Wow, you must have knocked up that spoof website at amazing speed.
How did you get the domain name registered and propagated so fast?
;-)
Piers
PS Jim, isosceles <> equilateral! It's from Greek iso- (equal) + skelos
(leg), thus TWO equal sides. Unless you are a Manxman, legs come in pairs!
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Kennedy McEwen
Sent: 04 August 2003 18:41
To: olympus-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] TOPE 14 Moose' pic (SO, ISO)
In article , "Timpe, Jim" <Jim.Timpe@xxxxxxxxx> writes
>Common misconception. There's no such thing as 'International
>Standards Organization'. The ISO is from 'isosceles', as in triangle,
>as in three EQUAL sides. i.e. the attempt to level the playing field.
>
I am sure you will find a feedback page somewhere at:
http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.openerpage
after all, those poor sods really ought to know they are just a figment
of our imagination!
--
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
Python Philosophers
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