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# I don't get it
but it's still rather woo :)
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Fri 9 May 2003, 4:57, archived)
# did you see that Secret Life Of Machines website
I pointed you at?

Lost In Space Robot btw.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Fri 9 May 2003, 4:58, archived)
# I did look at it
was it on there?

I got the Danger Danger Danger and the Robinson part...
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Fri 9 May 2003, 4:59, archived)
# no, the animation style just reminded me of it.
Heath Robinson was into the old bondagechiropracty stuff, I assume.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Fri 9 May 2003, 5:00, archived)
# aahh
that would make sense.

The style is similar :)
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Fri 9 May 2003, 5:01, archived)
# More wacky machines, I think...
Neat stuff...
(I helped save b3ta! Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Fri 9 May 2003, 5:02, archived)
# ahh yes
nice link down there, thanks.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Fri 9 May 2003, 5:04, archived)
# or
This one might be a good example?
(I helped save b3ta! Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Fri 9 May 2003, 5:01, archived)
# ooh
I'd never seen those before...that's wonderful :)
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Fri 9 May 2003, 5:04, archived)
# I am going to sleep too
night night everyone :)
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Fri 9 May 2003, 5:07, archived)
# Nor had I...
I just Googled his name...

BTW, I'm off. 36 hours is starting to wear on me.

Sweet dreams!
(I helped save b3ta! Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Fri 9 May 2003, 5:08, archived)
# Heath Robinson ....
... was a British artist most famous for his fantastically complicated machines ... imagine Escher meets Da Vinci, with the humour of Gerard Hoffnung.

The phrase Heath Robinson entered the English language to describe any insanely convoluted machine, particularly one involving pulleys, levers etc.

/edit - added a link to Encarta.
(Dances With Stoves, Fri 9 May 2003, 5:07, archived)
# Yep
I think the American equivalent is Rube Goldberg.
woo!
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Fri 9 May 2003, 5:11, archived)
# Oh
just looked at your encarta link, and there's a link from there to an entry on Goldberg.
makes me look stupid when I'm not I just happen to know what I'm talking about mumble mumble mumble
*shuffles off*
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Fri 9 May 2003, 5:34, archived)
# Sorry ...
... edit now flagged :-)

Meanwhile, just found this. One of the WWII electronic cipher-breakering machines (forerunners to modern computers) was named Heath Robinson.
(Dances With Stoves, Fri 9 May 2003, 5:42, archived)
# And it's goodnight from me.
google the - Secret Life Of Machines - site it'll strike you as similar and they will probably acknowledge heath as one of their influences. He clearly is.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Fri 9 May 2003, 5:12, archived)