[HPCC-Conf] calculators for fun and prophet

[Marc Staps]

At 15:16 11-10-2002 -0700, Joseph K. Horn wrote:
>Richard Schwartz escriven:
>
> > OK, I am convinced by you and by Benjamin Franklin's
> > kite experiment.   Franklin proved that the God actually
> > does exist and intervenes from time to time in the
> > material world.   What normally happens when you fly
> > a kite with a wet string in a thunderstorm?
>
>Hey, no problem: 1.21 Gigawatts goes through you. Perfectly safe if you're 
>wired to a flux capacitor and you're going 88 MPH, and I have actual 
>footage to prove it!


That the kind (and magnitude) of power Richard Nelson likes to play with. ;-)

And I was already thinking that this discussion was going off-topic.


Marc


> > Anyhow, Palm is truly the wave of the present...
>
>Keyboard!  Keyboard!  Keyboard!  It's gotta have a KEYBOARD of some REAL 
>kind!  Palms (and their ilk) require the user to have a steady hand and be 
>an expert at microscopic accupuncture just to use the so-called 
>"keyboard".  A great way to save space, but NOT conducive to FUN long-term 
>use!  In my oh-so-humble opinion, of course.  It has nothing to do with 
>the fact that I can't afford a Palm.  :-(
>
>DANG, this is fun!  I can't WAIT to see what those guys at HP are 
>concocting!  Think they're gonna resurrect the Xpander?
>
>-Joe-
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