I was just thinking about your post as I drove to work tonight. Specifically the fast tap/slow tap faux pas.
The thing that gets me about the nature of communication, is that at its base level, there only needs to be an agreement on the basic rules. In this case tapping out "bang.bang.bang.bang...bang...bang...bang.bang.bang" on the pipe in your cell, while not in the rules according to Hoyle, could do in a pinch, since it's been seen so often, it's an accepted ... Morse Dialect.
Now, granted, you aren't going to be able to send a lead pipe-o-gram with the text
But in a pinch the slow/fast dialect would do. I think the spirit though, is that in any communication form, you should learn the rules first, before you break them.
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The thing that gets me about the nature of communication, is that at its base level, there only needs to be an agreement on the basic rules. In this case tapping out "bang.bang.bang.bang...bang...bang...bang.bang.bang" on the pipe in your cell, while not in the rules according to Hoyle, could do in a pinch, since it's been seen so often, it's an accepted ... Morse Dialect.
Now, granted, you aren't going to be able to send a lead pipe-o-gram with the text
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But in a pinch the slow/fast dialect would do. I think the spirit though, is that in any communication form, you should learn the rules first, before you break them.