Re: OT: sponge burning!
On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 16:00 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 02:32:09PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 01:26:10PM -0500, dave wrote:
> > > on Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 08:17:23AM -0500 Kent West wrote:
> > >
> > > > but it's all
> > > > archived if you're really curious.
> > > >
> > >
> > > It started with "Debian, Iceweasel, Firefox!" and has been running for
> > > almost 6 months now. Fascinating.
> > >
> > I am wondering what some cultural anthropologist will have to asy about
> > this in a few centuries' time :-)
>
> Easy:
>
> "Anybody know what these little platters of dusty old ferric oxide
> particles are?? anybody?"
>
> "I think they are some sort of religious talisman --"
>
> "NO NO NO! I told you they are a fetish used in certain rituals"
>
> "I think they are a weapon, the hunters hurled them from an
> electronically controlled, high-rpm device. They would literally slice
> into their prey -- very accurate over long distances -- "
>
> "RUBBISH! These are clearly a symbolic representation of the sun
> god!!"
>
> ...
>
> or maybe it will be something more like this:
>
> "Emacs!!"
>
> "Vi!!"
Waitaminnit!
We all know "creation and evolution are processes running under EMACS!"
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