Guido's not in; leave your number at the tone...

[Doug Landauer]

In article <slrn8ajb48.pu9.wtanksle at hawking.armored.net>, 
wtanksle at hawking.armored.net (William Tanksley) wrote:

Hey, he started it.


> "Lord Of the Rings."  Tolkien's work was allegorical on many levels.  Ring
> Counting (or RC), as in the books, helps to determine ...

   ... which messages to ignore, and which to return.


   ... a relevant tidbit from a mailing list I'm on:

>>> > ash nazg durbatuluk
>>> > ash nazg gimbatul
>>> > ash nazg thrakatuluk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul
> 
> Whatsat mean? One ring to...?

 One ring to wake them
 One ring to screen them
 One ring to erase them all as if you'd never seen them

> I'll stop now.

Me too.
-- 
    Doug Landauer        landauer at apple.com (work)
                         landauer at scruznet.com (not-work)