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Re: Taking shortcuts
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:15:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, John Neal wrote:
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Well, when I was young, we didn’t 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 it’s time...
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| In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Larry Pieniazek (...) Well, when I was young, we didn't 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 (...) (14 years ago, 21-Jul-10, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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