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RE: cyg/lib DLL naming
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'The Cygwin-Talk Redecorating List'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 02:11:02 +0100
- Subject: RE: cyg/lib DLL naming
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
----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
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