cyg/lib DLL naming
Dave Korn
dave.korn@artimi.com
Fri Jun 17 19:24:00 GMT 2005
----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
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