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I had no idea a "semaphore" meant something other than how it's used in programming. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_line http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S

by palish 15y ago

I had no idea a "semaphore" meant something other than how it's used in programming. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_line http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_line

m0nastic 15y ago
Amusingly, that's even a different definition for what I was referring to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_semaphore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_semaphore (although principally the same thing).
- hugh3 15y ago
  I only learned about semaphores from Monty Python. Coincidentally, that's the same place I learned about Wuthering Heights. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oHw6niE9e8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oHw6niE9e8
- scoot 15y ago
  I think that was Palish's point?