The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Alexy Khrabrov wrote:
> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
> Mountain Dog!  E.g.,

I disagree ...

Given the similarity of the Scala logo to a spring,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/montpelier/3957416434/

The most appropriate mascot is obviously an English Springer Spaniel,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/montpelier/3053920626/

Cheers,

Miles

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Alexy Khrabrov wrote:
> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
> Mountain Dog!  E.g.,

I disagree ...

Given the similarity of the Scala logo to a spring,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/montpelier/3957416434/

The most appropriate mascot is obviously an English Springer Spaniel,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/montpelier/3053920626/

Cheers,

Miles

Archer thinks it's a great mascot!!

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
Mountain Dog!  E.g.,

http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up

http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
puppy and more

It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
Makes sense?
Cheers,
Alexy

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Archer thinks it's a great mascot!!

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
Mountain Dog!  E.g.,

http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up

http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
puppy and more

It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
Makes sense?
Cheers,
Alexy

--
Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net
Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890
Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp
Surf the harmonics

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Miles Sabin wrote:
> The most appropriate mascot is obviously an English Springer Spaniel,
>
>  http://www.flickr.com/photos/montpelier/3053920626/

With all due respect, that's a JRuby.
Cheers,
Alexy

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Miles Sabin wrote:
> The most appropriate mascot is obviously an English Springer Spaniel,
>
>  http://www.flickr.com/photos/montpelier/3053920626/

With all due respect, that's a JRuby.
Cheers,
Alexy

> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
> Mountain Dog! E.g.,

Hehe, we do have a Berner Sennenhund ... It's truly a beautiful dog, but
... erm ... not the smartest. I think Scala would deserve an animal with
more wit. :)

> The most appropriate mascot is obviously an English Springer Spaniel,
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/montpelier/3053920626/

This dog looks a bit ugly and morbid, Miles.

A spring is of course related to jumping. And no other animal can jump
around in trees like the Ring-tailored Lemurs (Lemur catta) in
Madagascar do. These lemurs are terrific:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-tailed_Lemur

I don't know if Lemurs are already mascots for something else.

---Ph.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 6:12 AM, Philip Köster wrote:
>> The most appropriate mascot is obviously an English Springer Spaniel,
>>
>>  http://www.flickr.com/photos/montpelier/3053920626/
>
> This dog looks a bit ugly and morbid, Miles.

!!!

Well, you're off my Christmas list, permanently! ;-)

Cheers,

Miles

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-tailed_Lemur

The Wikipedia says:

``Despite the lack of a large brain (relative to Simiiform primates)
experiments have shown that the Ring-tailed Lemur can organize
sequences, understand basic arithmetic operations and preferentially
select tools based on functional qualities."

Doesn't this make the Lemur catta a perfect mascot? And further:

``It typically lives 16 to 19 years in the wild and 27 years in captivity."

Which is about the average life span of a dominant programming language.

May I suggest that Scala already has a furry mascot: the Malayan Tapir, featured on the cover of Dean Wampler and Alex Payne's Programming Scala.
There are plenty of cute examplars: http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=malayan%20tapir&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
The animal on the cover of Programming Scala is a Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called an Asian tapir. It is a black-and-white hoofed mammal with a round, stocky body similar to that of a pig. At 6-8 feet long and 550-700 pounds, the Malayan is the largest of the four tapir species. It lives in tropical rain forests in Southeast Asia.

The Malayan tapir's appearance is striking: its front half and hind legs are solid black, and its midsection is marked with a white saddle. This pattern provides perfect camouflage for the tapir in a moonlit jungle. Other physical characteristics include a thick hide, a stumpy tail, and a short, flexible snout. Despite its body shape, the Malayan tapir is an agile climber and a fast runner.

The tapir is a solitary and mainly nocturnal animal. It tends to have very poor vision, so it relies on smell and hearing as it roams large territories in search of food, tracking other tapirs' scents and communicating via high-pitched whistles. The Malayan tapir's predators are tigers, leopards, and humans, and it is considered endangered due to habitat destruction and overhunting.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
Mountain Dog!  E.g.,

http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up

http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
puppy and more

It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
Makes sense?
Cheers,
Alexy

May I suggest that Scala already has a furry mascot: the Malayan Tapir, featured on the cover of Dean Wampler and Alex Payne's Programming Scala.
There are plenty of cute examplars: http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=malayan%20tapir&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
The animal on the cover of Programming Scala is a Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called an Asian tapir. It is a black-and-white hoofed mammal with a round, stocky body similar to that of a pig. At 6-8 feet long and 550-700 pounds, the Malayan is the largest of the four tapir species. It lives in tropical rain forests in Southeast Asia.

The Malayan tapir's appearance is striking: its front half and hind legs are solid black, and its midsection is marked with a white saddle. This pattern provides perfect camouflage for the tapir in a moonlit jungle. Other physical characteristics include a thick hide, a stumpy tail, and a short, flexible snout. Despite its body shape, the Malayan tapir is an agile climber and a fast runner.

The tapir is a solitary and mainly nocturnal animal. It tends to have very poor vision, so it relies on smell and hearing as it roams large territories in search of food, tracking other tapirs' scents and communicating via high-pitched whistles. The Malayan tapir's predators are tigers, leopards, and humans, and it is considered endangered due to habitat destruction and overhunting.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
Mountain Dog!  E.g.,

http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up

http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
puppy and more

It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
Makes sense?
Cheers,
Alexy

Not sure what Archer would say about this :)

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Jorge Ortiz <jorge.ortiz@gmail.com> wrote:

May I suggest that Scala already has a furry mascot: the Malayan Tapir, featured on the cover of Dean Wampler and Alex Payne's Programming Scala.
There are plenty of cute examplars: http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=malayan%20tapir&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
The animal on the cover of Programming Scala is a Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called an Asian tapir. It is a black-and-white hoofed mammal with a round, stocky body similar to that of a pig. At 6-8 feet long and 550-700 pounds, the Malayan is the largest of the four tapir species. It lives in tropical rain forests in Southeast Asia.

The Malayan tapir's appearance is striking: its front half and hind legs are solid black, and its midsection is marked with a white saddle. This pattern provides perfect camouflage for the tapir in a moonlit jungle. Other physical characteristics include a thick hide, a stumpy tail, and a short, flexible snout. Despite its body shape, the Malayan tapir is an agile climber and a fast runner.

The tapir is a solitary and mainly nocturnal animal. It tends to have very poor vision, so it relies on smell and hearing as it roams large territories in search of food, tracking other tapirs' scents and communicating via high-pitched whistles. The Malayan tapir's predators are tigers, leopards, and humans, and it is considered endangered due to habitat destruction and overhunting.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
Mountain Dog!  E.g.,

http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up

http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
puppy and more

It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
Makes sense?
Cheers,
Alexy

> May I suggest that Scala already has a furry mascot: the Malayan Tapir,
> featured on the cover of Dean Wampler and Alex Payne's Programming Scala.

And what is the connection to Scala? That a tapir is half-black and
half-white, as Scala is half-imperative and half-functional?

It was inevitable that O'Reilly would come up with an animal ...

I stand by the Swiss dog. So it's not the smartest, the Haskell dog
may do fancier tricks. But the big dog will eat the small dog every
time, and any of the above animals, too (the tapir may take some time
though). The scenery is right, it can guard the EPFL even. It's
contemplative and runs in the mountains, just like programmers who go
hiking. It saves people! It brings them liquor (joy), too! Now, as
if I need to emphasize it, Scala is Swiss. (Not English terrier, or
exotic lemurs or tapirs.) It's neutral, precise as, like, a Swiss
watch, and sweet like chocolate. It will make you rich and happy and
will keep you company and give you puppies!

Cheers,
Alexy

I stand by the Swiss dog. So it's not the smartest, the Haskell dog
may do fancier tricks. But the big dog will eat the small dog every
time, and any of the above animals, too (the tapir may take some time
though). The scenery is right, it can guard the EPFL even. It's
contemplative and runs in the mountains, just like programmers who go
hiking. It saves people! It brings them liquor (joy), too! Now, as
if I need to emphasize it, Scala is Swiss. (Not English terrier, or
exotic lemurs or tapirs.) It's neutral, precise as, like, a Swiss
watch, and sweet like chocolate. It will make you rich and happy and
will keep you company and give you puppies!

Cheers,
Alexy

Please, switch this mailing thread to [scala-debate]. I don't like dogs :-)

> (Not English terrier, or exotic lemurs or tapirs.)

That a Berner Sennenhund is Swiss is certainly a good argument. Other
than that, there is no fancy flora or fauna in Switzerland. Correct me
if I'm wrong. :)

All,

there is one thing dogs have in common with language compilers:

 - when carefully 'tuned' they (almost) do what you expect them to do

why not switching to a cat mascot?

 - the perfect excuse for a compiler sometimes not behaving the way you expect it to behave

Luc


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(*)/ (*)

reality goes far beyond imagination

All,

there is one thing dogs have in common with language compilers:

 - when carefully 'tuned' they (almost) do what you expect them to do

why not switching to a cat mascot?

 - the perfect excuse for a compiler sometimes not behaving the way you expect it to behave

Luc


--
  __~O
 -\ <,
(*)/ (*)

reality goes far beyond imagination

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Luc Duponcheel
wrote:
> why not switching to a cat mascot?

If they'd make Great Swiss Mountain Cats, or even Great Swiss Snow
Leopards, I'd jump on it. The dog is the next best thing!
Cheers,
Alexy

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Luc Duponcheel
wrote:
> why not switching to a cat mascot?

If they'd make Great Swiss Mountain Cats, or even Great Swiss Snow
Leopards, I'd jump on it. The dog is the next best thing!
Cheers,
Alexy

These dogs are binary incompatible, poor things.

2009/10/20 Alexy Khrabrov :
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Luc Duponcheel
> wrote:
>> why not switching to a cat mascot?
>
> If they'd make Great Swiss Mountain Cats, or even Great Swiss Snow
> Leopards, I'd jump on it.  The dog is the next best thing!
> Cheers,
> Alexy
>

These dogs are binary incompatible, poor things.

2009/10/20 Alexy Khrabrov :
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Luc Duponcheel
> wrote:
>> why not switching to a cat mascot?
>
> If they'd make Great Swiss Mountain Cats, or even Great Swiss Snow
> Leopards, I'd jump on it.  The dog is the next best thing!
> Cheers,
> Alexy
>

> > May I suggest that Scala already has a furry mascot: the Malayan
> > Tapir, featured on the cover of Dean Wampler and Alex
> Payne's Programming Scala.
>
> And what is the connection to Scala? That a tapir is
> half-black and half-white, as Scala is half-imperative and
> half-functional?

That has already been answered:

"The Malayan tapir's appearance is striking:"

Scala is, isn't it?

"Despite its body shape, the Malayan tapir is an agile climber and a
fast runner."

A statement well directed to Java traditionalists and OFP sceptics.

BUT:
"it is considered endangered due to habitat destruction and
overhunting."

... is a bad vision.

  The encourages imutability and lazy evaluation, how about an
 animal that doesn't nove much and that is lazy :

   http://www.villiard.com/images/animaux/singes/orang-outan.jpg

  ;)



On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
Mountain Dog!  E.g.,

http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up

http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
puppy and more

It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
Makes sense?
Cheers,
Alexy

What about a Gargoyle? ( http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=gargoyle )

It's immutable ( so lazy it doesn't even move )
It's static ( survives for centuries )
It's functional (it wards off evil)
It's very much an object

Coincidentally they are even Lift-ed onto buildings

2009/10/20 Maxime Lévesque <maxime.levesque@gmail.com>

  The encourages imutability and lazy evaluation, how about an
 animal that doesn't nove much and that is lazy :

   http://www.villiard.com/images/animaux/singes/orang-outan.jpg

  ;)



On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
Mountain Dog!  E.g.,

http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up

http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
puppy and more

It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
Makes sense?
Cheers,
Alexy

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What about a Gargoyle? ( http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=gargoyle )

It's immutable ( so lazy it doesn't even move )
It's static ( survives for centuries )
It's functional (it wards off evil)
It's very much an object

Coincidentally they are even Lift-ed onto buildings

2009/10/20 Maxime Lévesque <maxime.levesque@gmail.com>

  The encourages imutability and lazy evaluation, how about an
 animal that doesn't nove much and that is lazy :

   http://www.villiard.com/images/animaux/singes/orang-outan.jpg

  ;)



On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
Mountain Dog!  E.g.,

http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up

http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
puppy and more

It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
Makes sense?
Cheers,
Alexy

--
Viktor Klang

Blog: klangism.blogspot.com
Twttr: viktorklang
Wave: viktor.klang@googlewave.com
Code: github.com/viktorklang

AKKA Committer - akkasource.org
Lift Committer - liftweb.com
Atmosphere Committer - atmosphere.dev.java.net
SoftPub founder: http://groups.google.com/group/softpub

2009/10/20 Viktor Klang :
> What about a Gargoyle? (
> http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=gargoyle )
>
> It's immutable ( so lazy it doesn't even move )
> It's static ( survives for centuries )
> It's functional (it wards off evil)
> It's very much an object
>
> Coincidentally they are even Lift-ed onto buildings

It's scalable too, I've seen them in all sorts of different sizes!

+1 on the gargoyle

> 2009/10/20 Maxime Lévesque
>>
>>   The encourages imutability and lazy evaluation, how about an
>>  animal that doesn't nove much and that is lazy :
>>
>>    http://www.villiard.com/images/animaux/singes/orang-outan.jpg
>>
>>   ;)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
>>> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
>>> Mountain Dog!  E.g.,
>>>
>>> http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up
>>>
>>> http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
>>> puppy and more
>>>
>>> It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
>>> Makes sense?
>>> Cheers,
>>> Alexy
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Viktor Klang
>
> Blog: klangism.blogspot.com
> Twttr: viktorklang
> Wave: viktor.klang@googlewave.com
> Code: github.com/viktorklang
>
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> Atmosphere Committer - atmosphere.dev.java.net
> SoftPub founder: http://groups.google.com/group/softpub
>

2009/10/20 Viktor Klang :
> What about a Gargoyle? (
> http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=gargoyle )
>
> It's immutable ( so lazy it doesn't even move )
> It's static ( survives for centuries )
> It's functional (it wards off evil)
> It's very much an object
>
> Coincidentally they are even Lift-ed onto buildings

It's scalable too, I've seen them in all sorts of different sizes!

+1 on the gargoyle

> 2009/10/20 Maxime Lévesque
>>
>>   The encourages imutability and lazy evaluation, how about an
>>  animal that doesn't nove much and that is lazy :
>>
>>    http://www.villiard.com/images/animaux/singes/orang-outan.jpg
>>
>>   ;)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
>>> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
>>> Mountain Dog!  E.g.,
>>>
>>> http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up
>>>
>>> http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
>>> puppy and more
>>>
>>> It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
>>> Makes sense?
>>> Cheers,
>>> Alexy
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Viktor Klang
>
> Blog: klangism.blogspot.com
> Twttr: viktorklang
> Wave: viktor.klang@googlewave.com
> Code: github.com/viktorklang
>
> AKKA Committer - akkasource.org
> Lift Committer - liftweb.com
> Atmosphere Committer - atmosphere.dev.java.net
> SoftPub founder: http://groups.google.com/group/softpub
>

Hi,

There is only one appropriate mascot, and I wonder why it wans't already
suggested:

The chimera!

http://images.google.de/images?hl=de&source=hp&q=chimera&btnG=Bilder-Suc...

Kevin Wright-4 wrote:
>
> 2009/10/20 Viktor Klang :
>> What about a Gargoyle? (
>> http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=gargoyle )
>>
>> It's immutable ( so lazy it doesn't even move )
>> It's static ( survives for centuries )
>> It's functional (it wards off evil)
>> It's very much an object
>>
>> Coincidentally they are even Lift-ed onto buildings
>
> It's scalable too, I've seen them in all sorts of different sizes!
>
> +1 on the gargoyle
>
>> 2009/10/20 Maxime Lévesque
>>>
>>>   The encourages imutability and lazy evaluation, how about an
>>>  animal that doesn't nove much and that is lazy :
>>>
>>>    http://www.villiard.com/images/animaux/singes/orang-outan.jpg
>>>
>>>   ;)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
>>>> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
>>>> Mountain Dog!  E.g.,
>>>>
>>>> http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up
>>>>
>>>> http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
>>>> puppy and more
>>>>
>>>> It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
>>>> Makes sense?
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Alexy
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Viktor Klang
>>
>> Blog: klangism.blogspot.com
>> Twttr: viktorklang
>> Wave: viktor.klang@googlewave.com
>> Code: github.com/viktorklang
>>
>> AKKA Committer - akkasource.org
>> Lift Committer - liftweb.com
>> Atmosphere Committer - atmosphere.dev.java.net
>> SoftPub founder: http://groups.google.com/group/softpub
>>
>
>

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Landei <Daniel.Gronau@gmx.de> wrote:

Hi,

There is only one appropriate mascot, and I wonder why it wans't already
suggested:

The chimera!

Awesome! +1 

http://images.google.de/images?hl=de&source=hp&q=chimera&btnG=Bilder-Suche&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=&safe=active


Kevin Wright-4 wrote:
>
> 2009/10/20 Viktor Klang <viktor.klang@gmail.com>:
>> What about a Gargoyle? (
>> http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=gargoyle )
>>
>> It's immutable ( so lazy it doesn't even move )
>> It's static ( survives for centuries )
>> It's functional (it wards off evil)
>> It's very much an object
>>
>> Coincidentally they are even Lift-ed onto buildings
>
> It's scalable too, I've seen them in all sorts of different sizes!
>
> +1 on the gargoyle
>
>> 2009/10/20 Maxime Lévesque <maxime.levesque@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>   The encourages imutability and lazy evaluation, how about an
>>>  animal that doesn't nove much and that is lazy :
>>>
>>>    http://www.villiard.com/images/animaux/singes/orang-outan.jpg
>>>
>>>   ;)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
>>>> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
>>>> Mountain Dog!  E.g.,
>>>>
>>>> http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up
>>>>
>>>> http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
>>>> puppy and more
>>>>
>>>> It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
>>>> Makes sense?
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Alexy
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
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On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Landei <Daniel.Gronau@gmx.de> wrote:

Hi,

There is only one appropriate mascot, and I wonder why it wans't already
suggested:

The chimera!

http://images.google.de/images?hl=de&source=hp&q=chimera&btnG=Bilder-Suche&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=&safe=active

Although a really cool mythological creature, I fail to see the marketing speak ;)
 

Kevin Wright-4 wrote:
>
> 2009/10/20 Viktor Klang <viktor.klang@gmail.com>:
>> What about a Gargoyle? (
>> http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=gargoyle )
>>
>> It's immutable ( so lazy it doesn't even move )
>> It's static ( survives for centuries )
>> It's functional (it wards off evil)
>> It's very much an object
>>
>> Coincidentally they are even Lift-ed onto buildings
>
> It's scalable too, I've seen them in all sorts of different sizes!
>
> +1 on the gargoyle
>
>> 2009/10/20 Maxime Lévesque <maxime.levesque@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>   The encourages imutability and lazy evaluation, how about an
>>>  animal that doesn't nove much and that is lazy :
>>>
>>>    http://www.villiard.com/images/animaux/singes/orang-outan.jpg
>>>
>>>   ;)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
>>>> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
>>>> Mountain Dog!  E.g.,
>>>>
>>>> http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up
>>>>
>>>> http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
>>>> puppy and more
>>>>
>>>> It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
>>>> Makes sense?
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Alexy
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Viktor Klang
>>
>> Blog: klangism.blogspot.com
>> Twttr: viktorklang
>> Wave: viktor.klang@googlewave.com
>> Code: github.com/viktorklang
>>
>> AKKA Committer - akkasource.org
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>> SoftPub founder: http://groups.google.com/group/softpub
>>
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I'm not sure if the greek connotation of chimera also translates to
other languages (but since this is greek mythology, it shouldn't
matter much :P) - we use "chimera" to describe completely unrealizable
dreams, "he spent his whole life hunting a chimera". Perhaps scala
should be a bit more on the "a dream that actually came true" side of
things :)

Dimitris

2009/10/20 Landei :
>
> Hi,
>
> There is only one appropriate mascot, and I wonder why it wans't already
> suggested:
>
> The chimera!
>
> http://images.google.de/images?hl=de&source=hp&q=chimera&btnG=Bilder-Suc...
>
>
> Kevin Wright-4 wrote:
>>
>> 2009/10/20 Viktor Klang :
>>> What about a Gargoyle? (
>>> http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=gargoyle )
>>>
>>> It's immutable ( so lazy it doesn't even move )
>>> It's static ( survives for centuries )
>>> It's functional (it wards off evil)
>>> It's very much an object
>>>
>>> Coincidentally they are even Lift-ed onto buildings
>>
>> It's scalable too, I've seen them in all sorts of different sizes!
>>
>> +1 on the gargoyle
>>
>>> 2009/10/20 Maxime Lévesque
>>>>
>>>>   The encourages imutability and lazy evaluation, how about an
>>>>  animal that doesn't nove much and that is lazy :
>>>>
>>>>    http://www.villiard.com/images/animaux/singes/orang-outan.jpg
>>>>
>>>>   ;)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
>>>>> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
>>>>> Mountain Dog!  E.g.,
>>>>>
>>>>> http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
>>>>> puppy and more
>>>>>
>>>>> It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
>>>>> Makes sense?
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Alexy
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Viktor Klang
>>>
>>> Blog: klangism.blogspot.com
>>> Twttr: viktorklang
>>> Wave: viktor.klang@googlewave.com
>>> Code: github.com/viktorklang
>>>
>>> AKKA Committer - akkasource.org
>>> Lift Committer - liftweb.com
>>> Atmosphere Committer - atmosphere.dev.java.net
>>> SoftPub founder: http://groups.google.com/group/softpub
>>>
>>
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I don't know... chimeras got some bad publicity because of its use in genetic research.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Jim Andreou <jim.andreou@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not sure if the greek connotation of chimera also translates to
other languages (but since this is greek mythology, it shouldn't
matter much :P) - we use "chimera" to describe completely unrealizable
dreams, "he spent his whole life hunting a chimera". Perhaps scala
should be a bit more on the "a dream that actually came true" side of
things :)

Dimitris

2009/10/20 Landei <Daniel.Gronau@gmx.de>:
>
> Hi,
>
> There is only one appropriate mascot, and I wonder why it wans't already
> suggested:
>
> The chimera!
>
> http://images.google.de/images?hl=de&source=hp&q=chimera&btnG=Bilder-Suche&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=&safe=active
>
>
> Kevin Wright-4 wrote:
>>
>> 2009/10/20 Viktor Klang <viktor.klang@gmail.com>:
>>> What about a Gargoyle? (
>>> http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=gargoyle )
>>>
>>> It's immutable ( so lazy it doesn't even move )
>>> It's static ( survives for centuries )
>>> It's functional (it wards off evil)
>>> It's very much an object
>>>
>>> Coincidentally they are even Lift-ed onto buildings
>>
>> It's scalable too, I've seen them in all sorts of different sizes!
>>
>> +1 on the gargoyle
>>
>>> 2009/10/20 Maxime Lévesque <maxime.levesque@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>   The encourages imutability and lazy evaluation, how about an
>>>>  animal that doesn't nove much and that is lazy :
>>>>
>>>>    http://www.villiard.com/images/animaux/singes/orang-outan.jpg
>>>>
>>>>   ;)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
>>>>> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
>>>>> Mountain Dog!  E.g.,
>>>>>
>>>>> http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
>>>>> puppy and more
>>>>>
>>>>> It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
>>>>> Makes sense?
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Alexy
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Viktor Klang
>>>
>>> Blog: klangism.blogspot.com
>>> Twttr: viktorklang
>>> Wave: viktor.klang@googlewave.com
>>> Code: github.com/viktorklang
>>>
>>> AKKA Committer - akkasource.org
>>> Lift Committer - liftweb.com
>>> Atmosphere Committer - atmosphere.dev.java.net
>>> SoftPub founder: http://groups.google.com/group/softpub
>>>
>>
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Yeah, the IDEA people had the same idea (pun intended)! :-)   http://www.iai.uni-bonn.de/~idea/chimera.html

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Landei <Daniel.Gronau@gmx.de> wrote:

Hi,

There is only one appropriate mascot, and I wonder why it wans't already
suggested:

The chimera!

http://images.google.de/images?hl=de&source=hp&q=chimera&btnG=Bilder-Suche&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=&safe=active


Kevin Wright-4 wrote:
>
> 2009/10/20 Viktor Klang <viktor.klang@gmail.com>:
>> What about a Gargoyle? (
>> http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=gargoyle )
>>
>> It's immutable ( so lazy it doesn't even move )
>> It's static ( survives for centuries )
>> It's functional (it wards off evil)
>> It's very much an object
>>
>> Coincidentally they are even Lift-ed onto buildings
>
> It's scalable too, I've seen them in all sorts of different sizes!
>
> +1 on the gargoyle
>
>> 2009/10/20 Maxime Lévesque <maxime.levesque@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>   The encourages imutability and lazy evaluation, how about an
>>>  animal that doesn't nove much and that is lazy :
>>>
>>>    http://www.villiard.com/images/animaux/singes/orang-outan.jpg
>>>
>>>   ;)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
>>>> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
>>>> Mountain Dog!  E.g.,
>>>>
>>>> http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up
>>>>
>>>> http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
>>>> puppy and more
>>>>
>>>> It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
>>>> Makes sense?
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Alexy
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Viktor Klang
>>
>> Blog: klangism.blogspot.com
>> Twttr: viktorklang
>> Wave: viktor.klang@googlewave.com
>> Code: github.com/viktorklang
>>
>> AKKA Committer - akkasource.org
>> Lift Committer - liftweb.com
>> Atmosphere Committer - atmosphere.dev.java.net
>> SoftPub founder: http://groups.google.com/group/softpub
>>
>
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I'm from Brazil, and indeed, 'anta' isn't a good nickname around here ;P
From: Daniel Sobral Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:33 PM To: Jorge Ortiz Cc: scala@listes.epfl.ch ; scala-user [at] listes [dot] epfl [dot] ch" href="mailto:scala-user@listes.epfl.ch" rel="nofollow">Scala User List Subject: Re: [scala-user] Re: [scala] The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
Yeah, well, it looks like the brazilian "anta" (http://images.google.com/images?hl=pt-BR&source=hp&q=anta&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=). In fact, they belong to the same family: http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/tapir-info.htm/printable. Unfortunately, "anta" became synonymous with "dumb" (very, very dumb, even), and that's not the kind of image I'd like to be associated with Scala.   Sure, that would be mostly restricted to Brazil, but I have a vested interest in the popularity of Scala in Brazil. :-)

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Jorge Ortiz <jorge.ortiz@gmail.com> wrote:

May I suggest that Scala already has a furry mascot: the Malayan Tapir, featured on the cover of Dean Wampler and Alex Payne's Programming Scala.
There are plenty of cute examplars: http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=malayan%20tapir&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
The animal on the cover of Programming Scala is a Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called an Asian tapir. It is a black-and-white hoofed mammal with a round, stocky body similar to that of a pig. At 6-8 feet long and 550-700 pounds, the Malayan is the largest of the four tapir species. It lives in tropical rain forests in Southeast Asia.

The Malayan tapir's appearance is striking: its front half and hind legs are solid black, and its midsection is marked with a white saddle. This pattern provides perfect camouflage for the tapir in a moonlit jungle. Other physical characteristics include a thick hide, a stumpy tail, and a short, flexible snout. Despite its body shape, the Malayan tapir is an agile climber and a fast runner.

The tapir is a solitary and mainly nocturnal animal. It tends to have very poor vision, so it relies on smell and hearing as it roams large territories in search of food, tracking other tapirs' scents and communicating via high-pitched whistles. The Malayan tapir's predators are tigers, leopards, and humans, and it is considered endangered due to habitat destruction and overhunting.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
Mountain Dog!  E.g.,

http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up

http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
puppy and more

It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
Makes sense?
Cheers,
Alexy

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Yeah, well, it looks like the brazilian "anta" (http://images.google.com/images?hl=pt-BR&source=hp&q=anta&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=). In fact, they belong to the same family: http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/tapir-info.htm/printable. Unfortunately, "anta" became synonymous with "dumb" (very, very dumb, even), and that's not the kind of image I'd like to be associated with Scala.   Sure, that would be mostly restricted to Brazil, but I have a vested interest in the popularity of Scala in Brazil. :-)

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Jorge Ortiz <jorge.ortiz@gmail.com> wrote:

May I suggest that Scala already has a furry mascot: the Malayan Tapir, featured on the cover of Dean Wampler and Alex Payne's Programming Scala.
There are plenty of cute examplars: http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=malayan%20tapir&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
The animal on the cover of Programming Scala is a Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called an Asian tapir. It is a black-and-white hoofed mammal with a round, stocky body similar to that of a pig. At 6-8 feet long and 550-700 pounds, the Malayan is the largest of the four tapir species. It lives in tropical rain forests in Southeast Asia.

The Malayan tapir's appearance is striking: its front half and hind legs are solid black, and its midsection is marked with a white saddle. This pattern provides perfect camouflage for the tapir in a moonlit jungle. Other physical characteristics include a thick hide, a stumpy tail, and a short, flexible snout. Despite its body shape, the Malayan tapir is an agile climber and a fast runner.

The tapir is a solitary and mainly nocturnal animal. It tends to have very poor vision, so it relies on smell and hearing as it roams large territories in search of food, tracking other tapirs' scents and communicating via high-pitched whistles. The Malayan tapir's predators are tigers, leopards, and humans, and it is considered endangered due to habitat destruction and overhunting.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
Mountain Dog!  E.g.,

http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up

http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
puppy and more

It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
Makes sense?
Cheers,
Alexy

--
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I'm from Brazil, and indeed, 'anta' isn't a good nickname around here ;P
From: Daniel Sobral Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:33 PM To: Jorge Ortiz Cc: scala@listes.epfl.ch ; scala-user [at] listes [dot] epfl [dot] ch" href="mailto:scala-user@listes.epfl.ch" rel="nofollow">Scala User List Subject: Re: [scala-user] Re: [scala] The Scala mascot: a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
Yeah, well, it looks like the brazilian "anta" (http://images.google.com/images?hl=pt-BR&source=hp&q=anta&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=). In fact, they belong to the same family: http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/tapir-info.htm/printable. Unfortunately, "anta" became synonymous with "dumb" (very, very dumb, even), and that's not the kind of image I'd like to be associated with Scala.   Sure, that would be mostly restricted to Brazil, but I have a vested interest in the popularity of Scala in Brazil. :-)

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 4:18 AM, Jorge Ortiz <jorge.ortiz@gmail.com> wrote:

May I suggest that Scala already has a furry mascot: the Malayan Tapir, featured on the cover of Dean Wampler and Alex Payne's Programming Scala.
There are plenty of cute examplars: http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=malayan%20tapir&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
The animal on the cover of Programming Scala is a Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called an Asian tapir. It is a black-and-white hoofed mammal with a round, stocky body similar to that of a pig. At 6-8 feet long and 550-700 pounds, the Malayan is the largest of the four tapir species. It lives in tropical rain forests in Southeast Asia.

The Malayan tapir's appearance is striking: its front half and hind legs are solid black, and its midsection is marked with a white saddle. This pattern provides perfect camouflage for the tapir in a moonlit jungle. Other physical characteristics include a thick hide, a stumpy tail, and a short, flexible snout. Despite its body shape, the Malayan tapir is an agile climber and a fast runner.

The tapir is a solitary and mainly nocturnal animal. It tends to have very poor vision, so it relies on smell and hearing as it roams large territories in search of food, tracking other tapirs' scents and communicating via high-pitched whistles. The Malayan tapir's predators are tigers, leopards, and humans, and it is considered endangered due to habitat destruction and overhunting.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
Mountain Dog!  E.g.,

http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up

http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
puppy and more

It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
Makes sense?
Cheers,
Alexy

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Alexy Khrabrov wrote:
> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
> Mountain Dog! E.g.,

What, no skunk? http://imgur.com/mrmAQ.png ;-)

Hi Dimitris,

I thought more about the "a beast build from parts (and capabilities) of
several other beasts to make an even more awesome one" connotation :-)

Daniel

Dimitris Andreou wrote:
>
> I'm not sure if the greek connotation of chimera also translates to
> other languages (but since this is greek mythology, it shouldn't
> matter much :P) - we use "chimera" to describe completely unrealizable
> dreams, "he spent his whole life hunting a chimera". Perhaps scala
> should be a bit more on the "a dream that actually came true" side of
> things :)
>
> Dimitris
>
> 2009/10/20 Landei :
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> There is only one appropriate mascot, and I wonder why it wans't already
>> suggested:
>>
>> The chimera!
>>
>> http://images.google.de/images?hl=de&source=hp&q=chimera&btnG=Bilder-Suc...
>>
>

What about the Tailed Tailless Bat?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailed_Tailless_Bat

Alexy Khrabrov wrote:
> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
> Mountain Dog! E.g.,

What, no skunk? http://imgur.com/mrmAQ.png ;-)

> I thought more about the "a beast build from parts (and
> capabilities) of several other beasts to make an even more
> awesome one" connotation :-)

For that the Bavarians have the "Wolpertinger":

http://images.google.de/images?q=Wolpertinger&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:d
e:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=B9LdSoqjOMPZ-Qb0_eBI&sa=X&o
i=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCEQsAQwAw

Det

So, that's a... flying, horned squirrel with duck paws?

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Detering Dirk <Dirk.Detering@bitmarck.de> wrote:

> I thought more about the "a beast build from parts (and
> capabilities) of several other beasts to make an even more
> awesome one" connotation :-)

For that the Bavarians have the "Wolpertinger":

http://images.google.de/images?q=Wolpertinger&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:d
e:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=B9LdSoqjOMPZ-Qb0_eBI&sa=X&o
i=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCEQsAQwAw

Det

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On 10/19/2009 6:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov wrote:
> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
> Mountain Dog! E.g.,
>
> http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up
>
> http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
> puppy and more
>
> It's huge! It's fast! It's strong! It cares for people!
> Makes sense?
> Cheers,
> Alexy
>
If he wore the mandatory cask of brandy to indicate his Swissness, that
would work.

But considering the name "Scala," I wonder why an opera singer or
character wouldn't
seem like a natural fit. Some Scaramouche-like guy, Barber of Seville
(or Bugs Bunny equivalent),
or the necessary Fat Lady.

bob

duck-billed platypus might be fun too, but I'm sure I've already seen
it on the cover of one of the "in a nutshell" books

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Daniel Sobral wrote:
> So, that's a... flying, horned squirrel with duck paws?
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Detering Dirk
> wrote:
>>
>> > I thought more about the "a beast build from parts (and
>> > capabilities) of several other beasts to make an even more
>> > awesome one" connotation :-)
>>
>> For that the Bavarians have the "Wolpertinger":
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>> http://images.google.de/images?q=Wolpertinger&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:d
>> e:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=B9LdSoqjOMPZ-Qb0_eBI&sa=X&o
>> i=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCEQsAQwAw
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>> Det
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> --
> Daniel C. Sobral
>
> Something I learned in academia: there are three kinds of academic reviews:
> review by name, review by reference and review by value.
>

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Bob Jamison wrote:
>  On 10/19/2009 6:39 PM, Alexy Khrabrov wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure if a Scala got a mascot already, but after a discussion
>> on #scala, it occured to me there's a good candidate: a Greater Swiss
>> Mountain Dog!  E.g.,
>>
>> http://greatswissmountaindogblog.com/files/GSMD.jpg -- grown up
>>
>> http://www.petyourdog.com/dog_breeds/greater-swiss-mountain-dog/ --
>> puppy and more
>>
>> It's huge!  It's fast!  It's strong!  It cares for people!
>> Makes sense?
>> Cheers,
>> Alexy
>>
> If he wore the mandatory cask of brandy to indicate his Swissness, that
> would work.
>
> But considering the name "Scala,"  I wonder why an opera singer or character
> wouldn't
> seem like a natural fit.   Some Scaramouche-like guy, Barber of Seville (or
> Bugs Bunny equivalent),
> or the necessary Fat Lady.

Marvin the Martian?

>
> bob
>
>

> So, that's a... flying, horned squirrel with duck paws?

:)

The perfect mascot:

http://nomadenseelewow.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/wolpertinger.jpg

> What, no skunk? http://imgur.com/mrmAQ.png ;-)

Nice spontaneuous artwork! The name ``skunk" is appealing of course, but
the odor is possibly not.