Comments | rustydog: Bird news and hodge podge

rustydog

Bird news and hodge podge

Sep 14, 2009 14:07

Frustrated IT techs in South Africa prove their point with an information-transfer stunt using a pigeon named Winston. I love the photo on the same page, a beautiful shot of a pigeon flying over New York City. (And speaking of pigeons, have I ever done my post about hero pigeons in WWI and WWII?)

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Comments 8

nutmeg3 September 14 2009, 21:35:20 UTC

There are quite a few books I would bury, LOL! ::points to icon:: And I loved that pigeon stunt.

rustydog September 15 2009, 11:31:25 UTC

Ha, good point. *g*

donutsweeper September 14 2009, 23:12:26 UTC

okay EWWWWW on the buried book thing. But the carrier pigeon stunt was COOL. And considering the World Cup (soccer) will be held there next summer I really hope some big changes are on the horizon.

rustydog September 15 2009, 11:31:01 UTC

Yeah, hopefully they will solve some of those problems quickly! I love the pigeon stunt too.

mad_jaks September 15 2009, 07:54:19 UTC

Loved the pigeon stunt *LOVED* it.

And who doesn't love the idea of being a falconer? I think it must be some kind of throwback to primitive man.

Seeing those books like that made me shut my eyes - poor books!

Annnnnd I don't understand this t-shirt http://arrantpedantry.spreadshirt.com/us/US/Shop/Article/Index/article/Better-Living-Through-Syntax-3682478

*is dumb*

rustydog September 15 2009, 11:30:08 UTC

I think it's a parody of the phrase "better living through chemistry", which I suppose often appears with a chemical model (I'm reminded of aeron_lanart's diagram of the chemical structure of chocolate) - but better living through syntax gets a diagram of a sentence, transformational grammar style. Um, maybe all I needed to say was that last bit. Sorry. :)

I've hankered a little for falconing since I read My Side of the Mountain as a kid! It must be. I have students who practice falconry, usually the really rich ones because a trained falcon can cost tens of thousands of dollars in the Middle East.

I want to send a thumb drive message with a pigeon!

mad_jaks September 15 2009, 13:13:28 UTC

Hee the last bit would have been fine but the whole thing is good as well. See, I've never been shown how to diagram a sentence in any style... My edikation it iz lacking.

OOOOh and I saw a hawk about half an hour ago while I was walking the dog - I wasn't close enough to see what kind though.

Edited for lack of spelling

phoenix64 September 15 2009, 14:40:15 UTC

I'd heard about the pigeon thing but wasn't sure it was serious - that's funny.

Any books I might be interested in burying I wouldn't anyway because I'd be afraid they'd poison the insects.