28 Jul
2008
28 Jul
'08
7:24 a.m.
On Monday 28 July 2008 07:27, Mike Loewen wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Eric Smith wrote:
What was the rotary dial in that pic for?
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
Jason T wrote:
...and cigarette lighters!
http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Ashtray.jpg As long as the rule is "no smoking in the
machine room:"
Who says there's no smoking in the machine room? One of the largest
computer systems ever built, the AN/FSQ-7, had operator consoles with
built-in ashtrays. 