On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:50:22 +0100, Michał Piotrowski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If you suggest to someone that this wallpaper looks like a swastika - it
> might look so.
Only with a lot of fantasy and when throwing away the knowledge of what a
real swastika looks like. Relevant to Germans would also be t
On Nov 21, 2013, at 12:12 AM, Petr Schindler wrote:
> Can someone draw it and send a picture?
I've done some image manipulation to significantly posterize the image and
invert the colors in order to enhance what little contrast the image has, to
try and find it. What I've got is still somethi
I think that it doesn't look like a swastika, but I can understand why some
people think they see it in the picture. The orientation is wrong for the
Nazi symbol. Since the context of fedora is about the absolute opposite of
the Nazi philosophy and the old symbol is also a good one (the one the Naz
On 21 November 2013 07:12, Petr Schindler wrote:
> On Čt, 2013-11-21 at 07:57 +0200, Gilboa Davara wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:25 PM, James Patterson
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I noticed the new Fedora 20 wallpaper looks like a swastika. It would be
>> > great if it didn't for t
On Čt, 2013-11-21 at 07:57 +0200, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:25 PM, James Patterson
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I noticed the new Fedora 20 wallpaper looks like a swastika. It would be
> > great if it didn't for the final release, it would upset a few people.
> >
> > I fi
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:25 PM, James Patterson
wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I noticed the new Fedora 20 wallpaper looks like a swastika. It would be
> great if it didn't for the final release, it would upset a few people.
>
> I filed a bug here under wallpapers, but moved it to distro since it's a
> po
- Original Message -
> From: "Chris Adams"
> To: test@lists.fedoraproject.org
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 1:49:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Fedora 20 Swastika
>
> Once upon a time, Michał Piotrowski said:
> > I think that for a sake of every
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Michał Piotrowski said:
> > I think that for a sake of everyone who can see a swastika on this
> > wallpaper, just change it to something else.
>
> I disagree. There will _always_ be somebody that can find fault with
> any
On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:49:14 -0600
Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Michał Piotrowski said:
> > I think that for a sake of everyone who can see a swastika on this
> > wallpaper, just change it to something else.
>
> I disagree. There will _always_ be somebody that can find fault
> with a
Once upon a time, Michał Piotrowski said:
> I think that for a sake of everyone who can see a swastika on this
> wallpaper, just change it to something else.
I disagree. There will _always_ be somebody that can find fault with
anything (especially something as subjective as artwork); you can't j
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Michał Piotrowski wrote:
> 2013/11/20 Scott Robbins
>
>> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 08:37:20AM -0800, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX wrote:
>> > I don't perceive any swastikas in the current Heisenbug background,
>> > and I can fantasize from an ink plot better then the ave
2013/11/20 Scott Robbins
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 08:37:20AM -0800, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX wrote:
> > I don't perceive any swastikas in the current Heisenbug background,
> > and I can fantasize from an ink plot better then the average bear.
> >
>
> I'm Jewish, for what it's worth. I don't _thin
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Chris Murphy wrote:
>
> On Nov 19, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > I see a closeup of 200 count Egyptian cotton weave. I could in no why,
> no matter how hard I tried or squinted, see anything close to a swastika.
>
> I thought about asking the OP for a t
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 08:37:20AM -0800, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX wrote:
> I don't perceive any swastikas in the current Heisenbug background,
> and I can fantasize from an ink plot better then the average bear.
>
I'm Jewish, for what it's worth. I don't _think_ I would have noticed it
had it not
On Nov 19, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> I see a closeup of 200 count Egyptian cotton weave. I could in no why, no
> matter how hard I tried or squinted, see anything close to a swastika.
I thought about asking the OP for a tracing to make it easier for me to find.
But after 4-5 minut
I don't perceive any swastikas in the current Heisenbug background,
and I can fantasize from an ink plot better then the average bear.
I would like to see something less boring, perhaps a rotation of high
res pictures of celestial objects and NASA photos. Hopefully the
quality will be sufficien
On 20.11.2013 00:35, Adam Williamson wrote:
On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 15:31 -0800, Richard Vickery wrote:
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Adam Williamson
wrote:
On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 11:25 -0800, James Patterson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I noticed the new Fedora 20
On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 23:00 -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Adam Williamson (awill...@redhat.com) said:
> > FWIW, it doesn't look remotely like one to me or anyone else currently
> > discussing it in #fedora-devel.
>
> While I do not want to overrule any decisions made, I would like to note
> tha
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:00:30 -0500
Bill Nottingham wrote:
> While I do not want to overrule any decisions made, I would like to
> note that asking for self-selected opinions (in a
> not-the-most-diverse community) on whether an item is potentially
> offensive to a minority is a somewhat problemat
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:25:52 -0800
James Patterson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I noticed the new Fedora 20 wallpaper looks like a swastika. It
> would be great if it didn't for the final release, it would upset a
> few people.
Are you Jewish or German, serious question?
If neither why do you presume th
Adam Williamson (awill...@redhat.com) said:
> FWIW, it doesn't look remotely like one to me or anyone else currently
> discussing it in #fedora-devel.
While I do not want to overrule any decisions made, I would like to note
that asking for self-selected opinions (in a not-the-most-diverse communi
On 11/20/13 08:38, "Germán A. Racca" wrote:
> On 11/19/2013 10:02 PM, Thomas Cameron wrote:
>> On 11/19/2013 05:35 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
>>> There really isn't any need for alarmism. We're talking about
>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:F20-alpha-wallpaper-wide.png .
>>> No-one is gettin
On 11/19/2013 10:02 PM, Thomas Cameron wrote:
On 11/19/2013 05:35 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
There really isn't any need for alarmism. We're talking about
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:F20-alpha-wallpaper-wide.png .
No-one is getting sued into oblivion by Bill Gates or anyone else. Why
do
On 11/19/2013 05:35 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> There really isn't any need for alarmism. We're talking about
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:F20-alpha-wallpaper-wide.png .
> No-one is getting sued into oblivion by Bill Gates or anyone else. Why
> do so many people seem to want to default to
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 15:31 -0800, Richard Vickery wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Adam Williamson
> > wrote:
> > On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 11:25 -0800, James Patterson wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
Hi,
If you suggest to someone that this wallpaper looks like a swastika - it
might look so.
When I look at this image and I don't think about swastika I don't see it.
It's just a power of suggestion - nothing more from my POV.
(And yeah, I live in country where we take such things seriously. The
On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 15:31 -0800, Richard Vickery wrote:
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Adam Williamson
> wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 11:25 -0800, James Patterson wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I noticed the new Fedora 20 wallpaper looks like a swastika.
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 11:25 -0800, James Patterson wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I noticed the new Fedora 20 wallpaper looks like a swastika. It would be
> > great if it didn't for the final release, it would upset a few people.
> >
> > I filed
On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 11:25 -0800, James Patterson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I noticed the new Fedora 20 wallpaper looks like a swastika. It would be
> great if it didn't for the final release, it would upset a few people.
>
> I filed a bug here under wallpapers, but moved it to distro since it's a
> p
Sorry, wrong list. I was looking for the test release list. Apologies.
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On Tue, Nov 19, 2013, at 11:25 AM, James Patterson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I noticed the new Fedora 20 wallpaper looks like a swastika. It would be
> great if it didn't for the
Hello,
I noticed the new Fedora 20 wallpaper looks like a swastika. It would be
great if it didn't for the final release, it would upset a few people.
I filed a bug here under wallpapers, but moved it to distro since it's a
policy decision:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030643
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