11 Feb
2025
11 Feb
'25
4:05 p.m.
John P. Linderman (not the JPL in Altadena):
On a faux-cultural note, Arthur C Clark wrote the "Nine Billion Names of
God" in the 50s.
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Ken wishes he'd spelled it Clarke, as the author did.
Norman Wilson
Toronto ON
11 Feb
11 Feb
6:15 p.m.
New subject: In some cults...
At 2025-02-11T11:05:25-0500, Norman Wilson wrote:
John P. Linderman (not the JPL in Altadena):
On a faux-cultural note, Arthur C Clark wrote the "Nine Billion
Names of God" in the 50s.
===
Ken wishes he'd spelled it Clarke, as the author did.
So you're saying "Clarke" is like "create()"...
I surmis that Ken was on a wortwhil cours to mak the English languag
simpl. W should declin to writ the ultimat "e" in a word everywher
possibl.
Regards,
Branden
6:18 p.m.
New subject: In some cults...
On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM G. Branden Robinson <
g.branden.robinson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
At 2025-02-11T11:05:25-0500, Norman Wilson wrote:
After reading the thread about how Doug McIlroy learned how to compress the
spell dictionary, I stopped wondering about why it was creat()...
Rik
John P. Linderman (not the JPL in Altadena):
On a faux-cultural note, Arthur C Clark wrote the "Nine Billion
Names of God" in the 50s.
===
Ken wishes he'd spelled it Clarke, as the author did.
So you're saying "Clarke" is like "create()"...
I surmis that Ken was on a wortwhil cours to mak the English languag
simpl. W should declin to writ the ultimat "e" in a word everywher
possibl.
12 Feb
12 Feb
12:03 a.m.
New subject: In some cults...
On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM G. Branden Robinson <
g.branden.robinson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
At 2025-02-11T11:05:25-0500, Norman Wilson wrote:
The e was not only silent, it was invisible. Except to those who are
exceptionally ... -- jpl
John P. Linderman (not the JPL in Altadena):
On a faux-cultural note, Arthur C Clark wrote the "Nine Billion
Names of God" in the 50s.
===
Ken wishes he'd spelled it Clarke, as the author did.
So you're saying "Clarke" is like "create()"...
I surmis that Ken was on a wortwhil cours to mak the English languag
simpl. W should declin to writ the ultimat "e" in a word everywher
possibl.
Regards,
Branden
12:57 a.m.
New subject: In some cults...
dam wright
On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM John P. Linderman <jpl.jpl(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM G. Branden Robinson <
g.branden.robinson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
At 2025-02-11T11:05:25-0500, Norman Wilson
wrote:
The e was not only silent, it was invisible. Except to those who are
exceptionally ... -- jpl
John P. Linderman (not the JPL in Altadena):
On a faux-cultural note, Arthur C Clark wrote the "Nine Billion
Names of God" in the 50s.
===
Ken wishes he'd spelled it Clarke, as the author did.
So you're saying "Clarke" is like "create()"...
I surmis that Ken was on a wortwhil cours to mak the English languag
simpl. W should declin to writ the ultimat "e" in a word everywher
possibl.
Regards,
Branden
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