Reminds me of a line from the Andromeda Strain

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by jb4

4/25/05 10:51:03 AM

Reminds me of a line from the Andromeda Strain

...about trying to find and elephant with a microscope (when a small sliver of paper fell into the coils of the electromechanical bell that was used on the ASR35 teletype on which they were waiting for a high priority message)....

Nicely done, Greg!

jb4
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I have given up for now. (But I really didn't) - (folkert) - (31) - April 25, 2005, 11:27:38 AM EDT

Excellent, Mr. Holmes. Ya done good. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - April 24, 2005, 01:40:42 PM EDT

I love a good mystery as much as the next guy - (bepatient) - (1) - April 24, 2005, 01:52:57 PM EDT

Dittos! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - April 24, 2005, 02:18:07 PM EDT

Wow, nice going - (admin) - April 24, 2005, 03:09:05 PM EDT

Good going. - (Andrew Grygus) - April 24, 2005, 05:03:32 PM EDT

thanks x many.... -NT - (cforde) - April 24, 2005, 05:40:00 PM EDT

VERY nice work... thank you for sharing -NT - (hnick) - April 24, 2005, 05:46:16 PM EDT

Thanks Greg, and here I thought I had the problem - (jbrabeck) - (1) - April 24, 2005, 07:14:31 PM EDT

Re: Thanks Greg, and here I thought I had the problem - (Nightowl) - April 30, 2005, 02:44:22 PM EDT

Thanks, man! - (imric) - April 24, 2005, 07:29:38 PM EDT

You mean that.... - (ben_tilly) - April 24, 2005, 08:24:26 PM EDT

Amazing stuff. Thanks heaps Greg, yet again! -NT - (Meerkat) - April 24, 2005, 08:29:09 PM EDT

Thank you Greg, very much -NT - (boxley) - April 24, 2005, 09:12:49 PM EDT

What do people do who don't have a Greg? - (drewk) - (3) - April 24, 2005, 10:17:25 PM EDT

I dunno - (broomberg) - April 24, 2005, 11:54:00 PM EDT

They have excess Mt Dew, apparently - (pwhysall) - (1) - April 25, 2005, 06:59:45 AM EDT

Diet Mountain Dew. Regular == Karo Syrup 'n citrus flavoring -NT - (folkert) - April 25, 2005, 09:47:23 AM EDT

Thanks, man. For everything you do here. -NT - (Steve Lowe) - April 25, 2005, 12:30:07 AM EDT

Common element? - (dws) - April 25, 2005, 12:32:51 AM EDT

On the back of this (and good job, Mr F) - (pwhysall) - April 25, 2005, 06:58:57 AM EDT

I didnt understand a word you wrote - (bionerd) - (5) - April 25, 2005, 09:14:36 AM EDT

Nontechnical translation - (ben_tilly) - (3) - April 25, 2005, 09:26:53 AM EDT

ahhhh - (bionerd) - (2) - April 25, 2005, 09:36:32 AM EDT

I was worried... I'd have to administer... - (folkert) - (1) - April 25, 2005, 10:00:21 AM EDT

Still the same over here - (bionerd) - April 25, 2005, 11:06:06 AM EDT

Don't worry; that only proves he knows what he's doing. -NT - (CRConrad) - April 25, 2005, 09:27:38 AM EDT

Thank you, thank you, thank you. - (Silverlock) - April 25, 2005, 10:39:52 AM EDT

Reminds me of a line from the Andromeda Strain - (jb4) - April 25, 2005, 10:51:03 AM EDT

Rust never sleeps -NT - (tuberculosis) - April 26, 2005, 01:20:26 PM EDT

Belated kudos - (Ashton) - (1) - May 2, 2005, 03:19:35 AM EDT

I don't use it often enough... - (folkert) - May 2, 2005, 09:41:22 AM EDT

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