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Curtis Napier posted <445FBB45.1030606@g.o>, excerpted below, on |
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Mon, 08 May 2006 17:42:29 -0400: |
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> I've been around since the beginning and have fond memories of Larry |
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> just like the rest of you. I wasn't planning on getting rid of him. |
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> In fact, I was planning on using him a little more for other things. I |
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> already used him for a custom error page[1] and was planning on working |
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> him into other places on the website. Presently the only place Larry is |
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> mentioned in any way shape or form is in that stupid (Yes, *STUPID*) |
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> poster on the about page. |
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> [1]http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org/error.html |
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I wondered about the "stupid" poster, myself. I don't quite have the |
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sentimental value some seem to for him, but use in an error page and the |
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like seems at least logical -- connected to something. |
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However, I tried the above link and to my great disappointment, saw no |
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Larry. Just a more or less normal 404 page. I surf with images off by |
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default, so I thought that was it and turned them on, to no avail. |
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Ahh... Turned off my filters that enforce light on dark, and tried again. |
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There he is! Maybe he showed up the first time, but as I had enforced a |
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dark background (and light text), I couldn't see him. |
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Suggestion: Both he and the UFO guy have some value in Gentoo history, |
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agreed. It's not always obvious to a new user what that might be, |
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however. Whenever they are used, it might be a good idea to have them |
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link to a history page explaining a bit about them, what they mean to |
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Gentoo, how they became a part of Gentoo, etc. That would be a very good |
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place IMO to put the traditional Larry with text and the like. As it is, |
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the error page with just the Larry icon again leaves one with the question |
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of just what it has to do with anything. Also, maybe a caption on the |
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page. Larry is confused! Or something similar. If there's such a |
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caption now, I missed it too. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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