<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>I’m so mad! </div><div><br></div><div>You’re all missing the point. Dmitry pointed out the core issue here. The language used is wrong.</div><div><br></div><div>Star Trek uses the following phrase:</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b> To boldly go where no man has gone before</b></span></div><div><br></div><div>Later in its series life (and to comply with the correct modern day language mindset), it adjusted its tagline in 2009 to:</div><div><br></div><div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>To boldly go where no one has gone before</b></span></div><div><br></div><div>Still insanely catchy; still 100% Star Trek.</div><div><br></div><div>However, RIPE has chosen a much edited version:</div><div><br></div><div> <b>Taking RIPE Atlas where it’s never gone before</b></div><div><br></div><div>It just doesn’t work. Plus ... this is an affront on <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Trekkie</span> worldwide! An abomination of a beloved phrase that has stood the test of time (50+ years)! That’s longer than the internet or even packet networking has been around! I’m shocked at the audacity shown by RIPE with the language used on this logo. In what universe does RIPE think it can play with phrases from the hallowed world of Star Trek? Not in my universe! Not even in galaxy far far away!</div><div><br></div><div>Consider the outrage if RIPE had messed with the beauty and prose of Shakespeare’s poems, sonnets, and plays? Would we accept these?</div><div><br></div><div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Shall I compare thee to a CIDR announced?</b></span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>The lady doth flap too much, methinks</b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>A packet! a packet! my kingdom for a packet!</b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Good Night, Good night! Partitioning is such sweet sorrow</b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>This is the short and the long of DNSSEC</b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>Cry "Havoc," and let slip the DDoS of war</b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <b>All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little perl-script</b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">None of these would ever be acceptable; but I think I’ve digressed and protested too much!</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dear RIPE. Please be true to the original text of Star Trek (ok - 2009 version). Including the lack of apostrophes. I think it’s the prudent thing to do if we all want to live long and prosper.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div>I hope this helps. I’m not trying to be rebellious; however; we all know that r<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ebellions are built on hope.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Martin</div><div><br></div><div>PS: happy whatever and a merry thingy! </div><div><br>On Dec 22, 2017, at 5:06 AM, Philip Paeps <<a href="mailto:philip@trouble.is">philip@trouble.is</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>On 2017-12-22 08:02:21 (-0500), Fearghas Mckay wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 22 Dec 2017, at 05:18, Lia Hestina <<a href="mailto:lhestina@ripe.net">lhestina@ripe.net</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>We’ve been informed that “it’s” can be a contraction of “it is” and/or “it has” - in this case we use it as a contraction of “it has”.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sorry that is wrong - it’s is only a contraction for ‘it is’. It is never for ‘it has’.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>The Cambridge Dictionary disagrees with you:</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/its?q=it%27s">https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/its?q=it%27s</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>it's: "short form of it has:" "It's been a wonderful day - thank you."</span><br><span></span><br><span>Philip</span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Philip Paeps</span><br><span>Senior Reality Engineer</span><br><span>Ministry of Information</span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>RIPE-Atlas-Ambassadors mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:RIPE-Atlas-Ambassadors@ripe.net">RIPE-Atlas-Ambassadors@ripe.net</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/ripe-atlas-ambassadors">https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/ripe-atlas-ambassadors</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>