There are roads going upland to the top of the local glacier that are marked as "Impassible" in Icelandic. They really mean it.
When my wife and I were in Iceland, there were stories in the local English-language newspapers giving the story of a French family that drove by such a sign not realizing what it meant. They had to be rescued by a specialized armored vehicle from large rocks being blown off the glacier. Their car was abandoned, totally destroyed.
Joe
Am 19.06.2026 um 02:05 schrieb snipped-for-privacy@comcast.net:
OK, and what does this have to do with "electronics"?
Don't be a lurker. Post something interesting about electronics.
What do you do?
John Larkin Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center Lunatic Fringe Electronics
Am 19.06.26 um 18:00 schrieb Wolferl:
It is fun to sit in the tent near the murmuring glacial stream and advice a friend & customer on circuit improvements. A Dell XPS13 always fits into the motorcycle bags and Internet is excellent there, even in the desert. I should have done that more often.
Gerhard
In what sense is a person who posted 9 posts of 877,474 posts between
1995 and April 10th, 2026 a lurker? (S.
Designing outdoors is actually productive. It shakes up categories.
John Larkin Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center Lunatic Fringe Electronics
9 posts in 31 years!
John Larkin Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center Lunatic Fringe Electronics
Of course one is left wondering how a road in Iceland possesses an attribute exclusive to God (impassibility, i.e. God cannot be acted upon).
Devious folk, these vikings.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
Intermittent impassibility would seem to be less than divine. Car-sized rocks can be blown into smaller chunks and eventually moved on.
And very persuasive - take no note of the immense broadaxe.
Joe
One letter, a whole different meaning. OK, the road was impassable. An example of why classical languages and etymology should still be taught.
Jeroen Belleman
(A no-go zone is impassAble)
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Ask the community — no account required