Subject: Re: Weird IIGS question
From: Bryan Villados <news001@nospam_macgeek.org>
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In article <B5EFE16A.B717%sheppy@sheppyware.net>, Eric Shepherd
<sheppy@sheppyware.net> wrote:

> in article 20000921182551.08272.00000043@ng-cm1.aol.com, Ludowick at
> ludowick@aol.com wrote on 9/21/00 3:25 PM:
> 
> > Why is the default icon for "file type descriptor" files (I think type $42)
> > a
> > goat?
> 
> That's Clarus the Dogcow!  It's been the mascot of Apple engineers for
> nearly fifteen years.  It's the letter "z" in the Cairo font from the
> original Mac.  It's supposed to be a dog, but they discovered that at larger
> sizes it looks like a weird dog/cow hybrid.  Hence the Dogcow.
> 
> There's a Macintosh Technical Note explaining the history of the Dogcow.  I
> don't recall the number at the moment, but you should be able to find it on
> Apple's developer site if you want to read it.

The dogcow also makes a sound... "Moof!"

You can find more poop on Clarus the Dogcow at:

<http://www.ctol.net/~ross/dogcow/about.html>