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 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.66.124.168 with SMTP id mj8mr68336428pab.32.1416236189661; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 06:56:29 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.214.34 with SMTP id nx2mr16355obc.17.1416236189543; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 06:56:29 -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!news.glorb.com!uq10no469845igb.0!news-out.google.com!c9ni14081igv.0!nntp.google.com!h15no1990680igd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 06:56:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <13c119f9-a607-4f9f-9e28-c1d97721e5c1@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2602:306:3784:5b10:845d:591:ce82:c823; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 2602:306:3784:5b10:845d:591:ce82:c823 References: <08a98d3a-0f72-491c-b024-3e09c0457c03@googlegroups.com> <8761eim8es.fsf_-_@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> <908871260437674070.293464laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> <1599737652437674198.443232laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> <8cc7fb5a-2970-4a40-b3e2-7749c5650da6@googlegroups.com> <5c8bf9d6-76f8-4f2d-aa4f-99bd53ee3cea@googlegroups.com> <37e67bc6-8cba-4550-a9dc-ab2505db92fa@googlegroups.com> <13c119f9-a607-4f9f-9e28-c1d97721e5c1@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: What makes a good mascot? (Was: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot) From: David Botton Injection-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:56:29 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23467 Date: 2014-11-17T06:56:29-08:00 List-Id: > But what's wrong with images of our lady? I think if someone can come up with a way to make her look cute and cuddly may work. Nothing stopping that for an entry :) Perhaps a Disney like version of her would work perfect. Those pics though as is or the cameos make the language seem, well exactly what the language impression is right now in many peoples mind.... Some artifact of history. That's the DOD language, oh yay that _was_ a nice idea.... David Botton