[Gdal-dev] T-Shirts

[Paul Spencer]

I figured Frank would want to go with some sort of ascii art, or  
perhaps a hand-written XBM graphic.

On 30-Aug-07, at 4:17 PM, Matt Wilkie wrote:

> Doug_Newcomb at fws.gov wrote:
>>> Do we want to imply that GDAL is endangered? Maybe an invasive  
>>> species
>>> would be more apropos, like zebra mussel or something.
> ...
>>       Generally,invasive species are generally things people don't  
>> want.
>> And invasives are only invasives outside of their native habitat.
>
> I've not found a long list yet, but I think Pioneer Species is  
> apropos:
>
> "A pioneer species ... colonizes previously uncolonized land,  
> usually leading to ecological succession. Since uncolonised land  
> usually has thin, poor quality soils with few nutrients, pioneer  
> species are typically very hardy ..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
> Pioneer_species
>
> Sounds a lot like gdal to me!
>
>  Most of the names on that page don't roll off the tongue so well  
> though. Although "Flexuosa" has a certain Hogwarts ring to it that  
> could be entertaining: "GDAL 1.5, Factotum Flexuosa!" -- a spell  
> which turns brackish marine(ated) data into green hollow tubes  
> (data processing chains) summoning lackeys ready to work for you.
>
> Resources used for this fun bit of absurdity:
>
> [1] http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Entero_flexuo.htm
> [2] http://phrontistery.info/f.html - list of unusual words  
> beginning with F (or G or...)
>
>
>
> -- 
> matt wilkie
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