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

[David Morris]

I too think it is a play on the concept of the inanimate, as in
"unthinking."

David Morris

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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