As one of the few people, other than Chuck Norris, who can slam a revolving door, imagine my delight when a major concern over etiquette is finally resolved:
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Haxen Maria
Pirates & Pinafores
Franken My Dear? I Don’t Give A Damn.
(Dedicated to the Memories of Markus Reuß and Various Other Prejudices)
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PIGEONHOLER
ISTEL DEFENCE MARKET THRUST SPEARHEADED BY INNOVATIVE PRODUCT
[this April Fool’s spoof came out on 1 April 1985 in the corporate magazine of British Leyland’s IT arm, ISTEL, in Redditch, Warwickshire]
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Introduction
The paradox of computers is that they seem to be able to do something of everything and yet nothing fully. Computers have assisted people in thousands of applications, yet computers have not been able to fully replace people in any but the simplest applications. One area of application, computer mapping, illuminates both parts of this paradox.
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Well, I thought I’d challenge WordPress by giving it a date long before this blog ever started… 1976 English class at Bishop Moore High School in Florida. It worked. So I guess my time-travel task, in fairness, is to give you something from that time…
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