Re: NetBSD Mascot Proposal

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In short, I like the idea of a little animal resembling the original
beastie running after light.  Much less a reminder of Bill Joy's fear of
our future (which might not need us).


+1

On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 12:28 PM Pierre-Philipp Braun <[email protected]>
wrote:

> > The next step is to add colors and bright on it. Any thoughts?
>
> Hi, I preferred the original item 3 draft (also together with item 1),
> as it felt more organic and animal than this one.  We are probably gonna
> be surrounded by robots in the future (and we're spending our time
> living inside them already), so please let's avoid having a mascot
> remind us of them yet again.
>
> The original beastie from (mckusick.com) is more of a character from
> Tweety & Sylvester than a "transformer".  I suppose the eye look could
> be made less frightening in that manner, and I suggest that the sign
> with the hand also got changed to something that does not involve
> displaying any pride nor any direct interaction with the audience.  My
> point is that the mascot already personifies some intention or some
> movement by itself: a mascot should not consciously do advocacy.
>
> In short, I like the idea of a little animal resembling the original
> beastie running after light.  Much less a reminder of Bill Joy's fear of
> our future (which might not need us).
>
> --
> Pierre-Philipp Braun
> SMTP Health Campaign: enforce STARTTLS and verify MX certificates
> <https://nethence.com/smtp/>
>

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rif">In short, I like the idea of a little animal resembling the original</=
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ns-serif">beastie running after light.=C2=A0 Much less a reminder of Bill J=
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family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style=3D"font-fami=
ly:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">+1<br></span></div></div><br><div class=3D"g=
mail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 1=
2:28 PM Pierre-Philipp Braun &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">pbr=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pa=
dding-left:1ex">&gt; The next step is to add colors and bright on it. Any t=
houghts?<br>
<br>
Hi, I preferred the original item 3 draft (also together with item 1), <br>
as it felt more organic and animal than this one.=C2=A0 We are probably gon=
na <br>
be surrounded by robots in the future (and we&#39;re spending our time <br>
living inside them already), so please let&#39;s avoid having a mascot <br>
remind us of them yet again.<br>
<br>
The original beastie from (<a href=3D"http://mckusick.com" rel=3D"noreferre=
r" target=3D"_blank">mckusick.com</a>) is more of a character from <br>
Tweety &amp; Sylvester than a &quot;transformer&quot;.=C2=A0 I suppose the =
eye look could <br>
be made less frightening in that manner, and I suggest that the sign <br>
with the hand also got changed to something that does not involve <br>
displaying any pride nor any direct interaction with the audience.=C2=A0 My=
 <br>
point is that the mascot already personifies some intention or some <br>
movement by itself: a mascot should not consciously do advocacy.<br>
<br>
In short, I like the idea of a little animal resembling the original <br>
beastie running after light.=C2=A0 Much less a reminder of Bill Joy&#39;s f=
ear of <br>
our future (which might not need us).<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Pierre-Philipp Braun<br>
SMTP Health Campaign: enforce STARTTLS and verify MX certificates<br>
&lt;<a href=3D"https://nethence.com/smtp/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_bl=
ank">https://nethence.com/smtp/</a>&gt;<br>
</blockquote></div>

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