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m0nastic on July 31, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: From 1890: The First Text Messages

Amusingly, that's even a different definition for what I was referring to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_semaphore (although principally the same thing).

hugh3 on July 31, 2011 | [–]

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

scoot on July 31, 2011 | [–]

I think that was Palish's point?

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