Converting HTML and MIME to plain text mail
Mark E. Mallett
mem at mv.mv.com
Wed Oct 8 12:06:26 EDT 2008
On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 03:09:47PM +0000, VirginSnow at vfemail.net wrote:
> > From: Ric Werme <ewerme at comcast.net>
> > Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 01:03:01 -0400 (EDT)
> > Cc: Greater NH Linux User Group <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>
>
> > Who invented BASE64 anyway, when uuencoding work just fine already?
> > How many times do I have to see wheels reinvented in this dumb business,
> > anyway?
>
> Often, we use "reinventing the wheel" as a metaphor... but the wheel
> (more technically speaking the roller) actually *has* been reinvented:
>
> http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ReuleauxTriangle.html
kewl.
There's also the Mecanum wheel as is used on the Segway RMP:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecanum_wheel
and the various combinations of wheels on spokes that form larger wheels,
etc, etc.
And, if South Park isn't lying to me, in Canada the wheels are square.
-mm-
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