On Thursday, May 1, 2003, Tony Duell wrote:
I got a red pen and made up some 'Danger
Implosives' signs which I stuch
to the sides of the VR201. This was before the current panic over
terrorism, of course. Thus labelled, I carried the machine onto the train
and to London. I got some very odd looks ;-)
When I was a bit younger I read PC/Computing. Penn Jillette used to write
the back page, which I loved to read. In one issue, he recommended that
people put commands in their AUTOEXEC.BAT file such that their computer
would count down from 10 upon bootup, as if preparing to detonate. He
suggested that this be done to have fun with the security people at airports
who ask you to turn on your laptop. I wouldn't try this today! :-)
I loved the back page of PC/C. As my special homage to it, at every job
I've had, I have introduced the term 'Thurman unit' into the corporate
vocabulary. Anybody else here remember what a Thurman unit is?
--
Jeffrey Sharp