Lux, James P wrote:
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From: David N. Lombard [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:26 AM
To: Gerry Creager
Cc: Lux, James P; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Re: ECC Memory and Job Failures (Huw Lynes)
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 08:59:18AM -0700, Gerry Creager wrote:
Lux, James P wrote:
On 4/28/09 5:14 AM, "Prentice Bisbal" <[email protected]> wrote:
My favorite characteristic of these urban legends is that anyone
smart enough to pull off a trick like this is probably already
making enough money that they don't need to steal electricity.
But I read it on the internets, and I don't have to know how it
works, just follow the E-Z step by step instructions in
the Youtube video.
And as for the source for the copper wire, you just wait til it's
daytime, and steal it from the streetlight system like
everyone else does.
What's worse is when it appears in the IEEE Transactions,
and I spend
a year and $4k to build the antenna I couldn't prove
mathematically (I
assumed the authors' calculus fu was better than mine). It didn't
work on paper when I tried... and it didn't work in
practice with all
the same hardware save the 2 gm of unobtainium.
Yeah; let us know when you find a good source for that...
Simple..it's in the cave of Grendel's mother
You need a horse with a braided mane (line 1400) to get there
A shining helm (line 1448) and ring-mail (line 1503) and swords with pattern
welded blades (numerous instances of wave swords, etc.)
But most important, you need Hrunting: one above of ancient treasures, edged
with iron, patterned with poison twigs, even if it doesn't work because
Grendel's mom is holding you, it probably helps to have the monster fighting
magic though.
Here's Ben Slade telling the story of cutting off Grendel's head (of course,
otherwise you don't get the treasure, eh?)
http://www.beowulftranslations.net/beorefs/beowulf-audio-1584b-1590b-benslade.mp3
Damn, that and the appropriate spell were in my bag of tricks all along
and I had forgotten to check the "Classics" folder.
In any case, you get to come back with lots of stuff, unobtaininum among it.
Ne nóm hé in þaém wícum Weder-Géata léod He did not take into those
dwelling, the leader of the Weder-Geats,
máðmaéhta má þéh hé þaér monige geseah more treasures, though he
there saw a great number,
búton þone hafelan ond þá hilt somod but that head and
the hilt as well
since fáge· sweord aér gemealt· shining with ornament;
the sword had already melted,
forbarn bródenmaél· wæs þæt blód tó þæs hát, burned up the wavy-patterned
(blade); that blood was so hot,
ættren ellorgaést sé þaér inne swealt. the venomous foreign
spirit who had perished there inside.
(text and translation from Ben Slade...
Which is better than the translation I read from the first two times I
slogged through it.
gc
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