On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 07:56:01PM +0100, Nicos Gollan wrote: > On Friday 31 October 2003 19:11, Tom wrote: > > Theseus was walking in the woods one day, when he came across the house > > of a giant. Now, this giant considered himself a perfect host; all who > > visited him must spend the night, and must be given a bed which fits the > > guest perfectly. > > > > Unfortunately, the giant had only one bed, exactly six feet long. So if > > the guest was too tall, he'd chop off his legs. If the guest was too > > short, he'd stretch him on the rack. But no matter what, the guest > > always fits the giant's bed perfectly! > > It wasn't a giant. His name was Procrustes. Oh, and BTW... Theseus killed > Procrustes cruelly by the "do to him as he did to others" method. Now, who is > Theseus supposed to be?
http://www.bartleby.com/59/2/procrustes.html sez he was a giant A parable is a rhetorical device; your second and third statements follow threads not intended in the device, however: Microsoft fucked over IBM by commoditizing the PC. IBM is fucking over Microsoft by commoditizing the O/S. Turnabout is fair play. You're supposed to identify with Theseus not Procrustes :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
