He had bought a large map representing the sea,
Without the least vestige of land:
And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be
A map they could all understand.
Without the least vestige of land:
And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be
A map they could all understand.
“What’s the good of Mercator’s North Poles and Equators,
Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?”
So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply
“They are merely conventional signs!
“Other maps are such shapes, with their islands and capes!
But we’ve got our brave Captain to thank:
(So the crew would protest) “that he’s bought us the best—
A perfect and absolute blank!”
But we’ve got our brave Captain to thank:
(So the crew would protest) “that he’s bought us the best—
A perfect and absolute blank!”
(from Lewis Carroll: The Hunting of the Snark)
(most interesting useless fact: SM-62 Snark pre-ICBM nuclear missiles were named after the non-existant creature the poem is about)
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ReplyDeleteah kaj poznam, to je bila moja danasnja prezentacija - karte, kodificirano znanje, poetika, ironija, komedija, virtualni prostori.. ni da ni.
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