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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,cdd9bdc1ad5bb2e9 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Received: by 10.68.135.231 with SMTP id pv7mr3425068pbb.8.1327270722877; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:18:42 -0800 (PST) Path: lh20ni212620pbb.0!nntp.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Question about the "ada coin" Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:17:15 -0800 Organization: None to speak of Message-ID: References: <8522978.2131.1327072508716.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbcw9> <36f6ecf9-140e-491e-82e3-f9009d094263@o4g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="WEKlRqLUVZ7RHprEch2nAg"; logging-data="9223"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/v6hJFFyiWjwYFfvLYX9UJ" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:7AAc/TmO8XOPfm2FABWzSDX6Gmc= sha1:7A+lXc0iCRpeOFw+7yG7oTBuD4I= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: 2012-01-22T14:17:15-08:00 List-Id: jpwoodruff writes: > On Jan 20, 1:20 pm, d...@vana.cs.kuleuven.be. (Dirk Craeynest) wrote: > <...> >> >> >(Oh, BTW, it will need some updating with "2012") >> >> Yes, indeed.  It's on my "to do" list, unless someone beats me to it. >> The idea is to recreate the "Ada coin" picture using a good quality >> version of the "Lady Ada" image, add "2012", and then make it available >> on the Internet. > > Would you mind a suggestion? 1983 .. 2012 at the bottom seems kind-of > cool. > And it will be easy to revise as specifications change. That sounds too much like 1983 is the birth date and 2012 is the death date. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org Will write code for food. "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"