27 Jul
2013
27 Jul
'13
3:10 a.m.
* Charles Greathouse <charles.greathouse@case.edu> [Jul 24. 2013 19:30]:
[...]
If I yell "Frank!" and some guy yells "Frank!" back, I don't know what that means.
You immediately know how many individuals are with in your communication distance? Thinking "alone(?) in a dark wood, there be dragons", that sounds _very_ useful to me.
But if I yell "Frank!" and a bunch of people turn and look at the guy, I have reason to think it's an identifier.
[...]
[Above answer inspired by once getting lost in the mountains, seriously thick fog, already dark, pretty cold, exhausted... Hearing a generator kicking in "saved" us, luckily we were in hearing distance of that one.]