[Sca-cooks] Overdocumentation

[Martin G. Diehl]

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

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Martin G. Diehl

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Reality: That which remains after you stop thinking about it.
  inspired by P. K. Dick