[Talk Rat]ional Logo - poll

[RexT]

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n238/rext_2006/TalkRationalLogoList-1.jpg

[Octavia]

Yay, first vote! I like F best, but I think they're all really good. :)

[RexT]

Thank you Octavia, may the best one win : )

[Octavia]

Survival of the fittest. :cool:

[RexT]

Yup, it works!

[kazzaqld]

D - I thought the bowtie added a certain elan!

[ravenscape]

D - I thought the bowtie added a certain elan!
elan, you think? To me it seems a certain je ne sais quois (http://www.talkrational.org/showpost.php?p=10769&postcount=62).

[Daisy]

I like rats in pants.

[Febble]

I'm with Christina - I think the bowtie implies a male rat, and one of the things I liked about the rat (as opposed to the guy) was that it was unisex.

They're all good, but I'd prefer no tie.

[Christina]

Or we can put it in a dress too ;)

[dug_down_deep]

Why can't girls wear bowties? :p

I voted for D, but I feel guilty about it. ;)

[Christina]

Why can't guys wear skirts? :p

[The 800# Gorilla]

It would be called a kilt.

[Christina]

I like it - we can put the men in the little plaid skirts for a change ; )

[RBH]

This is one of those "spot the difference(s) between these two pictures" problems that I suck at. I'm going to go F since I can't see any difference between E and F (unless it's the shading of the text, maybe?). :(

[David B]

I went for E having a dislike of ties of any sort.

All great!

David B (thanks for no more fishes)

[Comfortably Numb]

I voted F. Good work Rex.

[ck1]

Can someone explain the meaning/history behind "A republic of freethought"? Or was this discussed in another thread?

[kazzaqld]

elan, you think? To me it seems a certain je ne sais quois (http://www.talkrational.org/showpost.php?p=10769&postcount=62).

I saw that after I had posted mine - great minds, eh! A certain something anyway. :)

[Pendaric]

Can someone explain the meaning/history behind "A republic of freethought"? Or was this discussed in another thread?

The governance model for this forum is that of a republic. Policy decisions are made by vote of a 'senate' (the staff), rather than being a dictatorship or straight democracy.

[Vagabonder]

I'm having trouble understanding the appeal of being associated with animals known as disgusting disease-ridden vermin. What's the method behind this apparent madness?

[Pendaric]

Just that Talk Rat was a logical contraction of Talk Rational, and it was popular in the thread where it was suggested:

http://www.talkrational.org/showthread.php?t=265

[LatinKing]

All right! It is the year of the Rat !
Viva China!

But..
what the fuck ?
Why is the rat shouting?
To talk rational?

What are you?

A bunch of stupid jerks?

I am Laughing at you !!!!!!

Latinijral

[The 800# Gorilla]

All y'all need someone to sit and do nothing but sit on this forum and watch out for latinijral.

[VoxRat]

How about G
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/6771/talkratvu6.jpg

[Octavia]

Oh, ew!!

Where's that from, anyway? It looks kind of familiar...

[RexT]

Make yourself right at home VoxRational. : )

If you don't mind, I actually would like to use G next Halloween to spoof things up a bit. : ) like google does with their logo. We also need something for the other holidays too if anyone has any suggestions.

[Gojira]

I voted E.

A tie is something I have to wear for work.

I don't like it, and I don't see why anyone else should - so I wear a Terminator 2 tie for meetings with internal audit, for example :D

But the occasional change seems like a good idea, although I bet you can't get agreement on what is appropriate!

<Fx> Gojira wanders off, whistling a song about cat herding </Fx>

[dug_down_deep]

All y'all need someone to sit and do nothing but sit on this forum and watch out for latinijral.
Thanks for volunteering.

[Goldie]

A & E... no bowtie, unless he's in a tux :)

[VoxRat]

Oh, ew!!

Where's that from, anyway? It looks kind of familiar...I don't really remember...
When I adopted the name VoxRat, I went looking through the internets for a good Rat image, and that one jumped out at me. It was from some site that seemed no longer in operation. But then, who knows where that guy got it from?

[VoxRat]

If you don't mind, I actually would like to use G next Halloween to spoof things up a bit. : ) ...Of course! Here's hoping the site's still around, come Halloween.

[Daisy]

How about G
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/6771/talkratvu6.jpg
That looks like the giant rat unions rent for pickets.

[ravenscape]

It's a dead heat between D and E.

[Christina]

Some more women better hurry up and vote soon.

[Febble]

Yeah. Come on girls, just click that E button, and get those ears on that logo. It's starting to look very bald.

[Goldie]

I know... I want the Rat already!

[RexT]

Well, since it's pretty much a wash, and since some of the women folk expressed feelings about a unisex logo, and since I wouldn't want to offend anyone, and since I'm the artist who is creating the logo, I think I should have the final word and I say we should go with E. It will look something like my avatar when I'm finished putting the final touches on it.

[Goldie]

COOL! :) Thank you, RexT.

[Christina]

Yay! Thanks Rex : )

[Octavia]

Yes, thank-you, Rex! :)

[hecaterin]

OK. I liked the bowtie, but I do see the point of the unisex one.

[Oolon Colluphid]

Bravo Rex! Wonderful work (and wonderful decision ;))!

[dug_down_deep]

:notworthy:

[Febble]

Well, since it's pretty much a wash, and since some of the women folk expressed feelings about a unisex logo, and since I wouldn't want to offend anyone, and since I'm the artist who is creating the logo, I think I should have the final word and I say we should go with E. It will look something like my avatar when I'm finished putting the final touches on it.

Beautifully reasoned.

And beautifully designed.

[Goldie]

The bowtie made me think of a boxing announcer: "And in this corner.. weighing 220 lbs... "

[Febble]

And we'll need a teensy one for the URL window thingy.

[jastity]

As a woman who owns more than one bow tie, I voted D.

[Jet Black]

I went for E having a dislike of ties of any sort.


rep that man.

[RexT]

Ok, here are the Logos

Default:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n238/rext_2006/TalkRationalLogo-Default.jpg

Dark Blue:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n238/rext_2006/TalkRationalLogo-DarkBlue.jpg

Default Dark:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n238/rext_2006/TalkRationalLogo-DefaultDark.jpg

[ravenscape]

Booyah!! Beautimous! Or should I say beautirat?

[RexT]

Thank you raven. Any chance you can get them installed or is that something Alethias or lpetrich has to do?

[ravenscape]

I'll take a look around. I can probably figure out where Alethias has the logos stored.

[RexT]

Cool, and thanks.

[ravenscape]

The new logo is showing up in the default and default dark styles. I'll have to get with Alethias this weekend to find out how to point to the logo for the dark blue style.

[RexT]

Thank you raven!

I'm rather bias, but I think it looks great! :D

Yeah, it's odd that Dark Blue uses the same image as Default.

[ravenscape]

Thank you raven!

I'm rather bias, but I think it looks great! :D

Yeah, it's odd that Dark Blue uses the same image as Default.

I just need to change something in the Dark Blue Template to point to the new logo. But I don't know where the "something" is. I'm still looking around, though.

[RexT]

Unless the templates use a different code or protocol, it should be the same line or variable as the other templates use. You should be able to see the name of the logo and just change the name. But I'm totally guessing because I've never actually seen the control panel. And if what I've just said made you go "duh", I apologize, I'm just thinking out loud.

[ravenscape]

Found it and modified it.

[RexT]

It's great for me to walk in the shadow of so many smart people. You're awesome raven!


ETA: we could probably close this poll now.

[Octavia]

I've closed the poll.

[Bright Life]

Gee, did I change things around here with my very first post? I feel all important and stuff! :D