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RE: cyg/lib DLL naming


----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....


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