> >> 42 !
> > Feynman lives!
>
> Doug Adams, right?
> Or is there some link to Ofey I missed?
I found out about Richard Feynman's propensity
to yell out "42" as the answer to anything andf
everything from one of Douglas Hofstadter's books;
probably not G.E.B., but likely his duet with
Daniel Dennet, "Mind's I".
It *may*, tho, have been in "Metamagical Themas",
the compilation of his columns from SciAm.
In a very depressing time, dealing with a very, very
depressing subject, Richard Feynman provided me with
the greatest sense of glee I can recall. While George
Meany (or whomever the shirt was who was heading the
Challenger Disaster Panel) was going through the motions,
I was carefully watching an otherwise bored Feynman
start to play with the sample of rubber from the o-ring
seals. I saw him look at his glass of icewater, and
before I could form the though "stick it in the ice-
water" he was doing it, and then immediately started
to check his watch.
After a while, he raised his hand or interrupted,
can't quite recall which, and declared he knew what
had caused the disaster.
I'd give up all of Congress for one Richard Feynman.
-dq
> I just saw this on /., the Google USENET archive has been expanded back to
> May 12th, 1981! It's a great day for Classic Computing! Looks like the
> oldest message in their archive is DEC related since it talks about a Unibus
> Versatec interface card.
Depends on the group, I think... I found that comp.sys.cdc
goes back to February 1989, just a bit before CDC killed
off ETA...
-dq
> > I'd give up all of Congress for one Richard Feynman.
> >
>
> I'd give up considerably more than that. "Surely you're joking,
> Mr. Feynman!" is probably one of the most enjoyable books
> I've ever read.
THAt was the name of the book, couldn't recall when Sellam
and I were discussing it...
-dq
> That would probably be a really good resource for people who tend to see
> computers around an want to know what they're looking at... It would be
> especially useful for machines that are similar in enclosure but not in
> firmware.
I think we could extrac them from issues of PHRACK...
;)
On December 11, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:
> > Nah, Sridhar doesn't know how to party...do you, Sridhar. ;)
> > Perhaps we can give him some party lessons. 8-)
>
> Remember you're talking to a raver. I party for *days* on end. 8-)
Nah...too much dancing, not enough drinking!
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
> > Before I moved to FL, Sridhar and Brian Hechinger came down to hang
> > out and hack on stuff, and crashed on my couches.
>
> You mean, these people really exist and aren't figments of sendmail's
> imagination? :-P
<NOT_A_TROLL>
Funny, I just recently opened a thread about "discussion bots" on
alt.computers.folklore... from what I read and what I'd recalled
seeing in the past, I think I can safely say no bots are on this
list...
</NOT_A_TROLL>
-dq
Hey peoples!
I have been spending my time working programs in
Applesoft basic.
What would be the best way to share these programs with
others?
I have an apple II c with 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 " floppies.
On December 11, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:
> > > > Nah, Sridhar doesn't know how to party...do you, Sridhar. ;)
> > > > Perhaps we can give him some party lessons. 8-)
> > >
> > > Remember you're talking to a raver. I party for *days* on end. 8-)
> >
> > Nah...too much dancing, not enough drinking!
>
> Hey. There are a lot of things more fun than alcohol.
Hey, I LIKE getting drunk!
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
> ! Actually, the earlier the better. I want to do it *old* but *fast*.
> !
> ! Peace... Sridhar
>
> Sridhar ---
> Okay, we know you're missing a missus, but isn't that a little
> strange? ;)
Dangol'- may, december thing- tellyuhwhat.
;)
