Sally Caves scripsit:
> > "[J]ust when it looked like the forces of scientific rationality were
> > about to take over, we've all been shat on by a stinking torrent
> > of tabloid mysticism."
> > --Charlie Higson
>
> Do you have a book of famous quotations, John, or do you just draw these
> bon mots out of your head?
Why no. I asked Alta Vista (www.altavista.com) for English-language
documents containing "shat and not SHAT" (apparently it's an acronym
for several things, *gulp*) and picked a good one. It's called
"Internet-enhanced cowaniscience".
Alta Vista is also extremely useful for fetching the full texts of poems
or song lyrics of which you just remember a phrase or two.
> What does ["twig"] mean again? bad memory, as I said...
"Comprehend". "Do you twig?" "I twig".
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin