Duck Type System? ( was: stereotyping...er...way too long:)

[Warren Brown]

> The title almost came across as "Duck Tape System." Here everyone
knows

> that any problem not solvable with duck tape isn't worth solving :-)

Actually it's "duct tape". People just tend to elide the two T's.
Taping ducks together has never really caught on...

- Warren Brown

[Michael Campbell]

Warren Brown wrote:

>>The title almost came across as "Duck Tape System." Here everyone

>
> knows
>

>>that any problem not solvable with duck tape isn't worth solving

:-)

>
>
> Actually it's "duct tape". People just tend to elide the two

T's.

> Taping ducks together has never really caught on...

Not true.

"The original use was to keep the moisture out of the ammunition
cases. Because it was waterproof, people referred to the tape as
“Duck
Tape.” " (From:
[url]http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/DT101/index.html[/url],
[url]http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/duckvsduct.html[/url])





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[Seth Kurtzberg]

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No wonder they are always quacking.

Warren Brown wrote:

>>The title almost came across as "Duck Tape System." Here everyone
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>>

>knows
>
>

>>that any problem not solvable with duck tape isn't worth solving :-)
>>
>>

>
> Actually it's "duct tape". People just tend to elide the two T's.
>Taping ducks together has never really caught on...
>
> - Warren Brown
>
>
>
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>
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>

--
Seth Kurtzberg
CTO
Scottsdale Research and Network Operations Center
ISEC.us
[email]seth@isec.us[/email]


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[Gregory Millam]

> Actually it's "duct tape". People just tend to elide the two T's.
> Taping ducks together has never really caught on...
>

It was Duck tape before it was Duct tape, because the military used it
to waterproof their ammunition cases.

[url]http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/duckvsduct.html[/url]

*chases after some ducks to tape together*