Vortex Cannon

#1

Post by ctingom » Sat, Jun 19, 2010, 5:11 AM UTC

Vortex Cannon
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Re: Vortex Cannon

#2

Post by frossie » Sat, Jun 19, 2010, 5:51 AM UTC

... and then the third little big actually put some mortar between his bricks...

Re: Vortex Cannon

#3

Post by Bjoern » Sat, Jun 19, 2010, 7:38 AM UTC

frossie wrote: post #2

... and then the third little big actually put some mortar between his bricks...

s/big/pig/ ?

Re: Vortex Cannon

#4

Post by frossie » Sat, Jun 19, 2010, 8:22 AM UTC

Bjoern wrote: post #3

frossie wrote: post #2

... and then the third little big actually put some mortar between his bricks...

s/big/pig/ ?

Is there a technical term to describe typos that form legitimate words and therefore don't get flagged by a spelling checker?

Re: Vortex Cannon

#5

Post by vsthesquares » Sat, Jun 19, 2010, 8:54 AM UTC

frossie wrote: post #4

Bjoern wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

s/big/pig/ ?

Is there a technical term to describe typos that form legitimate words and therefore don't get flagged by a spelling checker?

Type II error? ß-error?

Re: Vortex Cannon

#6

Post by RiderOfGiraffes » Sat, Jun 19, 2010, 8:56 AM UTC

frossie wrote: post #2

... and then the third little big actually put some mortar between his bricks...

So, he's firing vortex rings at 200mph from an acetylene powered cannon, and you complain that he didn't use mortar on the construction to demonstrate the impact?

Interesting ...

Re: Vortex Cannon

#7

Post by po » Sat, Jun 19, 2010, 8:57 AM UTC

frossie wrote: post #4

Bjoern wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

s/big/pig/ ?

Is there a technical term to describe typos that form legitimate words and therefore don't get flagged by a spelling checker?

I don't think there is. I suggest: typhous

Re: Vortex Cannon

#8

Post by donaq » Sat, Jun 19, 2010, 10:38 AM UTC

It's some way off from being a weapon, I think. The bricks didn't so much blow off as they fell off (from being blown off balance). Ok, I did not say that very clearly. Still, awesome experiment.

Re: Vortex Cannon

#9

Post by dpik » Sat, Jun 19, 2010, 11:08 AM UTC

frossie wrote: post #4

Bjoern wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

s/big/pig/ ?

Is there a technical term to describe typos that form legitimate words and therefore don't get flagged by a spelling checker?

tyro ?

Re: Vortex Cannon

#10

Post by studer » Sat, Jun 19, 2010, 11:44 AM UTC

RiderOfGiraffes wrote: post #6

frossie wrote: post #2

... and then the third little big actually put some mortar between his bricks...

So, he's firing vortex rings at 200mph from an acetylene powered cannon, and you complain that he didn't use mortar on the construction to demonstrate the impact? Interesting ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Little_Pigs