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From the FAQ: > Why is the logo depicting a pair of copulating turtles? > > Ask ams@gnu.org. > What is the name of the turtles? > > They are called Fred and
by pull_my_finger 4y ago
From the FAQ:
> Why is the logo depicting a pair of copulating turtles?
> > Ask ams@gnu.org.
> What is the name of the turtles?
> > They are called Fred and George. And yes, they are both male.
3 of 5 of the questions in the FAQ are about these 2 turtles... Here I just wanted to know how different this was from something like noSQL.
- krageon 4y ago> [...] how different [is this] from something like noSQL. This database is relational and might have a real life use-case with worthwhile tradeoffs. Those are big differentiating factors.
- moss2 4y agoTo be fair I was going to ask about the turtles in this thread.
- feet 4y agoOh boy. First thing on the page lmao
- samatman 4y agoGNU projects have excellent documentation, and as a result the FAQs tend to be whimsical. Any genuine Frequently Asked Question gets added to the info files.
- masukomi 4y agorather than, you know, actually removing a juvenile picture of animals copulating which pretty much guarantees no-one will take their project seriously. nah,... just add it to the faq
- CJefferson 4y agoI feel like a better FAQ would be "when you keep saying text, what do you mean? ASCII? UTF8?"