[PLUG-TALK] Re: [PLUG] Zombie in my Linux box?

gepr at tempusdictum.com gepr at tempusdictum.com
Thu Jun 17 23:55:21 UTC 2004


Rich Shepard writes:
 > On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 gepr at tempusdictum.com wrote:
 > 
 > > It's a simple topological theorem.  All one need do is extrapolate the
 > > Bastille into the 4th (or perhaps 5th since the "storming" is not
 > > instantaneous), flip it inside out, then project it back down into the
 > > original 3 (or 4) dimensions.  This preserves the integrity of the
 > > Bastille and adapts it to protect from intrusion instead of escape.
 > 
 >   I can see it now: a new distribution called 'Klein-bottle linux'.

Well, actually, it wouldn't be a klien bottle, which only has a single
surface (in the same way a möbius strip only has a single side).  The 
everted Bastille would be more like a sphere, which has two sides:

    http://www.xs4all.nl/~alife/sphere1.htm

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