Jack;
I remember reading a sci- fi short story yeas ago that concerned the
same thing. At some time in the future, scientists attending a
conference were stunned by the discovery of one of their members that
math could actually be performed with nothing more than a pencil and
paper!
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Nt788@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 10:37 AM
To: john.szalay@att.net; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Traction Control and Bench Racing..
In a message dated 11/19/2004 1:02:51 PM Pacific Standard Time,
john.szalay@att.net writes:
> Had a senior mech engineer at work, that took his slide rule and put
it in
> a picture
> frame with this sign on it. hung it over his desk..
>
> "In the event of power failure, break glass"
>
>
How did them Egyptians ever build them pyramids? Kids will be shown
pencils
in a museum someday, and this will be good, as long as I am able to keep
mine!
Jack
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