Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Recommendation

[Raymond S. <dst...@or...>]

I've pretty much had to abandon the "cummulative rock throw" as a viable
means of transoceanic warfare.

In addition to all of Pascals grand enlightment, other issues began to arise
as well, such as:

1)  Illumination at 2000' below sea level and the abilty to even find the
rock once thrown at that depth.  I pondered a modified "glow in the dark
rock" but it would probably just disappear in the soft silt layers of the
ocean bottom.
2)  The pressures at that depth would probably make me forget why I was even
there.
3)  While a plane thrown rock would add tremendous 'range', I fear
reaquisition of the global transoceanic assault weapon would indeed be a
real issue.
4)  Solutions for deep water oxygen and pressure control would tremendously
limit the range of even a well thrown stone.  Hence increasing the potential
for 'loss of target', or 'target displacement' due to the ridiculous amount
of time that will have been spent in the underwater phase of this mission.

So,...

While stone throwing has and continues to be a viable means of measurement
of distance traveled in South Dakota (place of birth).  Hence the commonly
heard phrases such as "Be there in 123 rock throws Gertrude."

It fails miserably as a "effective" means of transoceanic grip warfare,
though I think the element of "suprise" once completed would be significant.

Ray

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pascal Bestebroer" <pa...@dy...>
To: <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 1:32 AM
Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Dev] Recommendation


> Other (extra) idea is te re-open the DynAPI2 #efnet chat channel.
>
> Seeing that the user base has now grown alot, and there are also more
people
> willing to help with development and doing mindlessbanter (not mentioning
> any names Raymond.. so don't worry :-)
>
> I'll see if I can be available on that channel now and then, just to see
if
> people are interested.
>
> cya,
>
> ps. and maybe open a "rockthrow" channel aswel..
>
> Pascal Bestebroer
> pa...@dy...
> http://www.dynamic-core.net
>
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: dyn...@li...
> > [mailto:dyn...@li...]Namens Raymond Smith
> > Verzonden: zaterdag 20 januari 2001 1:47
> > Aan: dyn...@li...
> > Onderwerp: [Dynapi-Dev] Recommendation
> >
> >
> > To all,
> >
> > Understanding, the need for people like Robert Rainwater to stay
> > focused and
> > not have inappropriate e-mails waste his brain-calories triggering a
> > 'delete'.
> >
> > Yet...
> >
> > Allow people like Jorgi, myself and more recently Doug to "whistle while
> > they work with words... so to speak".  I recommend that we add
> > the following
> > channel to the CVS e-mail system.
> >
> > [Dynapi-MindlessBanter]
> >
> > It clearly doesn't belong in DEV or HELP (unless you consider it
> > to embrace
> > SELF-HELP).  But it really humbles me to think I have wasted someones
time
> > discussing the general physics of "underwater rock throwing" with
Pascal.
> >
> > I understand the need for Jordi to enter a bazarre world of "globally
> > shared, yet independantly generated thought" while he is knee deep in
> > debugging code.  You should too.  By creating this recommended channel
for
> > 'mindless bantering' we will allow both worlds to live in harmony.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Ray
> >
> >
> >
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