Insert rant here
Scott
Big Book of ASR Rants. Suffice to say Vagry, Jveryrff, cer-nhguragvpngvba,
Npgvir Qverpgbel. All the pieces work by themselves, but when I put them
together, they fall over. If Salvador Dali had designed a network stack,
this is what it would look like.
<sigh>
Joe Zeff
> If Salvador Dali had designed a network stack, this is what it would
> look like.
Only on the surface. His network stack would work.
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Jim
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:34:58 +0000, Scott wrote:
>
> > If Salvador Dali had designed a network stack, this is what it would
> > look like.
>
> Only on the surface. His network stack would work.
Not, admittedly, in the way you would expect it to, though. The packets
would appear to be routed via someone else's localhost and come from the
future.
Jim
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mikea
> Joe Zeff <the.guy.with....@lasfs.info> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:34:58 +0000, Scott wrote:
>>
>> > If Salvador Dali had designed a network stack, this is what it would
>> > look like.
>>
>> Only on the surface. His network stack would work.
>
> Not, admittedly, in the way you would expect it to, though. The packets
> would appear to be routed via someone else's localhost and come from the
> future.
No. That's the Calder-and-Tingueley network stack. And who was that
wonderful British cartoonist whose assemblages made Rube Goldberg look
like an absolute beginner? I can see the cartoon, but can't bring the
name to mind.
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>>>
>>> > If Salvador Dali had designed a network stack, this is what it would
>>> > look like.
>>>
>>> Only on the surface. His network stack would work.
>>
>> Not, admittedly, in the way you would expect it to, though. The packets
>> would appear to be routed via someone else's localhost and come from the
>> future.
>
> No. That's the Calder-and-Tingueley network stack. And who was that
> wonderful British cartoonist whose assemblages made Rube Goldberg look
> like an absolute beginner? I can see the cartoon, but can't bring the
> name to mind.
>
Heath Robinson, at a guess.
"Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers
and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
mikea
> On 2009-12-18, mikea <mi...@mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > If Salvador Dali had designed a network stack, this is what it would
>>>> > look like.
>>>>
>>>> Only on the surface. His network stack would work.
>>>
>>> Not, admittedly, in the way you would expect it to, though. The packets
>>> would appear to be routed via someone else's localhost and come from the
>>> future.
>>
>> No. That's the Calder-and-Tingueley network stack. And who was that
>> wonderful British cartoonist whose assemblages made Rube Goldberg look
>> like an absolute beginner? I can see the cartoon, but can't bring the
>> name to mind.
>>
>
> Heath Robinson, at a guess.
Yes. I just successfully Giggled for him, and was about to post an
update. Robinson's work is so much more esthetically satisfying -- to
me, at least -- than Goldberg's.
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>I just successfully Giggled for him, and was about to post an
>update. Robinson's work is so much more esthetically satisfying -- to
>me, at least -- than Goldberg's.
I also like the work of Rowland Emmett, especially the Far Tottering
and Oyster Creek Railway.
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>
> Yes. I just successfully Giggled for him, and was about to post an
> update. Robinson's work is so much more esthetically satisfying -- to
> me, at least -- than Goldberg's.
We Brits tend to have a far more interesting set of eccentrics, but then
we've had longer to practice and get it right. Emperor Norton got close
though, I must admit.
One of my personal favourites though (given I worked with patents for a
while) is Arthur Pedrick. His patent for a "Photon Push-Pull Radiation
Detector For Use In Chromatically Selective Cat Flap Control And 1000
Megaton Earth-Orbital Peace-Keeping Bomb" is a work of genius, not least
due to the fact most of it is written in the form of a conversation
between himself and his cat.
J
Mark Ayliffe
Just zis Guy, you know? <guy.c...@spamcop.net> illuminated us with:
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:24:14 -0600, mikea <mi...@mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
>
>>I just successfully Giggled for him, and was about to post an
>>update. Robinson's work is so much more esthetically satisfying -- to
>>me, at least -- than Goldberg's.
>
> I also like the work of Rowland Emmett, especially the Far Tottering
> and Oyster Creek Railway.
A friend of mine modelled that in HO, fairly intensively:
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/125490
The 0-2-0 loco (Hero) is a particular favourite.
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Zebee Johnstone
In alt.sysadmin.recovery on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:24:14 -0600
mikea <mi...@mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
> Yes. I just successfully Giggled for him, and was about to post an
> update. Robinson's work is so much more esthetically satisfying -- to
> me, at least -- than Goldberg's.
I was aware of him, giggled to find some pics... and discovered
there's a firm in Victoria called "Heath Robinson Consulting
Engineers".
Alas they don't have a website so it's not easy to tell just why
they are so named.
Zebee
Mike Causer
"Just zis Guy, you know?" <guy.c...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> I also like the work of Rowland Emmett, especially the Far Tottering
> and Oyster Creek Railway.
In my days of JCL and coding sheets I admired The Aqua Horological
Tintinnabulator many lunchtimes.
Come to think of it, CDC's JCL rather resembled it, in some ways.
Mike
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Lionel
> On 2009-12-18, mikea<mi...@mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If Salvador Dali had designed a network stack, this is what it would
>>>>> look like.
>>>>
>>>> Only on the surface. His network stack would work.
>>>
>>> Not, admittedly, in the way you would expect it to, though. The packets
>>> would appear to be routed via someone else's localhost and come from the
>>> future.
>>
>> No. That's the Calder-and-Tingueley network stack. And who was that
>> wonderful British cartoonist whose assemblages made Rube Goldberg look
>> like an absolute beginner? I can see the cartoon, but can't bring the
>> name to mind.
>>
>
> Heath Robinson, at a guess.
Yes. As featured in the Professor Branestawm (sic?) books, which I
highly recommend.
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Just zis Guy, you know?
wrote:
>Yes. As featured in the Professor Branestawm (sic?) books, which I
>highly recommend.
+1 for that and yes I think you spelled it correctly.
Joe Thompson
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:38:22 +0000
> "Just zis Guy, you know?" <guy.c...@spamcop.net> wrote:
>> I also like the work of Rowland Emmett, especially the Far Tottering
>> and Oyster Creek Railway.
>
> In my days of JCL and coding sheets I admired The Aqua Horological
> Tintinnabulator many lunchtimes.
I believe you've just filled in a gap in my memory. Back in elementary
school, my class took a field trip to a local art museum[0], where there
was an exhibit of some very intricate kinetic sculpture. One I remember
particularly was in a glass case a couple of feet on a side and had lots
of whirring, spinning, flapping bits. Some quick Googling suggests it
may well have been one of the S.S. Pussie-Willows. -- Joe
Joe Thompson
> my class took a field trip to a local art museum[0]
ObDanglingPointer:
[0] The Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, VA.