From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, T_FILL_THIS_FORM_SHORT,URIBL_BLOCKED shortcircuit=no autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 X-Original-To: unicorn-public@bogomips.org Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7032920406; Wed, 14 Oct 2015 20:12:10 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 20:12:10 +0000 From: Eric Wong To: unicorn-public@bogomips.org Subject: unicorn non-technical FAQ Message-ID: <20151014-unicorn-non-technical-F@Q> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Maybe this should be on the website somewhere, but the mailing list archives are quite accessible nowadays. Fwiw, I tend to followup publically (anonymized content) with technical stuff to the private email address , but never publically address the non-technical questions. But some of the same questions come up over and over, so I figure an FAQ might help. Q: Can I use your logo? A: What logo? This project has never had a logo and never will. Logos are a waste of bandwidth, processing power, and yet-another potential exploitable code execution and/or denial-of-service vector. Ask the webmaster of the site you saw the logo on. Q: Can you speak at so-and-so conference? A: I do not speak. Speech is synchronous and I will inevitably speak too fast for some, too slow for others; all while wasting CPU power and bandwidth to encode and distribute audio. Text is much more efficient as the reader can read at their own pace, skim over uninteresting parts, scan, etc. Text is far cheaper to distribute, archive and search than audio. Besides, unicorn has been technically obsolete since the early 90s, there's nothing interesting to talk about. Read the source, mailing list archives, git commit history, etc. instead. Q: May I interview you? A: You already started :) I have plain-text email and nothing else.