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FreeBSD Announces Contest To Replace Daemon Logo
An anonymous reader submits "The FreeBSD core team has announced a public competition to design a new logo to replace the current BSD daemon logo. The new logo will be used on the FreeBSD website, software media labels, printed media, hardware equipment, and more. The winner of the contest will receive $500." It's too early for an April Fool's Joke; according to the contest page, "this daemon character seems cute from somebody's point of view,
but somebody may think which does not suit for the professional
products to indicate that are using the FreeBSD inside."
How about the little red devil jabbing his pitchfork into a patent lawyer's behind?
You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
For 500 bucks and a free copy of FreeBSD.
Gimme that booze you little pumpkin pie hair cutted freak!
a Tombstone.
BSD was dying in '98, it's gotta be dead by now, right? =)
occultae nullus est respectus musicae - originally a Greek proverb
New non-hideous /. BSD section theme to follow...
Instead of the devil how about a drunk Irishman with keg of beer. Free as in Beer Logo.
I've already submitted my entry. I've got my fingers crossed!
- tristan
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I nominate Jesus. Not only would this show the world that FreeBSD has turned around from its evil, dying state, but also it will represent that, having died between 1998 and today, it is born again.
at least your entry is better than the new netbsd logo.
living the dream
Linda Branagan is an expert on daemons. She has a T-shirt that sports the daemon in tennis shoes that appears on the cover of the 4.3BSD manuals and The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating System by S. Leffler, M. McKusick, M. Karels, J. Quarterman, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, MA 1989. She tells the following story about wearing the 4.3BSD daemon T-shirt:
Last week I walked into a local "home style cookin" restaurant/watering hole" in Texas to pick up a take-out order. I spoke briefly to the waitress behind the counter, who told me my order would be done in a few minutes.
So, while I was busy gazing at the farm implements hanging on the walls, I was approached by two "natives." These guys might just be the original Texas rednecks.
"Pardon us, ma'am. Mind if we ask you a question?"
Well, people keep telling me that Texans are real friendly, so I nodded.
"Are you a Satanist?"
Well, at least they didn't ask me if I liked to party.
"Uh, no, I can't say that I am."
"Gee, ma´am. Are you sure about that?" they asked.
I put on my biggest, brightest Dallas Cowboys cheerleader smile and said, "No, I´m positive. The closest I´ve ever come to Satanism is watching Geraldo."
"Hmmm. Interesting. See, we was just wondering why it is you have the lord of darkness on your chest there."
I was this close to slapping one of them and causing a scene--then I stopped and noticed the shirt I happened to be wearing that day. Sure enough, it had a picture of a small, devilish-looking creature that has for some time now been associated with a certain operating system. In this particular representation, the creature was wearing sneakers.
They continued: "See, ma´am, we don´t exactly appreciate it when people show off pictures of the devil. Especially when he´s lookin´ so friendly."
These idiots sounded terrifyingly serious.
Me: "Oh, well, see, this isn´t really the devil, it´s just, well, it´s sort of a mascot."
Native: "And what kind of football team has the devil as a mascot?"
Me: "Oh, it´s not a team. It´s an operating--uh, a kind of computer."
I figured that an ATM machine was about as much technology as these guys could handle, and I knew that if I so much as uttered the word "UNIX" I would only make things worse.
Native: "Where does this satanical computer come from?"
Me: "California. And there´s nothing satanical about it really."
Somewhere along the line here, the waitress noticed my predicament--but these guys probably outweighed her by 600 pounds, so all she did was look at me sympathetically and run off into the kitchen.
Native: "ma´am, I think you´re lying. And we´d appreciate it if you´d leave the premises now."
Fortunately, the waitress returned that very instant with my order, and they agreed that it would be okay for me to actually pay for my food before I left. While I was at the cash register, they amused themselves by talking to each other.
Native #1: "Do you think the police know about these devil computers?"
Native #2: "If they come from California, then the FBI oughta know about ´em."
They escorted me to the door. I tried one last time:
"You´re really blowing this all out of proportion. A lot of people use this `kind of computers." Universities, researchers, businesses. They´re actually very useful."
Big, big, big mistake. I should have guessed at what came next.
Native: "Does the government use these devil computers?"
Me: "Yes."
Another big boo-boo.
Native: "And does the government pay for ´em? With our tax dollars?"
I decided that it was time to jump ship.
Me: "No. Nope. Not at all. Your tax dollars never entered the picture at all. I promise. No sir, not a penny. Our good Christian congressmen would never let something like that happen. Nope. Never. Bye."
I thought this was what Jesux was for...
I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
How about the same logo, with a submachine gun, a big dick, and a burned cross around his neck?
Seriously, people need to stop being such pussies. Beastie kicks ass.
It's just not safe to use if you are going to try it in a business environment.
Sure it is. Just tell them it's a cute Mammon, and everyone'll be happy.
Raul also did a penguin-girl around the same time. I wish that lazy bastard would get back to drawing bonza chicas!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Time for my medication...
Stick Men
I have an idea for another contest. Design a sentence for the FreeBSD logo contest page that is comprehensible.
Our intelligent designer has never created an animal that we couldn't improve by strapping a bomb to it.
One of the women in the NOC at the last HOPE conference had the FreeBSD daemon tattooed on her shoulder...man, that's gonna be a long story to tell the grandkids.
No more little demon...
BSD Diva:
http://members.shaw.ca/zerone/img/BSDiva.png
you might as well steer clear of offending other religions world-wide. That's right, no pigs, camels, or graven image idols, etc.
Dang! There goes my golden calf entry...
I personally have run into in-duh-viduals who find the BSD beastie mascot offensive for "religious" reasons. And yes, these people really do need a full-body enema. The problem is that there are a lot of these cretins about, and they have money and increasing political clout. (Ref: "Dubya", the first president who can't spell the letter W!, and any comment by John Ashcroft.)
It is up to the FreeBSD project to decide if they want to "go with the flow" and modify the mascot to an inoffensive, boring and politically correct splodge, or take on the U.S. gummint and the Moron^H^Hal Majority. (Ref: Waco.)
Posted as AC with tinfoil hat on, for obvious reasons (Ref: reference to U.S. gummint, above.)
Wait, you mean that the only place that Beastie is currently seen in some companies is on a sysadmin's bookshelf, or his screen when visiting FreeBSD.org, and that no one else in the entire company will ever see it (or even know what FreeBSD is or how their company uses it)? Dang! Guess I'll be making an appointment with my proctodermatologist.
Seriously, how is this even an issue? I told my boss that I'd be installing FreeBSD back when I was first hired and started migrating away from Windows servers. I doubt that he even remembers which flavor of Free Unix I went with, and I'm 99% sure he has no idea (or interest) of the fact that their logo has a cartoon daemon. Does this actually matter to anyone?
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
That's because penguins aren't usually associated with evil ;)
... apparently you've never seen a show called Batman. :)
*yawn*
This grammer seems cute from somebody's point of view, but somebody may think which does not suit for the professional products to indicate that are using the FreeBSD inside.
Beastie is the least of their professional image problems.
FreeSpeech.org
You boot your BSD box monthly?
I rarely criticize things I don't care about.
FreeBSD logo = devil
devil = bad
!devil = !(bad) = good
good = angel
then...
FreeBSD logo = angel
Profit!
Consider how many Jews and Muslims have avoided learning Perl because of the offensive beast on the cover of the O'Reilly book!
:o)
You say that like it's a bad thing.
*Anything* that stops people from damaging their brain with Perl is a good thing.
...nah. Just use an Infernal Spawn Of Evil. It's competely free of any Christian symbolism whatsoever.
Those who complain about affect & effect on
Yes... yes I have.
In fact it's actually kind of a hobby of mine.
Late at night I sneak into the zoo and chase the penguins around their little tank.
I just can't help it they're so funny when they run.
Technology, the cause of and solution to all of life's problems.
He takes casual Fridays to the max.
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
Okay, rarely do I laugh much around here (except from total dismay at the QOC of most of the posts), but that...that made me PIMP. Well, almost.
A child's drawing almost made you solicit women for sex? That's fairly disturbing...
Analogies don't equal equalities, they are merely somewhat analogous.
http://nucleardog.com/stuff/freebsd.jpg
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