[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Ralph, funny you should mention it. That's how I tried to start the
> Dobb's article about REBOL to be published next month:
>
> The American Revolutionary War began with a communications
> protocol. Our children enjoy telling the story of the advantage
> gained by the 1775 service provider who broadcast an encrypted
> message using speed-of-light optical technology: one if by land,
> two if by sea.
>
> Communications is so fundamental and natural to humans that we
> don't give it much thought. Message protocols, such as lanterns
> in the old Boston church tower, depend on clearly defined
> symbols delivered in a particular order. But, a protocol is
> defined as much by what it implies as what it states. If no
> lanterns appeared we would assume that the invaders had yet to
> arrive (or arrived too soon, and we would not be telling this
> story). And, what if three lanterns had appeared that fateful
> night? An air invasion? No, but perhaps troops coming both by
> land and by sea.
>
> They chopped it and asked me to rewrite it more blandly. Guess they
> were worried about exciting the English readers.... Or maybe Pekr?
Hey, what's the point? ;-) I am used to read abstract things, I very often read
Tim Rue's posts and try to understand what the VIC in real life would be about
:-)
Besides that, shouldn't that article be out in a May issue? I visited Prague,
checked the magazine and ... nothing. I was so excited, I thought for myself -
hmm, they are so busy they should invite old good pekr to Ukiah to do some
houseworks, bring them real beer from Czech Republic and let them to
concentrate on a real stuff :-))))
.... but then I would have to let the world know - REBOL is a technology coming
from Aliens, it's part of much greater plan :-) ... Rooswelt 1948, Ukiah 1998
... folks, keep an eye on the night sky ... and be carefull, as REBOL breaks
your programming habits :-))))
-pekr-, swallowed by REBOL
> -Carl
>
> At 5/26/00 11:51 PM -0400, you wrote:
> >Maybe it's late on a Friday night (well, it is) but the following REBOLian
> >slogan occurs to me:
> >
> >The REBOLution grows. One if by LAN, two if by C; don�t start coding until
> >you see the whites of their eyes!
> >
> >okay, okay... I'll go to bed now.
> >
> >Best to all,
> >
> >--Ralph Roberts
> >
