> John Larkin wrote:
>>
>> https://www.marcusaureliussoftware.com/
>>
>> A bit vague, at present.
>>
>
> Hmm. The Senate and People of Rome is an odd emblem for a software
> company,
Marcus Aurelius is one of the Five Good Emperors and Stoicism is
fashionable again.
> but then many folks drink coffee from places that are named
> after a character in Moby Dick
No way. "Battlestar Galactica" :) ( I keed ).
> and whose logo is the rather unsavory
> goddess Ishtar.
>
I've known baristas. SB has cult-like qualities but mainly it's
aversion training to avoid customer-facing anything.
It's the perfect symbol.
"Many of her myths involve her taking over the domains of other deities."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna
> Cheers
>
> Phil Hobbs
--
Les Cargill
Reply by Fred Bloggs●December 1, 20222022-12-01
On Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 7:35:19 AM UTC-5, Phil Hobbs wrote:
> John Larkin wrote:
> >
> > https://www.marcusaureliussoftware.com/
> >
> > A bit vague, at present.
> >
> Hmm. The Senate and People of Rome is an odd emblem for a software
> company, but then many folks drink coffee from places that are named
> after a character in Moby Dick and whose logo is the rather unsavory
> goddess Ishtar.
Oh yeah- I see it in that ad blurb...
>
> Cheers
>
> Phil Hobbs
> --
> Dr Philip C D Hobbs
> Principal Consultant
> ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
> Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
> Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
>
> http://electrooptical.net
> http://hobbs-eo.com
Reply by Fred Bloggs●December 1, 20222022-12-01
On Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 7:35:19 AM UTC-5, Phil Hobbs wrote:
> John Larkin wrote:
> >
> > https://www.marcusaureliussoftware.com/
> >
> > A bit vague, at present.
> >
> Hmm. The Senate and People of Rome is an odd emblem for a software
> company, but then many folks drink coffee from places that are named
> after a character in Moby Dick and whose logo is the rather unsavory
> goddess Ishtar.
I don't see a SPQR there.
Looks like a lightbulb.
They have the quote from Meditations, so that must be it.
>
> Cheers
>
> Phil Hobbs
> --
> Dr Philip C D Hobbs
> Principal Consultant
> ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
> Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
> Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
>
> http://electrooptical.net
> http://hobbs-eo.com
Reply by Anthony William Sloman●December 1, 20222022-12-01
On Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 11:35:19 PM UTC+11, Phil Hobbs wrote:
> John Larkin wrote:
> >
> > https://www.marcusaureliussoftware.com/
> >
> > A bit vague, at present.
> >
> Hmm. The Senate and People of Rome is an odd emblem for a software
> company, but then many folks drink coffee from places that are named
> after a character in Moby Dick and whose logo is the rather unsavory
> goddess Ishtar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius
names him as the last good emperor, and he rather post-dates the Senate and People of Rome. Wikipedia labels him a Stoic philosopher.
Quite what Mike Engelhardt has in mind escapes me - my classical education wasn't great - but invoking Marcus Aurelius probably puts him a cut above Starbuck's Ishtar.
It may be worth noting that Starbucks was commercial failure in Sydney, which takes coffee seriously. Campos coffee is a whole lot better than anything Starbucks ever sold, and it started off next to the Sydney University campus.
--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
Hmm. The Senate and People of Rome is an odd emblem for a software
company, but then many folks drink coffee from places that are named
after a character in Moby Dick and whose logo is the rather unsavory
goddess Ishtar.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.nethttp://hobbs-eo.com
Reply by Klaus Kragelund●December 1, 20222022-12-01