From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18343 invoked by alias); 13 Feb 2009 21:08:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 18336 invoked by uid 22791); 13 Feb 2009 21:08:18 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (HELO nf-out-0910.google.com) (64.233.182.189) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:08:11 +0000 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id g16so164900nfd.18 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:08:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.210.76.4 with SMTP id y4mr1905277eba.176.1234559287984; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:08:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?82.6.108.62? (cpc2-cmbg8-0-0-cust61.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [82.6.108.62]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g9sm4246355gvc.4.2009.02.13.13.08.07 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:08:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4995E347.7010509@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:08:00 -0000 From: Dave Korn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "The Amnesiac and Uhhhh.. what was I saying ?" Subject: Re: Proposal: That the Hippo becomes the official mascot of Cygwin References: <49959F46.1020807@etr-usa.com> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A2182F4E3C@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> In-Reply-To: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A2182F4E3C@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List X-SW-Source: 2009-q1/txt/msg00018.txt.bz2 Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: > Warren Young wrote on Friday, February 13, 2009 11:27 AM: >> zzapper wrote: >>> I guess I'm not the first to suggest this, but Perl has got the Camel, >>> GNU's got the .. drat I can't remember. Might help popularise/publicise >>> Cygwin >> I think we're just waiting on someone to come up with a graphic that >> either wins widespread acceptance, or favor from the Co-Maintainers. >> >> It's a difficult challenge. The reason for picking hippos is that >> they're mean, because WJM here. How do you have a mean-looking hippo >> that's also attractive? OpenSSH seems to strike a similar balance with >> their puffer fish mascot, but then, the connection between security and >> puffer fishes is obvious. > > Here are the oldest "Hippo"s in the archives: > http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi?cmd=Search!&fmt=long&form=extended&GroupBySite=no&m=all&np=15&ps=50&q=hippo&s=DRP&sp=1&sy=1&type=&ul=/ml/cygwin%25&wf=2221&wm=wrd > (I remember "hippo" being a pun on "hypocrite", but I cannot find evidence > for that.) Nah, it all started because they're related to whales. http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-talk/2005-q2/msg00073.html http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-talk/2005-q2/msg00075.html ... then it got silly. cheers, DaveK