Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Against cuteness

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Benjamin L. Russell wrote:

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:11:15 -0500, Gregg Reynolds wrote:

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I don't think so.  Bad design will lose them (and many others), but good design and cuteness are two different things.

It's also possible for a good design to be cute, too.

De cutibus non est disputandem. Personally I think something interesting could be done with Thoth (nice open svg image at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth): God of reading/writing, math. When conflated with Hermes, also of boundaries, thieves and scoundrels, etc. Then there's Haskell B. Curry himself; notice the resemblance (http://www.haskell.org/bio.html) with J. R. "Bob" Dobbs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._%22Bob%22_Dobbs). An artist could "comicize" an image of Curry. Then it's only a short step to actual cultdom - why stop with a mere web community when you can legally establish a religious cult and actually ordain Ministers? (http://www.subgenius.com/scatalog/membership.htm). -g