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Susan Kare: Mother of Icons You Love (or Hate)

Posted by timothy on from the mostly-love dept.

bughunter writes "One of today's Yahoo Daily Picks is the personal exhibit of Susan Kare: the mimimalist creator of most of the original Macintosh icons then, later, the iconic elements for Windows 3.0, and she didn't stop there. More than just icons, her GUI elements have become part of the modern collective subconscious - trashcans, bombs, and Happy Macs are universally recognized by computer literate persons the world over. (I can personally attest that the Mac System 6 beachball is burned into my soul...) She deserves some recognition of her own."

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  1. Re:US Marines are ASSASSINS!! by CharlieG · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Front page on MSNBC

    Guess what, don't stop at a military checkpoint, you deserve to get your ass waxed.

    Dad (WWII) vet and I were laughing about this on Saturday - I asked him if he was ever told that he had to fire a warning shot is someone didn't follow instructions at a checkpoint. He said "No, you just shot them" After a couple of weeks folks learn not to disobay at checkpoints

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    -- 73 de KG2V For the Children - RKBA! "You are what you do when it counts" - the Masso
  2. Re:US Marines are ASSASSINS!! by Dylan+Zimmerman · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Assassin: One who murders by surprise attack, especially one who carries out a plot to kill a prominent person.

    These people were hardly assassinated. If you don't stop at military checkpoints, they WILL shoot you. It's that simple. In fact, if you pose a potential threat and don't follow orders that you are given, then you get shot.

    Similar things happened when we were fighting in Vietnam. Children would run out to hug the soldiers. Unfortunately, some of the children had live grenades that they would use to kill them. Our troops started gunning down anyone running towards them in self-defense.

  3. offtopic but interesting... by meowsqueak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ok, this is offtopic and I'm probably going to get flamed, but I really wanted to post something interesting here - my original submission to Slashdot got rejected (how this minimalist icon piece of rubbish got accepted instead I do not know...).

    Today, Peter Jackson (of Lord of the Rings fame - the slashdot editors don't seem to have heard of him) announced that he *will* be filming a remake of KING KONG, in New Zealand. Details are at
    http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2371077a10,00. html

    The coolest thing is the intention to build a replica of early 1900's New York in a farm paddock!

    No it's not an April 1st Joke.