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RE: cyg/lib DLL naming


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
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