Re: Duck!

["Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>]

I believe you are referring to hashing, and the duck in question was a
costume ;-)

I can neither confirm nor deny the ability of duck-clad hashers to
navigate by sporadic moonlight.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
> On Behalf Of Gadi Evron
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 11:25 PM
> To: Peter Evans
> Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: Re: [funsec] Duck!
>
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Peter Evans wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:52:49PM -0600, Gadi Evron wrote:
> > > On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
> wrote:
> > > > The Moon is set to pass closer to the Earth on Friday evening than
> at any other
> > > > time during the past 15 years.
> >
> > > And ducks are affected how?
> > > :o)
> >
> >      I know this one, ducks navigate by triangulating celestial
bodies
> rather
> >      than the more traditional birds that have organic compasses.
> >
> >      Ducks don't fly much at night when it is cloudy because they are
> unable to
> >      get a fix. However, should they get a glimpse of the sun or
moon,
> then they
> >      can triangulate their location to the nearest goat AND find
their
> way back
> >      from the pub.
> >
> >      The moon being closer means it appears larger, causing the ducks
> to question
> >      the veracity of the almanac as it appears to be deeper into
winter
> than their
> >      built in clock would have them believe. Resulting in navigation
> issues due to
> >      curvature of the earth and goats facing the wrong way. Or, to
put
> it in
> >      layman's terms, they miss their usual drinking holes and end up
> coming home
> >      completely sober!
> >
> >      This evolutionary defect was going to be fixed in duck 2.0 but
> they
> >      never happened because costs skyrocketed, budgerigar overruns
and
> the likes.
> >
>
> *applause*
> !!!
>
>
> > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/7779294.stm
> >
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