From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20745 invoked by alias); 16 Jun 2005 15:17:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List Received: (qmail 20334 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Jun 2005 15:17:20 -0000 Received: from slinky.cs.nyu.edu (HELO slinky.cs.nyu.edu) (128.122.20.14) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:17:20 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by slinky.cs.nyu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j5GFHDW3005328 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:17:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:20:00 -0000 From: Igor Pechtchanski Reply-To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List To: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List Subject: RE: cyg/lib DLL naming In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-SW-Source: 2005-q2/txt/msg00439.txt.bz2 On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Dave Korn wrote: > ----Original Message---- > >From: Igor Pechtchanski > >Sent: 16 June 2005 14:36 > > > On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > >> On Jun 16 14:30, Pe?iva Jan wrote: > >>>> As AGO pointed out, searching for libfreetype.dll is non-portable, > >>>> dangerous, and silly. > >>> [...] > >>> If I skip all offensive words, I have to thank you for the discussion. > >> > >> Oh my, Igor, why are you so offensive all the time? May a hippo fall > >> on you(*)! > > > > Ah, the ultimate offensive combination: "non-portable". How dare I? > > I would have thought it went without saying that pretty much all hippos > are "non-portable"! And "non-potable"... :-) Unless you have a *really* large pot. > >> Corinna > >> > >> (*) With parachute so you have some time to get away in time. Not that > >> people think I'm trying to be offensive. > > > > Thanks! :-) > > Igor > > OK, I'm all for Igor getting away in time, but giving them parachutes does > spoil that lovely SPLATTTTT sound they usually make when they hit the > ground! Can you strap tape-recorders to their backs so that we can still > have sound-effects? Those who know physics understand that most parachutes won't really delay the hippo's fall for long -- just long enough for someone to notice and step away from the target spot. Then the straps break and you still get the SPLATTTT. IIRC, the same happens with jet fighters and disposable chutes. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor@watson.ibm.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse..." -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT