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New quotes for Mon Mar 13
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Mar 13 01:35:59 1989
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 89 01:36:10 EST
From: Initializer.SysDaemon <root@CHARON.MIT.EDU>
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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alec (Alec Mclure):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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amit (Amitabh Lath):
Waxahachie Texas, here I come.
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celine (Adam Weishaupt):
Time to make some large scale changes.
I woke up this morning and realized that I am well on my way to old
age, my youth is nearly spent. Soon, I will have to start embracing
responsibilities, an eventuality I dread. So I guess the plan is to
figure out how to avoid these burdens, or to find a way to deal with
them. To this end, I'm going to try looking at things from a
different point of view (HA!).
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edyamp (Ed Yampratoom):
'Twas potter, and the little brown
Did simon and schuster in the shaw;
All mosby were the ballantines,
And the womraths mcgraw.
Beware Jovanovich, my son!
The knopfs that crown, the platts that munk!
Beware the doubleday, and shun
The grolier wagnallfunk!
He took his putnam sword in hand,
Long time the harcourt brace he sought;
So rested he by the crowell tree
And stood awhile in thought.
And as in harper thought he stood,
Jovanovich, with eyes of flame,
Came houghton mifflin through the wood
And bowkered as it came!
Dodd mead! dodd mead! and from his steed
His dutton sword went kennicatt!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went quadrangling back.
"And hast thou slain Jovanovich?
Come to my arms, my bantam boy!
Oh, stein and day! Giroux! McKay!"
He scribnered in his joy.
'Twas potter, and the little brown
Did simon and schuster in the shaw;
All mosby were the ballantines,
And the womraths mcgraw.
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eichin (Mark W. Eichin):
(I just cleaned my apartment. While doing so, I found this birthday card:)
While celebrating your birthday, don't neglect the four basic food groups --
Chocolate Fudge
Chocolate Brownies
Chocolate Mousse
and Chocolate chip cookies.
(hmm. I have ingredients for at least two of those... I think I know what I'm
having for dinner tonight :-)
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jon (Jon A. Rochlis):
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 89 09:26:00 PST
From: lewandows_go%nwd002.DEC@decwrl.dec.com
Subject: News Release - 1 page
Gentlemen,
Considering the environment in which we all work I though you would have an
interest in this news release about a newly identified element. Could this
work have been done at the UW or do you think DEC was involved? - ghl
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SCIENTIST DISCOVERS NEW ELEMENT - ADMINISTRATIUM
The heaviest element known to science was recently discovered by University
physicists. The element, tentatively named Administratium (AD), has no protons
or electrons, which means that its atomic number is 0. However, it does
have 1 neutron, 125 assitants to the neutron, 75 vice-neutrons and 111
assistants to the vice-neutrons. This gives it an atomic mass number of
312. The 312 particles are held together in the nucleus by a force that
involves the continuous exchange of meson-like particles called memos.
Since it has no electrons, Administratium is inert. However, it can be
detected chemically because it seems to impede every reaction in which it
is present. According to one of the discoverers of the element, a very small
amount of Administratium made one reaction that normally takes less than
a second take over four days.
Administratium has a half-life of approximately 3 years, at which time it
does not actually decay. Instead, it undergoes a reorganization in which
assistants to the neutron, vice-neutrons, and assistants to the vice-neutrons
exchange place. Some studies have indicated that the atomic mass number
actually increases after each reorganization.
Administratium was discovered by accident when a researcher angrily resigned
from the chairmanship of the physics department and dumped all of his papers
in the intake hatch of the University's particle accelerator. "Apparently,
the interaction of all of those reports, grant forms, etc. with the particles
in the accelerator created the new element." an unnamed source explained.
Research at other laboratories seems to indicate that Administrium might
occur naturally in the atmoshphere. According to one scientist, Administratium
is most likely to be found on college and university campuses, and in large
corporation and government centers, near the best-appointed and best-maintained
building.
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mugambo (shippert (some call me 'tim')):
W _O _W _
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paul (Paul Boutin):
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rosencra (John R Buck):
"C'mon, Doug. A few lines of code never hurt anyone."
- Gog, "Live and Egregious on 41st West"
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