GR translation: to take this most immachinate of techniques, the Rocket

[Keith Davis]

That does make sense.

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 5:40 AM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> For me that seems to be the best possible interpretation of the word in
> this context.
>
> 2016-03-23 9:50 GMT+01:00 János Széky <miksaapja at gmail.com>:
>
>> I think this is a turn on "inanimate", a central term for P. Inanimate is
>> what a machine is supposed to be as opposed to humans or organic life in
>> general. Now the rocket is human-like and kind of organic here, so it is
>> immachinate.
>>
>> János
>>
>> 2016-03-23 8:03 GMT+01:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> I'm leaning towards Monte's reading.
>>>
>>> The dictionary only lists "machinate" as a verb.  But the word
>>> "machination" has the following meaning:
>>>
>>> 3. A machine (esp. of war); a framework, mechanism, or apparatus. Also
>>> fig. Obs.
>>>
>>> which seems relevant.
>>>
>>
>>
>


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