Re: GDB's mascot?

Re: GDB's mascot?

[Andrew Cagney]

> Ok, I made a sketch and scanned it, then traced over it in Gimp.
> 
>   http://www.bluebutton.com/misc/archer.html
> 
> I was going for kind of a Bloom County look - cute, big eyes.  Its just
> a suggestion, really - feel free to find a better artist/cartoonist.  [:)] 


You've got the markings pretty much spot on.  I just think the shape can 
be improved a little.  The archer has a decidedly non-traditional fish 
look.  Checking:

http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/tchatar.htm
http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/tjaculat.htm

in particular the image:

http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/tchatar2.htm

the notes point out ...

> The dorsal profile of the body from the tip of the snout to the dorsal

> fin is almost straight. This body shape in combination with the location

> of the dorsal fin well back on the body, allows the fish to swim very close

> to the surface and look upwards without creating surface disturbance. This

> is an advantage when hunting insects which rest on overhead vegetation.

and visually this is really a very striking feature.  Could I suggest 
things be tweeked to to make this more obvious - have the top of the 
fish straight and roughly horizontal?

	Andrew

GDB's mascot?

[Andrew Cagney]

So,

GDB needs a mascot for its new improved, comming to a web site near you, 
... web pages.  Any idea's?  Someone long in the tooth remember if there 
was once a mascot?

The only thing I know is that there is something of a tradition (within 
old Cygnus at least) of naming people that worked on GDB and even 
various gdb projects after fish (flathead, kod, carp, ...).

	Andrew

A few suggestions:
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/root/domino/infseries/infsheet.nsf/6adff5ed78795dc64a256516001f223e/fecf011a7b088aff4a2566430022630d?OpenDocument
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/root/domino/infseries/infsheet.nsf/c3bc9da6cf25dd844a2565190029c480/8284d01c3eacd7fb4a25664700062715?OpenDocument
http://www.abc.net.au/quantum/scripts99/9901/img/diver.jpg
http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/esl/spfish.html

Re: GDB's mascot?

[Daniel Berlin]

Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> writes:

> So,
> 
> GDB needs a mascot for its new improved, comming to a web site near
> you, ... web pages.  Any idea's?  Someone long in the tooth remember
> if there was once a mascot?
> 
> The only thing I know is that there is something of a tradition
> (within old Cygnus at least) of naming people that worked on GDB and
> even various gdb projects after fish (flathead, kod, carp, ...).


How bout one of those poisonous fish various places serve where if they don't cut it just
right, you'll end up getting the wrong part and dying?
That reminds of gdb development for some reason.
:)

> 
> 	Andrew
> 
> A few suggestions:
> http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/root/domino/infseries/infsheet.nsf/6adff5ed78795dc64a256516001f223e/fecf011a7b088aff4a2566430022630d?OpenDocument
> http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/root/domino/infseries/infsheet.nsf/c3bc9da6cf25dd844a2565190029c480/8284d01c3eacd7fb4a25664700062715?OpenDocument
> http://www.abc.net.au/quantum/scripts99/9901/img/diver.jpg
> http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/esl/spfish.html

-- 
"I'm kinda tired.  I was up all night trying to round off
infinity.  Then I got bored and went out and painted passing
lines on curved roads.
"-Steven Wright

Re: GDB's mascot?

[Jamie Guinan]

An aardvark comes to mind, as something that, well, eats bugs.
The blue one from Pink Panter comes to mind, but you'd want
something different so as not to step on anyone's copyright.

For a fish, the archer fish is known to shoot down bugs from
low hanging plants by spitting water at them.

  http://www.whozoo.org/Intro2000/rickahlg/RA_ARCHERFISH.htm

-Jamie


On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Andrew Cagney wrote:

> So,
>
> GDB needs a mascot for its new improved, comming to a web site near you,
> ... web pages.  Any idea's?  Someone long in the tooth remember if there
> was once a mascot?
>
> The only thing I know is that there is something of a tradition (within
> old Cygnus at least) of naming people that worked on GDB and even
> various gdb projects after fish (flathead, kod, carp, ...).
>
> 	Andrew
>
> A few suggestions:
> http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/root/domino/infseries/infsheet.nsf/6adff5ed78795dc64a256516001f223e/fecf011a7b088aff4a2566430022630d?OpenDocument
> http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/root/domino/infseries/infsheet.nsf/c3bc9da6cf25dd844a2565190029c480/8284d01c3eacd7fb4a25664700062715?OpenDocument
> http://www.abc.net.au/quantum/scripts99/9901/img/diver.jpg
> http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/esl/spfish.html

Re: GDB's mascot?

[Elena Zannoni]

Jamie Guinan writes:
 > 
 > An aardvark comes to mind, as something that, well, eats bugs.
 > The blue one from Pink Panter comes to mind, but you'd want
 > something different so as not to step on anyone's copyright.
 > 
 > For a fish, the archer fish is known to shoot down bugs from
 > low hanging plants by spitting water at them.
 > 
 >   http://www.whozoo.org/Intro2000/rickahlg/RA_ARCHERFISH.htm
 > 

Now, this is a cute fish! I like it.

Elena


 > -Jamie
 > 
 > 
 > On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Andrew Cagney wrote:
 > 
 > > So,
 > >
 > > GDB needs a mascot for its new improved, comming to a web site near you,
 > > ... web pages.  Any idea's?  Someone long in the tooth remember if there
 > > was once a mascot?
 > >
 > > The only thing I know is that there is something of a tradition (within
 > > old Cygnus at least) of naming people that worked on GDB and even
 > > various gdb projects after fish (flathead, kod, carp, ...).
 > >
 > > 	Andrew
 > >
 > > A few suggestions:
 > > http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/root/domino/infseries/infsheet.nsf/6adff5ed78795dc64a256516001f223e/fecf011a7b088aff4a2566430022630d?OpenDocument
 > > http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/root/domino/infseries/infsheet.nsf/c3bc9da6cf25dd844a2565190029c480/8284d01c3eacd7fb4a25664700062715?OpenDocument
 > > http://www.abc.net.au/quantum/scripts99/9901/img/diver.jpg
 > > http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/esl/spfish.html
 > 

Re: GDB's mascot?

[Kevin Buettner]

On Jul 18,  4:14pm, Elena Zannoni wrote:

>  > An aardvark comes to mind, as something that, well, eats bugs.
>  > The blue one from Pink Panter comes to mind, but you'd want
>  > something different so as not to step on anyone's copyright.
>  > 
>  > For a fish, the archer fish is known to shoot down bugs from
>  > low hanging plants by spitting water at them.
>  > 
>  >   http://www.whozoo.org/Intro2000/rickahlg/RA_ARCHERFISH.htm
>  > 
> 
> Now, this is a cute fish! I like it.

I like both of Jamie's ideas for a mascot.

With regards to the archer fish, I noticed from the link that Jamie
provided that this fish inhabits brackish waters.  That would seem
appropriate for GDB's mascot since GDB is frequently used to debug
brackish code.

Kevin

Re: GDB's mascot?

[Andrew Cagney]

> For a fish, the archer fish is known to shoot down bugs from
> low hanging plants by spitting water at them.
> 
>   http://www.whozoo.org/Intro2000/rickahlg/RA_ARCHERFISH.htm


Looks like you've picked a winner!  Gets my vote.

	Andrew

http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/tjaculat.htm

http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/tchatar.htm

Re: GDB's mascot?

[Jamie Guinan]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Andrew Cagney wrote:

> > For a fish, the archer fish is known to shoot down bugs from
> > low hanging plants by spitting water at them.
> >
> >   http://www.whozoo.org/Intro2000/rickahlg/RA_ARCHERFISH.htm
>
>
> Looks like you've picked a winner!  Gets my vote.
>
> 	Andrew
>
> http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/tjaculat.htm
>
> http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/tchatar.htm

Cool!  Are you taking submissions for art?  I'm not much of an artist,
but I have a rough pencil sketch I could scan and post maybe tonight.

-Jamie

Re: GDB's mascot?

[Andrew Cagney]

> http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/tjaculat.htm
>>
>> http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/tchatar.htm
> 
> 
> Cool!  Are you taking submissions for art?  I'm not much of an artist,
> but I have a rough pencil sketch I could scan and post maybe tonight.


Ok with me.  Addresses the copyright problems with ``stealing'' a 
picture from the web.

Hmm, I wonder what is needed if the the FSF ever wanted to include this 
artwork in an offical document.

	Andrew