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Re: Irrelevant was Re: Non-Apple CD? - lost email

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From: James Dore
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 00:00
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> > "Sir Henry was best known for inventing the "Doppler Shift" school of
> > music; getting the  orchestra  to play  rapidly rising or descending
> > scales. This causes the orchestra to move. Initial scepticism on the
> > merits of this new art-form were dispelled when the London  Symphony
> > Orchestra were timed at 75MPH through a police speed-trap" --tanuki,
> > posting in the scary devil monastery.
>
> Nothing to do with Macs at all - this has just reminded me of something
> I read in a magazine today: Honda's RC30 (mid 80s 750cc V4 oval pistoned
> *serious* bike) can do 88mph in first gear.  Scary, eh?
>
> Rowland.

The RC45 can do 98 in first.  That's scarier.


--
James Dore,
Systems Administrator,
Oxford University Development Office

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From: James Dore <james.dore@nospam.devoff.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Irrelevant was Re: Non-Apple CD? - lost email
Date: 1998/12/09
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