On Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:50:11 -0600 "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA224 > > > On Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:35:45 +0900 > > Michele Calgaro <michele.calgaro@...> wrote: > > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA512 > >> > >> On 12/30/2014 10:12 AM, Alexandre wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> What about a bee or an ant? They are both efficient and productive > >> animals, which was go perfectly with the TDE. > >> >> Cheers Michele -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 > >> >> > >> > > >> > I'll look at these possibilities! I did some test with the salamander, > >> and I'm not too sure about it. It is a > >> > little bit disguisting... > >> > > >> > -Alexandre > >> I am also a bit perplex by the salamander.... > > > > Legendarily, the salamander is associated with elemental fire. > > ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_%28legendary_creature%29 ) > > Depictions of it in that capacity often don't resemble the real > > animal all that much. > > > > E. Liddell > > No one liked the heron idea? (*honest* beedback would be appreciated) There's nothing wrong with the heron either; I think we're just still at the "flinging ideas around" stage. > I'm not sure the salamander is a good choice; OpenSUSE got away with an > iguana but most of the other reptiles are bound to induce revulsion in a > non-negligable portion of the populous. I'm not sure about a bee for the > same reasons; it seems most people can identify with mammals and birds but > not so much with insects, arachnids, and reptiles. The more discussion we have about this, the more I think there there's *something* potentially objectionable about *any* animal we could pick. E. Liddell