From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31048 invoked by alias); 20 Jun 2005 01:11:06 -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 31031 invoked by uid 22791); 20 Jun 2005 01:11:03 -0000 Received: from host217-40-213-68.in-addr.btopenworld.com (HELO SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM) (217.40.213.68) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 01:11:03 +0000 Received: from mace ([192.168.1.25]) by SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Mon, 20 Jun 2005 02:11:14 +0100 From: "Dave Korn" To: "'The Cygwin-Talk Redecorating List'" Subject: RE: cyg/lib DLL naming Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:27:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-SW-Source: 2005-q2/txt/msg00460.txt.bz2 ----Original Message---- >From: Igor Pechtchanski >Sent: 18 June 2005 15:00 > On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Cary Jamison wrote: > >> Dave Korn wrote: >>> ----Original Message---- >>>> From: Igor Pechtchanski >>>> Sent: 17 June 2005 04:30 >>> >>>> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Charles Wilson wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dave Korn wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 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? >>>>> >>>>> No no no. Hippos do not go SPLATTTTT. It's whales that go >>>>> SPLATTTT (a "sudden wet thud" cf. Chp. 18) Didn't you ever read >>>>> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? >>>> >>>> Ok, ok, whales go SPLATTTT. Hippos go SPLATTT. :-) >>>> Igor >>> >>> No, whales go KERRRRRRRSQUELCHSLOSHSPPLATTTTTTTT. >>> >>> Whereas with hippos it's more of a >>> WHEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeBOOOOOMTHUDSPLATTT. >> >> I'm confused. But that's a different story... >> >> Does the hippo go SPLATTT when it hits the custard? > > The hippo doesn't. The custard does. > Igor Ah, I wondered what that noise was. I also wondered why all the walls and ceiling in here were covered in custard... cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today....