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 10.236.231.113 with SMTP id k107mr55332571yhq.57.1416003861197; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:24:21 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.28.10 with SMTP id x10mr178262obg.11.1416003861028; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:24:21 -0800 (PST) Path: border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!u7no1737681qaz.1!news-out.google.com!c9ni14081igv.0!nntp.google.com!h15no385299igd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:24:20 -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=2602:301:7780:92b0:983d:f83b:4a39:93e4; posting-account=XrU4OgoAAADEPkoULFhRQzFYU74OGc9X NNTP-Posting-Host: 2602:301:7780:92b0:983d:f83b:4a39:93e4 References: <08a98d3a-0f72-491c-b024-3e09c0457c03@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot From: rriehle@itu.edu Injection-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:24:21 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: number.nntp.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:190637 Date: 2014-11-14T14:24:20-08:00 List-Id: On Thursday, November 13, 2014 8:37:17 PM UTC-8, 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 Perhaps someone needs to run this by Geoffrey Mendal, a former Ada expert n= ow engaged in other software exploits outside the Ada community. Geoff ha= s always included some reference to his pet Owl (not a live Owl), and has a= collection of Owls from which we could choose a suitable image. =20 One needs to ask, however, why we need an Owl when we already have Ada hers= elf. =20 Richard Riehle, PhD, International Technological University, San Jose, CA