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James Nicoll

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Aug 18, 2008, 4:56:41 PM8/18/08
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Tired of slaving over a hot slide rule or dragooning an army
of young ladies to carry out your starship calculation? Have this handy
calculator:

http://home.att.net/~srschmitt/script_starship.html
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Michael Ash

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Aug 18, 2008, 5:27:45 PM8/18/08
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James Nicoll <jdni...@panix.com> wrote:
> Tired of slaving over a hot slide rule or dragooning an army
> of young ladies to carry out your starship calculation? Have this handy
> calculator:
>
> http://home.att.net/~srschmitt/script_starship.html

And just how am I supposed to *use* this, genius? The lightspeed delay is
going to have me waiting years for the answers, not to mention that TCP/IP
really doesn't work at all with such delays. I'll stick with my army of
young ladies, thankyouverymuch.

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Erik Max Francis

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Aug 18, 2008, 6:20:36 PM8/18/08
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Michael Ash wrote:

> James Nicoll <jdni...@panix.com> wrote:
>> Tired of slaving over a hot slide rule or dragooning an army
>> of young ladies to carry out your starship calculation? Have this handy
>> calculator:
>>
>> http://home.att.net/~srschmitt/script_starship.html
>
> And just how am I supposed to *use* this, genius? The lightspeed delay is
> going to have me waiting years for the answers, not to mention that TCP/IP
> really doesn't work at all with such delays. I'll stick with my army of
> young ladies, thankyouverymuch.

The original calculators! Whoo hoo!

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Aug 18, 2008, 6:20:21 PM8/18/08
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Michael Ash <mi...@mikeash.com> wrote in
news:12190948...@web1.segnet.com:

> James Nicoll <jdni...@panix.com> wrote:
>> Tired of slaving over a hot slide rule or dragooning an
>> army
>> of young ladies to carry out your starship calculation? Have
>> this handy calculator:
>>
>> http://home.att.net/~srschmitt/script_starship.html
>
> And just how am I supposed to *use* this, genius? The lightspeed
> delay is going to have me waiting years for the answers, not to
> mention that TCP/IP really doesn't work at all with such delays.
> I'll stick with my army of young ladies, thankyouverymuch.
>

Plus, web sites look stupid in a bikini.

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Terry Austin

"There's no law west of the internet."
- Nick Stump

Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

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