Comment by _euac 8 years ago Erm... am I the only one that's a little thrown off by the "mascot" in this project? 15 comments _euac Reply nasredin 8 years ago About the logoWhy is the logo depicting a pair of copulating turtles?Ask ams@gnu.org.What is the name of the turtles?They are called Fred and George. And yes, they are both male. rmchugh 8 years ago It's turtles all the way down! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down rgrau 8 years ago https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/faq.html#whyturtles westmeal 8 years ago No I wasn't expecting turtles humping as soon as I landed on the page either. agumonkey 8 years ago I'm not fond of the joke right there but alas.ps: I hope they have org-mode interop. mbrock 8 years ago It says so in the feature list so I guess they probably do. agumonkey 8 years ago dammit I failed at simple search, it's indeed listed tripa 8 years ago Apparently it made it to the FAQ. anc84 8 years ago It's two turtles on top of each other, what's the problem? aeorgnoieang 8 years ago A question in the [FAQ](https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/faq.html#whyturtles):> Why is the logo depicting a pair of copulating turtles? twic 8 years ago This reminds me that kame.net has a turtle as a logo, but as an incentive to upgrade, when accessed over IPv6, the turtle is animated. So just be grateful the recutils developers didn't have IPv6 when they were looking for inspiration. dvfjsdhgfv 8 years ago Gay animals are a part of nature. There is nothing to be offended about. dguaraglia 8 years ago I'm not offended at all, just wasn't expecting it. If anything it made me chuckle, it was so out of place, heh. johncoltrane 8 years ago Probably. JustSomeNobody 8 years ago Yeah, this needs to be marked NSFW. ;)But, yes, I too am a little thrown off by it.
nasredin 8 years ago About the logoWhy is the logo depicting a pair of copulating turtles?Ask ams@gnu.org.What is the name of the turtles?They are called Fred and George. And yes, they are both male.
rmchugh 8 years ago It's turtles all the way down! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down
agumonkey 8 years ago I'm not fond of the joke right there but alas.ps: I hope they have org-mode interop. mbrock 8 years ago It says so in the feature list so I guess they probably do. agumonkey 8 years ago dammit I failed at simple search, it's indeed listed
mbrock 8 years ago It says so in the feature list so I guess they probably do. agumonkey 8 years ago dammit I failed at simple search, it's indeed listed
anc84 8 years ago It's two turtles on top of each other, what's the problem? aeorgnoieang 8 years ago A question in the [FAQ](https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/faq.html#whyturtles):> Why is the logo depicting a pair of copulating turtles?
aeorgnoieang 8 years ago A question in the [FAQ](https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/faq.html#whyturtles):> Why is the logo depicting a pair of copulating turtles?
twic 8 years ago This reminds me that kame.net has a turtle as a logo, but as an incentive to upgrade, when accessed over IPv6, the turtle is animated. So just be grateful the recutils developers didn't have IPv6 when they were looking for inspiration.
dvfjsdhgfv 8 years ago Gay animals are a part of nature. There is nothing to be offended about. dguaraglia 8 years ago I'm not offended at all, just wasn't expecting it. If anything it made me chuckle, it was so out of place, heh.
dguaraglia 8 years ago I'm not offended at all, just wasn't expecting it. If anything it made me chuckle, it was so out of place, heh.
JustSomeNobody 8 years ago Yeah, this needs to be marked NSFW. ;)But, yes, I too am a little thrown off by it.
About the logo
Why is the logo depicting a pair of copulating turtles?
Ask ams@gnu.org.
What is the name of the turtles?
They are called Fred and George. And yes, they are both male.
It's turtles all the way down! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down
https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/faq.html#whyturtles
No I wasn't expecting turtles humping as soon as I landed on the page either.
I'm not fond of the joke right there but alas.
ps: I hope they have org-mode interop.
It says so in the feature list so I guess they probably do.
dammit I failed at simple search, it's indeed listed
Apparently it made it to the FAQ.
It's two turtles on top of each other, what's the problem?
A question in the [FAQ](https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/faq.html#whyturtles):
> Why is the logo depicting a pair of copulating turtles?
This reminds me that kame.net has a turtle as a logo, but as an incentive to upgrade, when accessed over IPv6, the turtle is animated. So just be grateful the recutils developers didn't have IPv6 when they were looking for inspiration.
Gay animals are a part of nature. There is nothing to be offended about.
I'm not offended at all, just wasn't expecting it. If anything it made me chuckle, it was so out of place, heh.
Probably.
Yeah, this needs to be marked NSFW. ;)
But, yes, I too am a little thrown off by it.