From: "Dave Korn" <dave.korn@artimi.com>
To: "'The Cygwin-Splat Hippo Maiming List'" <cygwin-talk@cygwin.com>
Subject: RE: cyg/lib DLL naming
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 19:24:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <SERRANOnM21qJTD1g3j0000009e@SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.61.0506171209360.25537@slinky.cs.nyu.edu>
----Original Message----
>From: Igor Pechtchanski
>Sent: 17 June 2005 17:10
> On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
>
>> ----Original Message----
>>> From: Dave Korn
>>> Sent: 17 June 2005 10:23
>>
>>> ----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 hope this helps clear matters up.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> DaveK
>>>
>>> P.S. By the time you can hear the 'WHEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeee', it's already
>>> too late to duck.
>>
>> P.P.S. Unless the hippo is wearing a parachute, of course!
>
> Yeah, that gives you about 5 seconds...
> Igor
Well, that should be enough time to get out from under *most* hippos.
They're only a few yards from end to end, after all.
cheers,
DaveK
--
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-17 16:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <1118925021.42b170ddc88c7@email.fit.vutbr.cz>
2005-06-16 13:36 ` Corinna Vinschen
2005-06-16 14:42 ` Igor Pechtchanski
2005-06-16 14:48 ` Dave Korn
2005-06-16 15:00 ` Corinna Vinschen
2005-06-16 15:14 ` Brian Dessent
2005-06-16 15:28 ` One Angry User
2005-06-16 16:24 ` Brian Dessent
2005-06-16 15:20 ` Igor Pechtchanski
2005-06-17 3:29 ` Charles Wilson
2005-06-17 9:22 ` Igor Pechtchanski
2005-06-17 9:58 ` Dave Korn
2005-06-17 16:08 ` Dave Korn
2005-06-17 16:32 ` Igor Pechtchanski
2005-06-17 19:24 ` Dave Korn [this message]
2005-06-18 0:07 ` Shankar Unni
2005-06-18 6:49 ` Cary Jamison
2005-06-20 1:11 ` Igor Pechtchanski
2005-06-22 9:27 ` Dave Korn
2005-06-16 15:17 ` Christopher Faylor
2005-06-16 15:37 ` Igor Pechtchanski
2005-06-16 16:26 ` Dave Korn
2005-06-16 16:28 ` Igor Pechtchanski
2005-06-16 23:00 ` Christopher Faylor
2005-06-16 16:29 ` Christopher Faylor
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