tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post7673003493370690544..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: This Baffling WorldMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-63892820104212275312016-10-27T15:18:23.762-07:002016-10-27T15:18:23.762-07:00It took me a bit to look up the title: I am remind...It took me a bit to look up the title: I am reminded of the story "Moving Spirit" by Arthur Clarke, collected in <i>Tales of the White Hart</i> in which, to avoid prosecution for violating prohibition, in a deliberately convoluted plot, the protagonist builds an osmotic bomb that uses increasing osmotic pressure of an alcohol mixture to trigger an explosion. Could this be what your Pepsi shaker's makers have had in mind?Kevin Cheekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17615258563790520320noreply@blogger.com