From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.182.121.170 with SMTP id ll10mr51213076obb.12.1415983599451; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 08:46:39 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.84.21 with SMTP id k21mr453614qgd.6.1415983599424; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 08:46:39 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!news.glorb.com!h15no206385igd.0!news-out.google.com!m4ni192qag.1!nntp.google.com!u7no1667363qaz.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 08:46:39 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <08a98d3a-0f72-491c-b024-3e09c0457c03@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=143.117.23.126; posting-account=Jzt5lQoAAAB4PhTgRLOPGuTLd_K1LY-C NNTP-Posting-Host: 143.117.23.126 References: <08a98d3a-0f72-491c-b024-3e09c0457c03@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <85cfce52-5d15-420d-b1e7-215a48aacb62@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot From: Jonathan Injection-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:46:39 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23311 Date: 2014-11-14T08:46:39-08:00 List-Id: On Friday, November 14, 2014 4:37:17 AM UTC, David Botton wrote: > This owl picture I think sums up my idea of a base for an Ada Mascot >=20 > http://devpress.com/demo/quiescent/files/2012/08/owl-50267-1200x900.jpg >=20 > Powerful, sleek, precise. Every aspect of the owl is engineered. >=20 > Thoughts? >=20 > David Botton Can we use the word 'emblem' rather than 'mascot'? Mascot I think is too na= rrow. I'd very much prefer flowers or Goddesses as the emblem. Especially G= oddesses. I was googling owls and I noticed 1) they are overused and 2) it'= s their association with Athena that gives them their association with wisd= om.=20 >From wikipedia: Athena was the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civ= ilization, law and justice, strategic warfare, mathematics, strength, strat= egy, the arts, crafts, and skill. =20 Well that sounds just about right. I'd advocate Athena as the emblem. Here's the likeness I'd use as model: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl_of_Athena#mediaviewer/File:Athena_owl_Met_= 09.221.43.jpg Keep the munitions, of course, and make the pet owl optional (i.e. whenever space permits).=20 Ada is, after all, Athens to C's Sparta ;);) J.