David Swidler
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I can see it now. The Genesis Seal book, movie, Genesis Seal Rubik's cube, video games. Copyright it Kingfisher, before someone steals the concept.
You could even name a band after it!
I can see it now. The Genesis Seal book, movie, Genesis Seal Rubik's cube, video games. Copyright it Kingfisher, before someone steals the concept.
You could even name a band after it!
And start a new genre, Fantasy Rock.
I'll go ask Phil Collins...
I am working with the first few words of Genesis. That is a long way from cherry-picking.
He could have the Genesis Seal tattooed on his head.
Not the input text, but you are picking from what you discover via your 'seal'.
Speaking of picking, this reminds me of your entire approach:
Have you heard that elephants paint their toenails red so they can hide in cherry trees?
Have you ever see an elephant in a cherry tree? No? Well, see how well it works!
General call:
Is there some way we can show Kingfisher that his Hebrew (i.e. not using English as we have) seal can yield less suggestive finds? Perhaps modern names, mundane nouns and other contemporary trivia would cause him to think twice.
No, that was Peter's thing. Fox head, flower, old man, Genesis Seal. But ultimately, as Philsy was a latecomer, it would be best to ask Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford, as they were the only original members to last through the whole thing.
They were university chaps, they wouldn't fall for this nonsense.
In effect, I shall be incommunicado for a while.
I am working with the first few words of Genesis. That is a long way from cherry-picking.
Oh, no, they were public school boys. Went pro after school, no college. Charterhouse, specifically. And Peter is a serious woo. Believes women's periods are controlled by the moon.
I stand corrected. Peter is a woo, I met him once during his shaven forehead period.
Yeah, but still one of my all time favorites. We shared a bassist for a long time.
He could do the same with any short text from any book. Why can't he see that?
Interesting. I took part in the SLL and Young Socialists pageant at the Empire Pool circa 1972. He took part too, that's where I met him. Were you there?
I didn't suggest you were cherry picking, if you care to read what I wrote rather than what you think I wrote. My objection (one of the many objections I have) is that you are arbitrarily using the first 64 characters, which isn't one or two complete verses, but one verse plus a bit of the next verse. Further, you stop partway through a word.I am working with the first few words of Genesis. That is a long way from cherry-picking.
I am working with the first few words of Genesis. That is a long way from cherry-picking.
You've never been to an art gallery with a pair of scientists. We would have had it mapped out perfectly, except I like middle to late Renaissance paintings and my lady likes Impressionism and Minimalism. So we ended up with TWO maps.
And by method I don't mean "How did you find this?" What I mean is, "How does it work?" There's a major geophysical theory that was inspired by two guys getting so drunk they couldn't keep their beers in the cans long enough to drink them, and chugging the whole time (the Bear Can Experiment, if you're curious). What I mean is, how does it WORK? To be anything but confirmation bias, there has to be some systematic approach to the text, which reveals the meaning. All codes work that way--that's why they can be broken, and why they're comprehensible to the recipient. Without some system, even if you're right you're left with nothing more than random words and the vague feeling that there's something to find here.
Unfortunately, your best isn't good enough.The best I can do is to go over a few of my earlier points.
Some correspondents on this thread have asked my to present the whole picture. Now you and they will understand why is not possible.