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<BIG><BIG><STRONG><FONT COLOR="maroon">Ecol</FONT></STRONG></BIG></BIG>
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<STRONG>By <A HREF="../authors/malonda.html">Javier Malonda</A></STRONG>
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These cartoons were made for es.comp.os.linux (ECOL), the Spanish USENET
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newsgroup for Linux. The strips are drawn in Spanish and then translated to
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English by the author. Text commentary on this page is by LG Editor Iron.
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size.
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<P> One creative translation here. "Ecol brand" is really whiskey and Fanta.
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The Spanish phrase "con naranjita" means "with a little orange", but in
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practice it means "mixed with Fanta". Fanta is a carbonated orange drink. "A
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favorite in Europe since the 1940s, Fanta was acquired by the Coca-Cola Company
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in 1960," says the Coca-Cola web site. (I would link to it but it's a
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brower-crashing site.) Whiskey and Fanta is popular in Spain, so I'm told.
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Since neither the words nor the concept translate to English very well, the
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author changed it to "Ecol brand", haha.
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<P>That last browser is Opera. He's being a Valkyrie from Wagner's
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<EM>The Ring</EM>. Webster's defines
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<A HREF="http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=valkyrie">valkyrie</A> as
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"any of the maidens of Odin who choose the heroes to be slain in battle and
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conduct them to Valhalla".
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All Ecol cartoons are at
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<A HREF="http://tira.escomposlinux.org/">tira.escomposlinux.org</A> (Spanish) and
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<A HREF="http://comic.escomposlinux.org/">comic.escomposlinux.org</A> (English).
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<P> Regarding the two main characters, Bilo and Nano, Javier writes, "Bilo and
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Nano are two students who share a flat. Although their personalities are
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completely different, they get along good enough. Bilo tries to keep a calm
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perspective on life, but Nano is pure concentrated bad milk. I don't know much
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more about them." (Spanish version:
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<A HREF="http://bilo.homeip.net/ceferino/bilo-nano/bn_index.html">
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http://bilo.homeip.net/ceferino/bilo-nano/bn_index.html</A>).
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<P> Javier says the Ecol (the comic strip) started as a joke, "but people liked
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it and now we have 1000 visits daily and 10 mirrors". Ecol (the organization) -- or
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<A HREF="http://www.escomposlinux.org/">escomposlinux.org</A> as it is officially
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known -- is an all-volunteer organization run on Linux boxen. The staff pay its
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DSL fee out of their own pocket. Javier is preparing an article for next month
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about Ecol the organization.
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<P> <SMALL>These cartoons are copyright Javier Malonda. They may be copied, linked
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or distributed by any means. However, you may not distribute modifications. If
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you link to a cartoon, please <A
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HREF="mailto:jmr@escomposlinux.org">notify</A> Javier.
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Copyright © 2002, Javier Malonda.
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Copying license <A HREF="../copying.html">http://www.linuxgazette.com/copying.html</A><BR>
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Published in Issue 85 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, December 2002
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