Tossing

From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Wed May 19 12:06:31 1999

Sellam Ismail wrote:
> On Wed, 19 May 1999 Philip.Belben_at_pgen.com wrote:

> > LLRR definitely wouldn't work. But LRLR will still tend to stray from
> > the vertical because the sloping tops all slope the same way. That is
> > why I suggested LRRL. This zigzag reverses the sideways displacement
> > that occurs in each pair of layers, thus rising vertically and being
> > therefore more stable than LRLR.
>
> To flog a dead camel, and carry forward a pointless thread, I still don't
> see how LRRL is any superior to LRLR. LRRL would be noticeably crooked,
> and might not even stand.

I wonder if there's a word that describes the noise camels (live ones) make?
There probably is a word in Arabic.

I get the impression that you two are using the same terms for different
things. Are you both thinking of a single column of Macs, one Mac wide and
any number tall? Or is someone perhaps thinking of a double-wide column?

Maybe it's time for ASCII art. I'm not volunteering.

-- Derek
Received on Wed May 19 1999 - 12:06:31 BST