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From: efrethei@blackbird.afit.af.mil (Erik J. Fretheim)
Newsgroups: comp.edu,sci.edu,comp.cog-eng
Subject: Re: What to know & universal icons
Keywords: Universal Icon
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Date: 29 Aug 89 14:32:26 GMT
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In article <3490@rtech.rtech.com> dennism@menace.UUCP (Dennis Moore (x2435, 1080-276) INGRES/teamwork) writes:
>In regards to the recent discussions of universal icons:
>
>Amongst humans, I think there are at least a few universal icons, symbols
>which anyone would understand.  For instance,
>
>      ...           
>    ..   ..         
>-  .       .  -     
>-  .       .  -     
>    ..   ..         
> /    ...    \      
>  /         \       
>   /       \        
>     | | |          
>
>would be recognizable as the Sun, if I had a little more resolution.
 anyone
>on any planet would probably recognize the sun icon.
>

Funny, Until I read further I though I recognized this as the universal
map symbol for a hill.  Oh well, if I'm not from a planet, may haps I'm
from an astroid then (but one big enough to have hills on it to put on
my map). :-).

(smiley with his tongue hanging out)



erik










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