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On 11/13/2014 20:37 PM, David Botton wrote:
>
> This owl picture I think sums up my idea of a base for an Ada Mascot
>
> http://devpress.com/demo/quiescent/files/2012/08/owl-50267-1200x900.jpg
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> Powerful, sleek, precise. Every aspect of the owl is engineered.
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> Thoughts?
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> David Botton
>

To me Ada is associated with the original DoD project and due to it's 
more Pascal like syntax a bit with nostalgia. My idea therefore is more 
something like a 1950's rocket image like the following (without the 
Oldsmobile that is)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950-OLDSMOBILE-OLDS-ROCKET-8-CYLINDER-HOOD-ORNAMENT-EMBLEM-RARE-PART-658860-2-/111495002246?nma=true&si=7HMsthk4VEftUVyQBxXPjyNAumQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

http://faculty.etsu.edu/gardnerr/sputnik/movies.htm

http://www.plan59.com/images/JPGs/arma59mars.jpg

http://www.vintag.es/2012/10/1950-oldsmobile-rocket-88-adverts.html




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