14 Nov
2004
14 Nov
'04
7:38 a.m.
On Sun, 2004-11-14 at 13:30 -0500, Christopher McNabb wrote:
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:36:38 -0800 (PST), Al Kossow
<aek(a)spies.com> wrote:
That's impressive, I thought I just made that up in a fit of humour.
But it probably just came from somewhere deep inside my subconsiousness,
about right next to my knowledge of Visual Basic.
--
Tore S Bekkedal <toresbe(a)ifi.uio.no>
I think Eric Smith was using this phrase even earlier
http://www.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug10.162415.19314%40wpi.WPI.EDU&…
Aug '91
I know that's where I picked it up from.
I first heard this phrase while attending the US Navy's Nuclear
Propulsion School in the summer of '81.
I think the usage I heard was something like "The fission produces
2.73 neutrons on average, and a metric buttload of energy"