[9fans] Screen shot

[9fans] Screen shot

[rob pike]

Several people asked for one, so see
	http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/screenshot.html

[9fans] the Plan 9 "bunny"

[Leo Caves]

( see http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/screenshot.html )

with so much of substance to discuss with the new release (and
as I don't have the right hardware to install just now) I thought
I would muse on the symbolism of the plan 9 bunny...

1/ bunnies vs. penguins ?

bunny:  faster, more (re)productive (effective plumbing?),
	extensive networks, prone to colonisation, cuddly.

penguin: rather slow and unstable (on land), limited area of operation,
         rather formal attire(?)


2/ Night of the Lepus

although not one of Ed Wood's productions, this is widely regarded
as one of the (best) worst films of all time.  the premise
rests on the belief that large bunny == scary bunny.

see
http://us.imdb.com/Title?Night+of+the+Lepus+(1972)
http://www.kokonino.com/ht/beth-lepus.html


[ 3/ A kinder, gentler Bunny Club... ]

Re: [9fans] the Plan 9 "bunny"

[Daniel Seagraves]

On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Leo Caves wrote:

>
> ( see http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/screenshot.html )
>
> with so much of substance to discuss with the new release (and
> as I don't have the right hardware to install just now) I thought
> I would muse on the symbolism of the plan 9 bunny...
>
> 1/ bunnies vs. penguins ?
>
> bunny:  faster, more (re)productive (effective plumbing?),
> 	extensive networks, prone to colonisation, cuddly.

Heh, for me, the bunny means one thing - Usagi Tsukino :P
That alone makes it worth using.
(Am I the only person who has thought of this? :)

> 2/ Night of the Lepus
>
> although not one of Ed Wood's productions, this is widely regarded
> as one of the (best) worst films of all time.  the premise
> rests on the belief that large bunny == scary bunny.

Also, the Vorpal Bunny from Monty Python's Holy Grail... :P

"Confuse, annoy, and DEE-STROY!" -- Jet Wolf | "Nothing Happens." -- ADVENT
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"...A man can pass his family and his name down through his sons, but it's
his honour that gets passed through his daughters.  He can see the best
and worst of life in his girls.  A daughter is something far too precious,
and he'll do anything to protect her."
	-- Reichsfuehrer Siegfried Koenig, _Matrose_Mond_, David Oliver

Re: [9fans] the Plan 9 "bunny"

[Douglas A. Gwyn]

Leo Caves wrote:
> bunny:  faster, more (re)productive (effective plumbing?),
>         extensive networks, prone to colonisation, cuddly.

I was wondering: are those *feet*, or...

> penguin: rather slow and unstable (on land), limited area of operation,
>          rather formal attire(?)

but works great under water!