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Why is such an unscientific question so high on HN? Or to rephrase, if we don't know what a soul is, how can we hope to answer it WRT elephants? So how and why
by voodootrucker 7y ago
Why is such an unscientific question so high on HN?
Or to rephrase, if we don't know what a soul is, how can we hope to answer it WRT elephants? So how and why should a reasoning person rate an article like this?
- dang 7y agoThree answers: unscientific things are welcome on HN; the title is not to be taken literally; a good comment reacts to more than just a title.
- DonHopkins 7y agoPlus elephants make really great floppy disks, because they never forget. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_Memory_Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_Memory_Systems https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/ElephantFloppy.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/ElephantFlopp... The brand was originally devised as an inexpensive, mass-market product. Its imposing pachyderm logo, designed by Rollin Binzer was often paired with bright orange or yellow and black packaging, which was in stark contrast of the more conservative silvers and blues used by competitors like IBM. Shane's advisers feared this would undermine the credibility of the product. However, Elephant eventually became viewed as a premium product, eventually becoming one of the highest-margin floppies on the market and one of the best-selling media brands in history.
- aitchnyu 7y agoNow I get the Postgresql logo, and Hadoop too, even though the latter was named after the creator's boy's toy elephant.