[Sca-cooks] Overdocumentation
Martin G. Diehl
mdiehl at nac.net
Fri Nov 19 07:31:36 PST 2004
Bill Fisher wrote:
>
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:04:46 -0800 (PST), Samrah
> <auntie_samrah at yahoo.com> wrote:
[snip]
> > Samrah (who is an embroideress first, an herbalist second,
> > and a cook just because it is the right thing to do)
[snip]
> Yeah, I guess you could say that "confusion is period"
e.g. "the Ogham that bewildered Bres" mentioned in "The
Codebreakers" ...
" ... Book of Ballymote. The most delightful thing
about these systems is their names, the most
charming in cryptography, which have been bestowed
with all the Irish flair for poetry, blarney, and
wit. There is for an example, "The Ogham that
bewildered Bres, ... [encrypted message] and so
confused him by its complications that he lost the
battle while trying to figure it out."
Kahn, David; "The Codebreakers"; Scribner; ISBN 0-684-83130-9
Also on the 'net ... "encryption Axsmith"
http://www.axsmith.net/encryption.htm
> but so is clarity.
Could I get back to you later about that point?
... or see the "extra reading" note, a portion of my reply
earlier today ...
Subject: "Re: [Sca-cooks] Drinking laws",
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 07:27:32
[snip]
> Cadoc
Vincenzo
--
Martin G. Diehl
http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=MGD
Reality: That which remains after you stop thinking about it.
inspired by P. K. Dick
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