xkcd: Flinch
https://xkcd.com/2539/
Oh yeah, I am with the ponytail engineer. Because we engineers have
trust issues.
Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2539:_Flinch
In article <smh3gr$c9d$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
xkcd: Flinch
https://xkcd.com/2539/
Oh yeah, I am with the ponytail engineer. Because we engineers have
trust issues.
Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2539:_Flinch
Hal (EECS) had the same reaction. :)
On 11/10/21 1:45 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article <smh3gr$c9d$1@dont-email.me>,As a computer programmer, I’d ensure that it was gaffed correctly, but
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
xkcd: Flinch
https://xkcd.com/2539/
Oh yeah, I am with the ponytail engineer. Because we engineers have
trust issues.
Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2539:_Flinch
Hal (EECS) had the same reaction. :)
it ought to be a pretty easy thing to eyeball-check. As an actor, I’d >remember Stanislavski’s excellent chapter on relaxation.
On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 16:57:08 -0500, John W Kennedy
<john.w.kennedy@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/10/21 1:45 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article <smh3gr$c9d$1@dont-email.me>,As a computer programmer, I’d ensure that it was gaffed correctly, but
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
xkcd: Flinch
https://xkcd.com/2539/
Oh yeah, I am with the ponytail engineer. Because we engineers have
trust issues.
Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2539:_Flinch
Hal (EECS) had the same reaction. :)
it ought to be a pretty easy thing to eyeball-check. As an actor, I’d
remember Stanislavski’s excellent chapter on relaxation.
As a mechanical engineer I would question a computer programmer's
ability to determine whether it was gaffed correctly. No offense
intended.
As an actor one might do well to remember what happened to Alec
Baldwin's cinematographer. "Trust but verify".
On 11/10/21 1:45 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article <smh3gr$c9d$1@dont-email.me>,As a computer programmer, I’d ensure that it was gaffed correctly, but
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
xkcd: Flinch
https://xkcd.com/2539/
Oh yeah, I am with the ponytail engineer. Because we engineers have
trust issues.
Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2539:_Flinch
Hal (EECS) had the same reaction. :)
it ought to be a pretty easy thing to eyeball-check. As an actor, I’d >remember Stanislavski’s excellent chapter on relaxation.
On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 16:57:08 -0500, John W Kennedy
<john.w.kennedy@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/10/21 1:45 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article <smh3gr$c9d$1@dont-email.me>,As a computer programmer, I’d ensure that it was gaffed correctly, but
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
xkcd: Flinch
https://xkcd.com/2539/
Oh yeah, I am with the ponytail engineer. Because we engineers have
trust issues.
Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2539:_Flinch
Hal (EECS) had the same reaction. :)
it ought to be a pretty easy thing to eyeball-check. As an actor, I’d >>remember Stanislavski’s excellent chapter on relaxation.
As a mechanical engineer I would question a computer programmer's
ability to determine whether it was gaffed correctly. No offense
intended.
As an actor one might do well to remember what happened to Alec
Baldwin's cinematographer. "Trust but verify".
On 11/10/21 5:14 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 16:57:08 -0500, John W Kennedy
<john.w.kennedy@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/10/21 1:45 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article <smh3gr$c9d$1@dont-email.me>,As a computer programmer, I’d ensure that it was gaffed correctly, but >>> it ought to be a pretty easy thing to eyeball-check. As an actor, I’d
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
xkcd: Flinch
https://xkcd.com/2539/
Oh yeah, I am with the ponytail engineer. Because we engineers have >>>>> trust issues.
Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2539:_Flinch
Hal (EECS) had the same reaction. :)
remember Stanislavski’s excellent chapter on relaxation.
As a mechanical engineer I would question a computer programmer's
ability to determine whether it was gaffed correctly. No offense
intended.
Well, that depends on how it’s rigged, what it’s made of, how it’s >anchored.... But if I were the person rigging it, and had no evil
intent, I’d build it in a way that the construction could be easily >inspected—three I-beams, say, joined into a staple, well anchored in >concrete, and with no play whatever in the suspension mechanism.
As an actor one might do well to remember what happened to Alec
Baldwin's cinematographer. "Trust but verify".
Actually, I’m much more accustomed to using broadswords, where there’s
no such thing as blanks. (A four-foot iron bar swung at your head
doesn’t actually need an edge.) So you don’t get careless.
(Although, putting on my opera-singer’s hat, I’ve been killed by a
pistol that’s been thown to the floor by the young man eloping with my >daughter, to show that he means no harm—oops!) Of such things are
four-act vendettas made.
In article <M_-dnT5lq9ep3RH8nZ2dnUU7-XHNnZ2d@giganews.com>,
John W Kennedy <john.w.kennedy@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/10/21 1:45 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article <smh3gr$c9d$1@dont-email.me>,As a computer programmer, I’d ensure that it was gaffed correctly, but
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
xkcd: Flinch
https://xkcd.com/2539/
Oh yeah, I am with the ponytail engineer. Because we engineers have
trust issues.
Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2539:_Flinch
Hal (EECS) had the same reaction. :)
it ought to be a pretty easy thing to eyeball-check. As an actor, I’d
remember Stanislavski’s excellent chapter on relaxation.
I don't know it; can you post a link?
Dorothy L. Sayers's _Busman's Honeymoon_, before it was a novel,
was a staged play. At its climax, Lord Peter has reconstructed a
booby-trap by means of which a murder has been committed,
whereupon the murderer (who has been outside) enters and triggers
the booby-trap, which does him no harm (the intended victim was
taller than he), but scares him into confessing. Sayers's notes
for the production instruct the stage manager *and the actor
playing the murderer* to personally inspect the device
immediately before the curtain rises on the scene.
In article <392dnT3ubrCryhH8nZ2dnUU7-RnNnZ2d@giganews.com>,
John W Kennedy <john.w.kennedy@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/10/21 5:14 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 16:57:08 -0500, John W Kennedy
<john.w.kennedy@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/10/21 1:45 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article <smh3gr$c9d$1@dont-email.me>,As a computer programmer, I’d ensure that it was gaffed correctly, but >>>> it ought to be a pretty easy thing to eyeball-check. As an actor, I’d >>>> remember Stanislavski’s excellent chapter on relaxation.
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
xkcd: Flinch
https://xkcd.com/2539/
Oh yeah, I am with the ponytail engineer. Because we engineers have >>>>>> trust issues.
Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2539:_Flinch
Hal (EECS) had the same reaction. :)
As a mechanical engineer I would question a computer programmer's
ability to determine whether it was gaffed correctly. No offense
intended.
Well, that depends on how it’s rigged, what it’s made of, how it’s
anchored.... But if I were the person rigging it, and had no evil
intent, I’d build it in a way that the construction could be easily
inspected—three I-beams, say, joined into a staple, well anchored in
concrete, and with no play whatever in the suspension mechanism.
As an actor one might do well to remember what happened to Alec
Baldwin's cinematographer. "Trust but verify".
Actually, I’m much more accustomed to using broadswords, where there’s >> no such thing as blanks. (A four-foot iron bar swung at your head
doesn’t actually need an edge.) So you don’t get careless.
(Although, putting on my opera-singer’s hat, I’ve been killed by a
pistol that’s been thown to the floor by the young man eloping with my
daughter, to show that he means no harm—oops!) Of such things are
four-act vendettas made.
Cool! What was the name of the opera? (And, remembering
operatic conventions, am I to assume you sign bass?)
On 11/10/21 7:22 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article <392dnT3ubrCryhH8nZ2dnUU7-RnNnZ2d@giganews.com>,"La forza del destino" by Verdi. It is probably due to that pistol stunt
John W Kennedy <john.w.kennedy@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/10/21 5:14 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 16:57:08 -0500, John W Kennedy
<john.w.kennedy@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/10/21 1:45 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article <smh3gr$c9d$1@dont-email.me>,As a computer programmer, Id ensure that it was gaffed correctly, but >>>>> it ought to be a pretty easy thing to eyeball-check. As an actor, Id >>>>> remember Stanislavskis excellent chapter on relaxation.
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
xkcd: Flinch
https://xkcd.com/2539/
Oh yeah, I am with the ponytail engineer. Because we engineers have >>>>>>> trust issues.
Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2539:_Flinch
Hal (EECS) had the same reaction. :)
As a mechanical engineer I would question a computer programmer's
ability to determine whether it was gaffed correctly. No offense
intended.
Well, that depends on how its rigged, what its made of, how its
anchored.... But if I were the person rigging it, and had no evil
intent, Id build it in a way that the construction could be easily
inspectedthree I-beams, say, joined into a staple, well anchored in
concrete, and with no play whatever in the suspension mechanism.
As an actor one might do well to remember what happened to Alec
Baldwin's cinematographer. "Trust but verify".
Actually, Im much more accustomed to using broadswords, where theres
no such thing as blanks. (A four-foot iron bar swung at your head
doesnt actually need an edge.) So you dont get careless.
(Although, putting on my opera-singers hat, Ive been killed by a
pistol thats been thown to the floor by the young man eloping with my
daughter, to show that he means no harmoops!) Of such things are
four-act vendettas made.
Cool! What was the name of the opera? (And, remembering
operatic conventions, am I to assume you sign bass?)
that it has the same reputation in the opera world that the Scottish
play has among Shakespreans. (We once had to cancel a production because
our sets-and-costumes guy made a bonfire of all his Forza materials,
hoping thus to evade the curse. But it worked out OK; we substituted >Countess Maritza.)
And, yes, I am a bass. And Ive never had a chance to do Boitos >Mafistofele, dammit!--
On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:34:24 -0500, John W Kennedy
<john.w.kennedy@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/10/21 7:22 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article <392dnT3ubrCryhH8nZ2dnUU7-RnNnZ2d@giganews.com>,"La forza del destino" by Verdi. It is probably due to that pistol stunt
John W Kennedy <john.w.kennedy@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/10/21 5:14 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 16:57:08 -0500, John W Kennedy
<john.w.kennedy@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/10/21 1:45 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article <smh3gr$c9d$1@dont-email.me>,As a computer programmer, I’d ensure that it was gaffed correctly, but >>>>>> it ought to be a pretty easy thing to eyeball-check. As an actor, I’d >>>>>> remember Stanislavski’s excellent chapter on relaxation.
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
xkcd: FlinchHal (EECS) had the same reaction. :)
https://xkcd.com/2539/
Oh yeah, I am with the ponytail engineer. Because we engineers have >>>>>>>> trust issues.
Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2539:_Flinch >>>>>>>
As a mechanical engineer I would question a computer programmer's
ability to determine whether it was gaffed correctly. No offense
intended.
Well, that depends on how it’s rigged, what it’s made of, how it’s >>>> anchored.... But if I were the person rigging it, and had no evil
intent, I’d build it in a way that the construction could be easily
inspected—three I-beams, say, joined into a staple, well anchored in >>>> concrete, and with no play whatever in the suspension mechanism.
As an actor one might do well to remember what happened to Alec
Baldwin's cinematographer. "Trust but verify".
Actually, I’m much more accustomed to using broadswords, where there’s >>>> no such thing as blanks. (A four-foot iron bar swung at your head
doesn’t actually need an edge.) So you don’t get careless.
(Although, putting on my opera-singer’s hat, I’ve been killed by a >>>> pistol that’s been thown to the floor by the young man eloping with my >>>> daughter, to show that he means no harm—oops!) Of such things are
four-act vendettas made.
Cool! What was the name of the opera? (And, remembering
operatic conventions, am I to assume you sign bass?)
that it has the same reputation in the opera world that the Scottish
play has among Shakespreans. (We once had to cancel a production because
our sets-and-costumes guy made a bonfire of all his “Forza” materials, >> hoping thus to evade the curse. But it worked out OK; we substituted
“Countess Maritza”.)
By an odd coincidence, I am listening to the overture to "La forza del destino" by Verdi. This is from a two-LP set called "A Golden Treasury
of Concert Favorites".
And, yes, I am a bass. And I’ve never had a chance to do Boito’s
”Mafistofele”, dammit!
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