fixxxer.cc/images/mascot/Swirl_by_greenvampire.jpg http://fixxxer.cc/images/mascot/Red_Swirl_by_gemh.jpg http://fixxxer

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-26 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 07:55:56PM +, Hector Oron wrote: > 2008/2/25, Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > What? You don't have a set of Toy Story Action Figures yet? > > As i see on news today, sudafrica has an openning to hunt elephants > again because they have so much, but some

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-26 Thread John Hasler
Consider a red octopus with its arms arranged in a "swirl". -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-26 Thread Gunnar Wolf
William Pitcock dijo [Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 01:41:22PM -0600]: > > In natural environments, you could hardly find animals living as far > > apart as polar bears and penguins. A polar bear has to swim/walk close > > to 15,000Km (as neither lives really on the poles, right?) to find a > > decent pengu

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-26 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 01:41:22PM -0600, William Pitcock wrote: > (Also, it's a bloody mascot, who cares if they don't /really/ live in > the same locations. They live in the same /climate/ and that's good > enough for most people.) How about a leopard seal? They eat penguins :-| http://www.flic

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-26 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Hector Oron wrote: > 2008/2/25, Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > What? You don't have a set of Toy Story Action Figures yet? > > Is not there an elephant on Toy Story Action Figures? > > As the huge amount of packages, architectures, documentations, > translations, mail lists, ...

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-26 Thread William Pitcock
On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 21:19 +0100, Harald Braumann wrote: > On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:45:05 +0100 > "Miriam Ruiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2008/2/26, David Given <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > > > > > > I'd really rather see something nicer than an ant as a mascot. :) >

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-26 Thread Harald Braumann
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:45:05 +0100 "Miriam Ruiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/2/26, David Given <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > > > > I'd really rather see something nicer than an ant as a mascot. :) > > > > How about a cockroach? Beautifully engineered, indestructable, and

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-26 Thread nic
Well, now after I worked it out, you can have a look at my drafts at https://disc.alice-dsl.net . to log in use username "aura_urlaub" and password "public". its an ant and an ant-eater as first ideas. nic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-26 Thread Hector Oron
2008/2/25, Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What? You don't have a set of Toy Story Action Figures yet? As i see on news today, sudafrica has an openning to hunt elephants again because they have so much, but some time ago there where on risk of extintion. Is not there an elephant on

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-26 Thread William Pitcock
On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 12:21 -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > In natural environments, you could hardly find animals living as far > apart as polar bears and penguins. A polar bear has to swim/walk close > to 15,000Km (as neither lives really on the poles, right?) to find a > decent penguin. "to find a

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-26 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Raphael Hertzog dijo [Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 02:33:26PM +0100]: > > For an idea of a mascot, maybe you could try some sort of bear. When I > > created the logo of my company [1], I tried to select an animal that could > > remind me the strength of Debian and I selected the bear:

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-26 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Raphael Hertzog dijo [Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 02:33:26PM +0100]: > For an idea of a mascot, maybe you could try some sort of bear. When I > created the logo of my company [1], I tried to select an animal that could > remind me the strength of Debian and I selected the bear: > - walks usually slowly bu

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-26 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2008/2/26, David Given <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > > I'd really rather see something nicer than an ant as a mascot. :) > > How about a cockroach? Beautifully engineered, indestructable, and > they're *everywhere*... No thanks, I preferred the Weasel idea to this :P Miry --

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-26 Thread David Given
Lars Wirzenius wrote: [...] I'd really rather see something nicer than an ant as a mascot. :) How about a cockroach? Beautifully engineered, indestructable, and they're *everywhere*... -- David Given [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-25 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:57 AM, nic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried to send 2 messages but I guess they failed because of the > attached files (~ 6 mb)? so where can I put the drafts? citation below. If you don't have your own server, try one of these sites: http://www.google.com/search?

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-25 Thread Adam Borowski
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 04:25:06PM +0100, Romain Beauxis wrote: > Humm > > > > And why not a marmot ?? Screw marmots. What about a human? I would suggest this one: http://people.debian.org/~amaya/wallpapers/dsc01074.jpg -- 1KB // Microsoft corollary to Hanlon's razor:

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-25 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
On lun, 2008-02-25 at 19:24 +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Given that our admin is already a weasel and our browser is an ice > weasel, it would only be logical to use this fluffy and beautiful > animal > as a mascot. And (real) foxes are great! -- Corsac signature.asc Description: This is a

Re: Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-25 Thread nic
hi, I tried to send 2 messages but I guess they failed because of the attached files (~ 6 mb)? so where can I put the drafts? citation below. nic > hi, > > here are 2 drafts attached. the debi-ant and the > 'ameisenbaer' (ant-eater). look at > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Anteater01.jp

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-25 Thread Josselin Mouette
On lun, 2008-02-25 at 16:25 +0100, Romain Beauxis wrote: > And why not a marmot ?? > > It's a nice beautifull little animal, and, according to WP, > "Marmots typically live in burrows, and hibernate there through the winter. > Most marmots are highly social, and use loud whistles to communicate w

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-25 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ma, 2008-02-25 at 15:58 +0100, nic wrote: > hi together, > > I'm not quite sure how to properly use this debian-list (I should have > read before, I know...). > > I spontaneously thought of an ant: It works hard, it's tough, well, and > with a fat grin on its face. just a first idea: the 'debi

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-25 Thread Romain Beauxis
Le Monday 25 February 2008 15:58:16 nic, vous avez écrit : > hi together, > > I'm not quite sure how to properly use this debian-list (I should have > read before, I know...). > > I spontaneously thought of an ant: It works hard, it's tough, well, and > with a fat grin on its face. just a first ide

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-25 Thread nic
hi together, I'm not quite sure how to properly use this debian-list (I should have read before, I know...). I spontaneously thought of an ant: It works hard, it's tough, well, and with a fat grin on its face. just a first idea: the 'debiant'. Just playing with words. I tried some rough sketches,

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-25 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
"Miriam Ruiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2008/2/25, Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, nic wrote: >> > to cut the longway short: I'm iterested, but don't know how it works or >> > how I could contribute. >> >> I don't know what needs to be explained... yo

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-25 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2008/2/25, Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, nic wrote: > > to cut the longway short: I'm iterested, but don't know how it works or > > how I could contribute. > > I don't know what needs to be explained... you don't need any special > status to contribue a ma