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- From: olson@husc8.harvard.edu (Chip Olson@somewhere.out.there)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Hi Alfvaen
- Message-ID: <OLSON.92Dec31083948@husc8.harvard.edu>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 13:39:48 GMT
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- In-reply-to: aaron@atlantis.uucp's message of 31 Dec 92 02:26:45 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.022645.15452@atlantis.uucp> aaron@atlantis.uucp writes:
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- >Michael D. McAfee (mdm@sparc2.prime.com) wrote:
- >
- >: and just to add to the silliness:
- >
- >: Current Current: 50 amps
- >
- >"Darn, I was going to do this one. You beat me to it, Michael. Although I
- >was thinking of putting in 110 A, which sounds more reasonable for household
- >current, at least in North America..."
-
- Castellan shudders. "Umm, I sure don't want 110 amps coming out of *my* out-
- lets- maybe you meant 110V? 110A at 110V is, let's see, eek, 12,100 watts!
- *FRAZZZ!*"
-
- He snags a handful of peanuts, and sits back and waits for someone to say
- "How shocking".
-
- --
- -Chip Olson. | olson@husc.harvard.edu | ceo@{gnu.ai,silver.lcs}.mit.edu
- "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down?
- Maybe we would if they screamed all the time for no good reason." -SNL
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