Comments on: Objets de Birthday. http://www.rants.org/2010/03/28/objets-de-birthday/ Karl Fogel's blog Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:22:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19620 By: John Bachir http://www.rants.org/2010/03/28/objets-de-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-94473 John Bachir Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:21:10 +0000 http://www.rants.org/?p=504#comment-94473 Well, clearly there is no identifiable trunk into which some/most/any of the branches merge back into, so in that sense the SCM metaphor isn't there :) BTW-- consider installing this plugin for faster response time :) An oldie but goodie, I still use it: http://txfx.net/wordpress-plugins/subscribe-to-comments/ And this one seems to be maintained a lot more, I've never used it: http://subscribe2.wordpress.com/ Well, clearly there is no identifiable trunk into which some/most/any of the branches merge back into, so in that sense the SCM metaphor isn’t there :)

BTW– consider installing this plugin for faster response time :)

An oldie but goodie, I still use it:

http://txfx.net/wordpress-plugins/subscribe-to-comments/

And this one seems to be maintained a lot more, I’ve never used it:

http://subscribe2.wordpress.com/

]]> By: Karl Fogel http://www.rants.org/2010/03/28/objets-de-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-91831 Karl Fogel Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:38:04 +0000 http://www.rants.org/?p=504#comment-91831 Hah! Nice :-). Although... do they never rejoin? I think that might just be coincidence. Sort of like the "guarantee" that no two people ever have the same fingerprints: sometimes they <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint#Errors_in_identification_or_processing" rel="nofollow">do</a>, it's just rare. The branches in the tree pattern <em>could</em> rejoin, it would just be a coincidence if they did. (I haven't inspected carefully to see.) Hah! Nice :-) .

Although… do they never rejoin? I think that might just be coincidence. Sort of like the “guarantee” that no two people ever have the same fingerprints: sometimes they do, it’s just rare. The branches in the tree pattern could rejoin, it would just be a coincidence if they did. (I haven’t inspected carefully to see.)

]]> By: John Bachir http://www.rants.org/2010/03/28/objets-de-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-91817 John Bachir Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:41:53 +0000 http://www.rants.org/?p=504#comment-91817 A very appropriate gift from Jim -- that form has a trunk, forks (no branches… they never rejoin), and maybe even little parts that could be considered tags. A very appropriate gift from Jim — that form has a trunk, forks (no branches… they never rejoin), and maybe even little parts that could be considered tags.

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