https://www.marcusaureliussoftware.com/ A bit vague, at present.
Mike's new Spice
Started by ●December 1, 2022
Reply by ●December 1, 20222022-12-01
01.12.22 06:50, John Larkin wrote:> >https://www.marcusaureliussoftware.com/ > >A bit vague, at present. >He was at the Amp Hour podcast a while ago talking about the new simulator -- Klaus
Reply by ●December 1, 20222022-12-01
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. 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 ●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
Reply by ●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 ●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 ●December 11, 20222022-12-11
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,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 DickNo 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