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In message , Johnny B Good
writes
The message
from Peter Duncanson contains these words:

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:28:33 -0000, "Woody"
wrote:


Complexified?

Wossat?


A word meaning "made complex".

It's really a "Bushism" (although the word pops up in speculative
discussions on hyperspace topologies and quantum mechanics).

It is in the Oxford English Dictionary along with its close relatives:
complexify, complexification and complexifying.

What's wrong with "complicated" ? It seems that "Complexify" wasn't in
the OED back in 2004. If it's actually in the current OED, that can only
be due to its profligate use in satirical creations of fiction, such as
spoof creationist articles, deliberately riddled with "Bushisms".

We needed a single word for "to make complicated". The Glorious (Merkin)
Leader provided it. What's the problem? We need more words like that -
words that actually mean something, instead of the growing list of
meaningless technobabble and business jargon.
--
Ian

On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:36:25 +0000, Ian Jackson
wrote:

In message , Johnny B Good
writes
The message
from Peter Duncanson contains these words:

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:28:33 -0000, "Woody"
wrote:


Complexified?

Wossat?


A word meaning "made complex".

It's really a "Bushism" (although the word pops up in speculative
discussions on hyperspace topologies and quantum mechanics).

It is in the Oxford English Dictionary along with its close relatives:
complexify, complexification and complexifying.

What's wrong with "complicated" ? It seems that "Complexify" wasn't in
the OED back in 2004. If it's actually in the current OED, that can only
be due to its profligate use in satirical creations of fiction, such as
spoof creationist articles, deliberately riddled with "Bushisms".

We needed a single word for "to make complicated". The Glorious (Merkin)
Leader provided it. What's the problem? We need more words like that -
words that actually mean something, instead of the growing list of
meaningless technobabble and business jargon.

"Complexify" was in use before The Glorious (Merkin) Leader started
entertaining us.

Examples from the OED:

1830 W. TAYLOR Hist. Surv. Germ. Poetry III. 140 There is an
underplot..which complexifies the incidents.

1923 Glasgow Herald 10 Nov. 4 There is one line of complexifying
which is almost certainly open, and that is an increase in the
intricacy of inter-relations among the nerve-cells.

1929 H. B. ALEXANDER Truth & Faith 250 No doubt there has been
complexification.

1932 J. A. THOMSON Sci. Riddles xlvi. 297 This process of
complexifying or differentiation was greatly assisted by the hand of
life.

1959 B. WALL tr. Teilhard de Chardin's Phenomenon of Man i. 48
Matter has obeyed from the beginning..the law of ‘complexification’.

1962 C. E. RAVEN Teilhard de Chardin iv. 75 Having accepted the
whole cosmic process as one, continuous, complexified and
convergent, he can regard it with an unfaltering hope.


--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

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...
On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:29:37 +0000, Ian Jackson
wrote:

In message , Bill
writes
In message
,
widgitt writes
http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/a...ucket/Dish.jpg

Another one for Bill


Would have been neater if he had taken the cables down inside
the vent
pipe :-)

In the major areas of population, the mains sewerage system is
connected
to nearly every home.

In 1983, when large-scale cable TV really started to take off
in the UK,
to avoid having to dig up the streets, there was a very serious
proposal
to use the sewer system for getting the signals to the home.
There was
at least one cartoon showing the incoming drop cable emerging
from the
U-bend of a toilet.

I don't think that the idea died the death, and often wonder
how much
the sewers ARE used as ducts for various telecommunications
cables.

Isn't there a company in the south of England doing exactly
that -
using the main sewer to use as ducting for their fibre cable?
Brighton
springs to mind



Er, methinks this is not a new idea?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...rs-667410.html

There is similar usage of the many and various (non-LUT) tunnels
under London including those of the River Fleet.


In the process of Googling I came across this site, a little
outdated perhaps but nonetheless fascinating!

http://underground-history.co.uk/deeplevel.php


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

In message , Peter Duncanson
writes
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:36:25 +0000, Ian Jackson
wrote:

In message , Johnny B Good
writes
The message
from Peter Duncanson contains these words:

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:28:33 -0000, "Woody"
wrote:


Complexified?

Wossat?


A word meaning "made complex".

It's really a "Bushism" (although the word pops up in speculative
discussions on hyperspace topologies and quantum mechanics).

It is in the Oxford English Dictionary along with its close relatives:
complexify, complexification and complexifying.

What's wrong with "complicated" ? It seems that "Complexify" wasn't in
the OED back in 2004. If it's actually in the current OED, that can only
be due to its profligate use in satirical creations of fiction, such as
spoof creationist articles, deliberately riddled with "Bushisms".

We needed a single word for "to make complicated". The Glorious (Merkin)
Leader provided it. What's the problem? We need more words like that -
words that actually mean something, instead of the growing list of
meaningless technobabble and business jargon.

"Complexify" was in use before The Glorious (Merkin) Leader started
entertaining us.

Examples from the OED:

1830 W. TAYLOR Hist. Surv. Germ. Poetry III. 140 There is an
underplot..which complexifies the incidents.

1923 Glasgow Herald 10 Nov. 4 There is one line of complexifying
which is almost certainly open, and that is an increase in the
intricacy of inter-relations among the nerve-cells.

1929 H. B. ALEXANDER Truth & Faith 250 No doubt there has been
complexification.

1932 J. A. THOMSON Sci. Riddles xlvi. 297 This process of
complexifying or differentiation was greatly assisted by the hand of
life.

1959 B. WALL tr. Teilhard de Chardin's Phenomenon of Man i. 48
Matter has obeyed from the beginning..the law of ‘complexification’.

1962 C. E. RAVEN Teilhard de Chardin iv. 75 Having accepted the
whole cosmic process as one, continuous, complexified and
convergent, he can regard it with an unfaltering hope.

Well, there you go! That confirms that GW Bush is, indeed, a well-read,
erudite gentleman!
--
Ian

In message , Woody
writes
wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:29:37 +0000, Ian Jackson
wrote:

In message , Bill
writes
In message
,
widgitt writes
http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/a...ucket/Dish.jpg

Another one for Bill


Would have been neater if he had taken the cables down inside
the vent
pipe :-)

In the major areas of population, the mains sewerage system is
connected
to nearly every home.

In 1983, when large-scale cable TV really started to take off
in the UK,
to avoid having to dig up the streets, there was a very serious
proposal
to use the sewer system for getting the signals to the home.
There was
at least one cartoon showing the incoming drop cable emerging
from the
U-bend of a toilet.

I don't think that the idea died the death, and often wonder
how much
the sewers ARE used as ducts for various telecommunications
cables.

Isn't there a company in the south of England doing exactly
that -
using the main sewer to use as ducting for their fibre cable?
Brighton
springs to mind



Er, methinks this is not a new idea?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...d-thames-to-ch
allenge-bt-with-cables-in-sewers-667410.html

As they say, "Where there's muck, there's money".

There is similar usage of the many and various (non-LUT) tunnels
under London including those of the River Fleet.


In the process of Googling I came across this site, a little
outdated perhaps but nonetheless fascinating!

http://underground-history.co.uk/deeplevel.php

Fascinating stuff indeed!
--
Ian

On Feb 28, 11:23*am, Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:36:25 +0000, Ian Jackson





wrote:
In message , Johnny B Good
writes
The message
from Peter Duncanson contains these words:

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:28:33 -0000, "Woody"
wrote:

Complexified?

Wossat?

A word meaning "made complex".

It's really a "Bushism" (although the word pops up in speculative
discussions on hyperspace topologies and quantum mechanics).

It is in the Oxford English Dictionary along with its close relatives:
complexify, complexification and complexifying.

What's wrong with "complicated" ? It seems that "Complexify" wasn't in
the OED back in 2004. If it's actually in the current OED, that can only
be due to its profligate use in satirical creations of fiction, such as
spoof creationist articles, deliberately riddled with "Bushisms".

We needed a single word for "to make complicated". The Glorious (Merkin)
Leader provided it. What's the problem? We need more words like that -
words that actually mean something, instead of the growing list of
meaningless technobabble and business jargon.

"Complexify" was in use before The Glorious (Merkin) Leader started
entertaining us.

Examples from the OED:

* * 1830 W. TAYLOR Hist. Surv. Germ. Poetry III. 140 There is an
* * underplot..which complexifies the incidents.

* * 1923 Glasgow Herald 10 Nov. 4 There is one line of complexifying
* * which is almost certainly open, and that is an increase in the
* * intricacy of inter-relations among the nerve-cells.

* * 1929 H. B. ALEXANDER Truth & Faith 250 No doubt there has been
* * complexification.

* * 1932 J. A. THOMSON Sci. Riddles xlvi. 297 This process of
* * complexifying or differentiation was greatly assisted by the hand of
* * life.

* * 1959 B. WALL tr. Teilhard de Chardin's Phenomenon of Man i. 48
* * Matter has obeyed from the beginning..the law of ‘complexification’.

* * 1962 C. E. RAVEN Teilhard de Chardin iv. 75 Having accepted the
* * whole cosmic process as one, continuous, complexified and
* * convergent, he can regard it with an unfaltering hope.

--
Peter Duncanson
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It's a bugger this. I thought I'd made it up.

Bill

On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:56:37 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

On Feb 28, 11:23Â*am, Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:36:25 +0000, Ian Jackson





wrote:
In message , Johnny B Good
writes
The message
from Peter Duncanson contains these words:

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:28:33 -0000, "Woody"
wrote:

Complexified?

Wossat?

A word meaning "made complex".

It's really a "Bushism" (although the word pops up in speculative
discussions on hyperspace topologies and quantum mechanics).

It is in the Oxford English Dictionary along with its close relatives:
complexify, complexification and complexifying.

What's wrong with "complicated" ? It seems that "Complexify" wasn't in
the OED back in 2004. If it's actually in the current OED, that can only
be due to its profligate use in satirical creations of fiction, such as
spoof creationist articles, deliberately riddled with "Bushisms".

We needed a single word for "to make complicated". The Glorious (Merkin)
Leader provided it. What's the problem? We need more words like that -
words that actually mean something, instead of the growing list of
meaningless technobabble and business jargon.

"Complexify" was in use before The Glorious (Merkin) Leader started
entertaining us.

Examples from the OED:

Â* Â* 1830 W. TAYLOR Hist. Surv. Germ. Poetry III. 140 There is an
Â* Â* underplot..which complexifies the incidents.

Â* Â* 1923 Glasgow Herald 10 Nov. 4 There is one line of complexifying
Â* Â* which is almost certainly open, and that is an increase in the
Â* Â* intricacy of inter-relations among the nerve-cells.

Â* Â* 1929 H. B. ALEXANDER Truth & Faith 250 No doubt there has been
Â* Â* complexification.

Â* Â* 1932 J. A. THOMSON Sci. Riddles xlvi. 297 This process of
Â* Â* complexifying or differentiation was greatly assisted by the hand of
Â* Â* life.

Â* Â* 1959 B. WALL tr. Teilhard de Chardin's Phenomenon of Man i. 48
Â* Â* Matter has obeyed from the beginning..the law of ‘complexification’.

Â* Â* 1962 C. E. RAVEN Teilhard de Chardin iv. 75 Having accepted the
Â* Â* whole cosmic process as one, continuous, complexified and
Â* Â* convergent, he can regard it with an unfaltering hope.

--
Peter Duncanson
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It's a bugger this. I thought I'd made it up.

It happens, Someone in another newsgroup invented "pedipulate" for
turning the tap with your feet while lying in the bath.

The OED has the first instance of "pedipulate", to work with the feet,
from 1886.

As you say, it's a bugger.

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

"Peter Duncanson" wrote in message ...
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:56:37 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

On Feb 28, 11:23 am, Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:36:25 +0000, Ian Jackson





wrote:
In message , Johnny B Good
writes
The message
from Peter Duncanson contains these words:

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:28:33 -0000, "Woody"
wrote:

Complexified?

Wossat?

A word meaning "made complex".

It's really a "Bushism" (although the word pops up in speculative
discussions on hyperspace topologies and quantum mechanics).

It is in the Oxford English Dictionary along with its close relatives:
complexify, complexification and complexifying.

What's wrong with "complicated" ? It seems that "Complexify" wasn't in
the OED back in 2004. If it's actually in the current OED, that can only
be due to its profligate use in satirical creations of fiction, such as
spoof creationist articles, deliberately riddled with "Bushisms".

We needed a single word for "to make complicated". The Glorious (Merkin)
Leader provided it. What's the problem? We need more words like that -
words that actually mean something, instead of the growing list of
meaningless technobabble and business jargon.

"Complexify" was in use before The Glorious (Merkin) Leader started
entertaining us.

Examples from the OED:

1830 W. TAYLOR Hist. Surv. Germ. Poetry III. 140 There is an
underplot..which complexifies the incidents.

1923 Glasgow Herald 10 Nov. 4 There is one line of complexifying
which is almost certainly open, and that is an increase in the
intricacy of inter-relations among the nerve-cells.

1929 H. B. ALEXANDER Truth & Faith 250 No doubt there has been
complexification.

1932 J. A. THOMSON Sci. Riddles xlvi. 297 This process of
complexifying or differentiation was greatly assisted by the hand of
life.

1959 B. WALL tr. Teilhard de Chardin's Phenomenon of Man i. 48
Matter has obeyed from the beginning..the law of 'complexification'.

1962 C. E. RAVEN Teilhard de Chardin iv. 75 Having accepted the
whole cosmic process as one, continuous, complexified and
convergent, he can regard it with an unfaltering hope.

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

It's a bugger this. I thought I'd made it up.

It happens, Someone in another newsgroup invented "pedipulate" for
turning the tap with your feet while lying in the bath.

The OED has the first instance of "pedipulate", to work with the feet,
from 1886.

As you say, it's a bugger.

When I was a kid I called a policemans trungeon a clobberiser.

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On Mar 1, 10:24*pm, "Graham." wrote:
"Peter Duncanson" wrote in messagenews:[email protected] .com...
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:56:37 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

On Feb 28, 11:23 am, Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:36:25 +0000, Ian Jackson

wrote:
In message , Johnny B Good
writes
The message
from Peter Duncanson contains these words:

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:28:33 -0000, "Woody"
wrote:

Complexified?

Wossat?

A word meaning "made complex".

It's really a "Bushism" (although the word pops up in speculative
discussions on hyperspace topologies and quantum mechanics).

It is in the Oxford English Dictionary along with its close relatives:
complexify, complexification and complexifying.

What's wrong with "complicated" ? It seems that "Complexify" wasn't in
the OED back in 2004. If it's actually in the current OED, that can only
be due to its profligate use in satirical creations of fiction, such as
spoof creationist articles, deliberately riddled with "Bushisms".

We needed a single word for "to make complicated". The Glorious (Merkin)
Leader provided it. What's the problem? We need more words like that -
words that actually mean something, instead of the growing list of
meaningless technobabble and business jargon.

"Complexify" was in use before The Glorious (Merkin) Leader started
entertaining us.

Examples from the OED:

1830 W. TAYLOR Hist. Surv. Germ. Poetry III. 140 There is an
underplot..which complexifies the incidents.

1923 Glasgow Herald 10 Nov. 4 There is one line of complexifying
which is almost certainly open, and that is an increase in the
intricacy of inter-relations among the nerve-cells.

1929 H. B. ALEXANDER Truth & Faith 250 No doubt there has been
complexification.

1932 J. A. THOMSON Sci. Riddles xlvi. 297 This process of
complexifying or differentiation was greatly assisted by the hand of
life.

1959 B. WALL tr. Teilhard de Chardin's Phenomenon of Man i. 48
Matter has obeyed from the beginning..the law of 'complexification'.

1962 C. E. RAVEN Teilhard de Chardin iv. 75 Having accepted the
whole cosmic process as one, continuous, complexified and
convergent, he can regard it with an unfaltering hope.

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

It's a bugger this. I thought I'd made it up.

It happens, Someone in another newsgroup invented "pedipulate" for
turning the tap with your feet while lying in the bath.

The OED has the first instance of "pedipulate", to work with the feet,
from 1886.

As you say, it's a bugger.

When I was a kid I called a policemans trungeon *a clobberiser.

--
Graham.

Was there a lot of that in your house?

Bill