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Jaffe, 8.06
wigie@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (wigie@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Feb 24 23:56:51 1993
"This isn't very useful. <pause> It's not even right!"
"This is a hypothetical fly; this fly's just coasting, trivial,
Newtonian, straight-line motion... and this fly is dropping chalk on a
rotating record. Hey, I'm a theorist, I can do this."
And one from Mathur, the recitation instructor, who took over one day
when Jaffe was sick:
"I've got Jaffe's own notes, so I'm in complete control." <steps
backwards and stumbles over a chair>
