10,000 years? (was: Data Archival (OT Long)

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Tue Dec 12 18:41:23 2000

Having only recently disposed of my locally resident teen-aged sons, I'm
still oversensitized to sophomoric humor, which, despite my attenuated
appreciation, is still, <cringe> humor.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Buckle" <geneb_at_deltasoft.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: 10,000 years? (was: Data Archival (OT Long)


> > > Bill Gates XXXXXXXIIIV
> > >
> > Shouldn't that be LXX (for the first part)? Maybe you can write out in
> > decimal what IIIV is supposed to be, since only ONE lesser character to
the
> > left is subtracted, and the two remaining 'I's are meaningless.
>
> Richard, it's a joke fer chrissakes. It's meant to be amusing, not
> accurate. There are times when one shouldn't be too pedantic. This is
> one
> of those times. :)
>
> g.
>
>
>
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