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Article #1170Re: Predicting applications (was: Re: Super Conducting Supercollider)
From: Cameron Randale Bass
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 22:47
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 22:47
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In article <25413@dog.ee.lbl.gov> sichase@csa2.lbl.gov writes:
>In article <1992Aug11.210105.2161@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes...
>>
>> Mine are certainly toys. Aren't yours?
>
>Well, mine were a little too big to be called toys. Actually, judging
>from the way I felt when others would try to change things, I felt rather
>like it was "my baby." Until those merciless beaurocrats came along and
>ordered the heartless riggers to dismantle it - to make room for a
>new radioactive beam line. Now it is nothing but lifeless scrap metal.
>
>All I have left right now are a box of 8mm data tapes, a MicroVax,
>and a digitizing tablet. Oh, and an 8mm tape drive, of course.
Size has nothing to do with the appellation 'toys'. Of course, once
they become scrap metal, they are probably no longer toys (or at least
not fun toys).
dale bass
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C. R. Bass crb7q@virginia.edu
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia (804) 924-7926
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!uvaarpa!murdoch!kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU!crb7q From: crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Predicting applications (was: Re: Super Conducting Supercollider) Message-ID: <1992Aug11.224742.3901@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Date: 11 Aug 92 22:47:42 GMT References: <25395@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <1992Aug11.210105.2161@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <25413@dog.ee.lbl.gov> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Distribution: na Organization: University of Virginia Lines: 24