|From: Lee Daniel Crocker <lee(a)piclab.com>
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|Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:14:04 -0600
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|> (Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)bomis.com>)m>):
|> Tom Parmenter wrote:
|> > seriously, isn't the monkey behind the typewriter exactly right?
|>
|> :-) I like it, anyway. I'm not voting for it, necessarily, but I'm
|> fond of it.
|
|Yeah, it's cute; and humorous in a self-deprecating way. But it's
|really a symbol of complete randomness, not evolved complexity.
|I'm sticking with the leaf-cutter ant.
|
|If we want something humorously self-deprecating, we can switch
|to the only truly eusocial mammal: the naked mole rat.
|
The monkey-at-typewriter symbol includes the trolls and vandals as
contributors, not just the dutiful drones, as they do keep articles on
the Recent Changes list and the rest of us alert.
However, switching away from flesh-and-blood animals for a moment, how
about a particularly ripe starting position in "Conway's Game of Life"
as a mascot?
Tom Parmenter
Ortolan88
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