2008/7/24 John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com:
Perhaps dead languages can be used in the 3D model for the pieces that are missing in the current logo - they would not be coveted spots anyway if they were missing from the default logo.
This is a rather elegant solution. I'd try to avoid complex pictograms, though - alphabetic characters seem to be preferable, simply because they scale better when we're dealing with a small image - hence demotic rather than hieroglyphic Egyptian.
If we're happy with pictograms, though, one of the Phaistos symbols would be nice :-)