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Re: Taking shortcuts
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:33:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Manfred Moolhuysen wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, John Neal wrote:
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Well, when I was young, we didnt have fancy-schmancy comPUters. We had to
use rocks for all of our computations. And it took all day to collect enough
rocks to multiply 12x12 and our hands would get all bloody from hauling
rocks around all day, and we LIKED IT. We loved it.
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Mmm-mmm, Stonehenge was a VERY advanced calculator, for its time...
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LOL Stonehenge!! Good one, Manfred!
I have heard of
Duncans
handiwork before!
:-)
JOHN
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