🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <9301071530.AA27161@suntan.Tandem.com> <STEVO%URSINUS.BITNET@vm1.nodak.edu> writes:
: On a humorous note, the acronym I suggest for this whole process of
: excess heat production is Gobs Of Energy From Unknown Sources (GOEFUS).

Nah, that doesn't distinguish the phenomenon from whatever it is that
makes my kids tear from one end of the house to the other all day
long.  And it has the additional problem of presuming the sources will
always remain "Unknown".  Unless, of course, you intend that to be an
editorial comment.  However, while there do exist fields of inquiry in
which the proponents prefer to define negatively, in perpetuity, the
scope of their investigation (the UFO and AI folks come to mind), I
don't think the proponents of excess heat are prepared to take that
step quite yet.

For reasons that may become obvious upon reflection, I prefer to call
the phemonenon MHTL.  That's short for "More Heat Than Light".

Larry Wall
lwall@netlabs.com