On Tuesday 27 January 2004 12:40 am, Paul Derbyshire wrote: > On 27 Jan 2004 at 1:58, Toad wrote: > > 2. In some instances, we may want to receive the data. This could maybe > > be determined by unobtanium on the datastore or something. > > Unobtanium? :) Rewatched the Core on DVD lately?
[From: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.devel/8205] > More mundane, and a closer metaphor: > > In the movie The Core, a team of scientists and astronauts have to > travel into the earth's molten core in order to save the world. The ship > they travel in is made of a substance called Unobtanium, which gets > stronger as more pressure is applied. > > Hence the metaphor: as load goes up, we make what we accept more and > more specialized. Overload pressure strengthens specialization. -- Jay Oliveri GnuPG ID: 0x5AA5DD54 FCPTools Maintainer www.sf.net/users/joliveri _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
