On 1 Mar it was written: > Rock I take to be crystal. How about gas and air?
Which, improbably, brings us back to a thread of January 11th where JDB wrote: In protocol design, perfection has been reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. -- RFC 1925, "Fundamental Truths of Networking" which prompted Jerry S. to rejoin: The actual quote is: Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery French writer (1900 - 1944) The original quotation, from the book "Terre des hommes", is: Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand il n'y a plus rien à ajouter, mais quand il n'y a plus rien à retrancher. The English edition (ISBN 0-15-697090-2 page 46) of the book has the awkward: In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness. And the English edition is entitled "Wind, Sand and Stars" ... not quite rock, gas and air, but close '-% [If anybody wants mine (f.o.c), drop me your address]. -- ====================== James R Miller Cambridge, England ====================== _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.