[Info-vax] Significance of 2020 / 2021 date

[Rich Alderson]

moroney at world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) writes:

> Rich Alderson <news at alderson.users.panix.com> writes:

>> Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:

>>> Playing around with pointers isn't the worst thing one could do.  Code 
>>> like that without adequate comments deserves tar, feathers, and a rail.

>> OK, I've used tar extensively, and I've heard of "rails" in the context of
>> the Ruby language, but what the hell is "feathers"?

> Umm, no. "Tar and feathers" was a colonial era mob violence punishment,
> as was "being run out of town on a rail".  The first was to cover the
> victim in tar and then cover him in feathers which stuck to the tar.
> "Run out of town on a rail" was to tie the victim's arms and legs to a
> pole (rail) and then carry the pole/victim to the edge of town/some
> remote place and leave him there, after being told never to return.
> Sometimes both were used.

$DEITY, did I really need to hang smilies all over that????

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Whoosh!


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