From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-qk0-x231.google.com (mail-qk0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1A1583CB5B for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 19:13:09 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-qk0-x231.google.com with SMTP id g129so6020309qkb.13 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:13:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=y68QgH94n3UUkd/L82bjlCqlsRhhjWOwPn6tCa7jUUU=; b=a1dLTDfzmHsAGMxGaFoHAK1iZzZkHTWkeJPFO1EbZtcomzp4Qsq1f5N46xGS3GnH+p 30OWmLZmb1Fl5f6Gp2vpVe8V/YM+Opk8XqiLetgEQotpjdKPfHdmwSJmfC1kkFXM2PUL raj9U+Jajz3oYmCPCU1uOJgwDR2J/0LuYB8KhKJ+4uSZYs5EgEOPDDmoXP/Xy0LW31lm dCeuKLRcm+wgcprVV32LgVHUXuovkgIcf3i51WN6abU7ED70TVvRoHIW97wBOWWMSNGj eEOdJEqQXF0h13NUGv7OlrsZaksniWNw3H4x3WAKah3ocs/kBFtOqESN1iSDilI4T/tF sUXw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=y68QgH94n3UUkd/L82bjlCqlsRhhjWOwPn6tCa7jUUU=; b=Hf2uxObeIXYfkkoSCNCIQyW8jEvWKei9JsybgZnzy03F5wsb3jzNpbSjsMWiXfT+mP KvEXyCMNFjVkHq857nqndfeqWB2xW+n2X63SfUxZQf4McbxaCX+fVDst6iSTvD6EigKF 6TUGtSHge5SvqkpoiT+9ohDnueDO92D9PBeRQ7+r+4Dt3inJ9339WQFsl/qJi0gXio+9 p1T+lVlaLqmWYu6Atfh89Fy6gfFEvBeoyFpw2yg+yhUCIhAZWSZvfTbXuffY3Ji8Q6gR kYZR4ok5+GBkEDhr33htaZ8/ZVjbyCamGVzLnLgdLhbMRQgxPFVuz6+5W6zL+NQ7E3pG zgOg== X-Gm-Message-State: APf1xPBpej2J9VPhaKZ8CB3jgor9pz0fbrh2GXXWy84cUt1UrJbFtdWV JZwdNaw3tFuyDHCTTyky6HM4nkooFcmOZqbhIKtSdQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x224t0oBiE9T1z4TDWfJPuHqJzH/K83SVS+FrYFdUwjxtto9c6VNGGXYScU3pybXUiH0zVvjvu6LAA5eYQiDb52k= X-Received: by 10.55.187.1 with SMTP id l1mr10054853qkf.328.1518480788361; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:13:08 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: gettysjim@gmail.com Received: by 10.12.168.232 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:13:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1518444596433.8187@telenor.com> <3F24DDBC-E1B0-43EA-AEB7-4E2CD3E1FCC5@gmail.com> <958881B2-D432-4B98-9743-3499BF651EFF@gmail.com> <23D08E00-54E2-457F-AEA5-A5E23C00D61D@gmail.com> From: Jim Gettys Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 19:13:07 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: rcUhGoUi07NMaZ2I101kukz1HvI Message-ID: To: bloat Cc: Jonathan Morton Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="94eb2c046c92fd190a05650cdb87" Subject: Re: [Bloat] The Blind Men and the Elephant. X-BeenThere: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: General list for discussing Bufferbloat List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:13:09 -0000 --94eb2c046c92fd190a05650cdb87 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Ok, I've revised the posting. Jonathan Morton came through with a poem. ;-). Our apologies to John Godfrey Saxe. There's still a bit of polish maybe possible. I'd like to get the idea of "there lies madness" into the stanza on economics. Have a good chuckle! - Jim On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 7:07 PM, Jim Gettys wrote: > Ok, I put the poem up as is. > > Think about that stanza overnight. > > Clearly, it's the "Six men of Interstan" ;-). I tweaked those words. > > Jim > > > On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 6:46 PM, Jonathan Morton > wrote: > >> > On 13 Feb, 2018, at 1:33 am, Jim Gettys wrote: >> > >> > Somehow I want to get the "there lies madness" theme in. >> >> I'll have to sleep on that one. It's difficult to say precisely what you >> want within a fixed number of syllables, while also keeping to rhyme and >> metre. >> >> - Jonathan Morton >> >> > --94eb2c046c92fd190a05650cdb87 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Ok,= I've revised the posting.

Jonathan Morton came through with a poem. ;-).

Our apologies to John Godfrey Saxe.=C2=A0
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There's still a bit of pol= ish maybe possible.=C2=A0 I'd like to get the idea of "there lies = madness" into the stanza on economics.

Have a good chuckle!
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On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 7:07 PM, Jim Get= tys <jg@freedesktop.org> wrote:
Ok, I put the poem up as is.

Think about that stanza overnight.

Clearly, it's the "Six men of Interstan" ;-= ).=C2=A0 I tweaked those words.
=C2=A0
Jim

=

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 6:46 PM, Jonathan Morton <chromatix99@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13 Feb, 2018, at 1:33 am, Jim Gettys <jg@freedesktop.org> wrote:=
>
> Somehow I want to get the "there lies madness" theme in.

I'll have to sleep on that one.=C2=A0 It's difficult to say = precisely what you want within a fixed number of syllables, while also keep= ing to rhyme and metre.

=C2=A0- Jonathan Morton



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