[700] in Humor
HUMOR: QoTD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Mon Jan 30 22:36:24 1995
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 22:32:01 EST
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
From: Espacionaute Spiff domine! <MATOSSIAN@aries.colorado.edu>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 08:37:37 -0500
From: bostic@CS.Berkeley.EDU (Keith Bostic)
Forwarded-by: qotd-request@ensu.ucalgary.ca (Quote of the day)
The following errata sheet was included with material shipped by the
Particle Data Group, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory:
The "centimeters" on the ruler on p. 227 of the Booklet are 0.97 long,
because:
a) The booklet was returned from the printer at 0.25 times the
speed of light;
b) A theorist is in charge of the Particle Data Group;
c) The PDG feels it has the right to redefine anything it wants;
d) There is a general decline of standards;
e) There was an international conspiracy;
f) It was a congressionally-mandated cost-saving measure;
g) PDG gives you more cm/inch than anyone else.
