>Gene Buckle skrev:
>
>>> On October 16, Gene Buckle wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Klystron(?) I might be wrong though. I keep thinking it begins with a
>>> > "K". For the gun type, all bets are off - it's a _much_ simpler design.
>>>
>>> That would be "krytron". A Klystron is a microwave oscillator tube.
>>>
>>You're right. I was thinking "Kryton", but that's a neurotic robot on Red
>>Dwarf. :)
>
>Isn't that Kryten? ^_-
Kryten is correct and it was a cleaning robot. I happen to
have two of the 'Red Dwarf' series books here. 'Red Dwarf: Better
Than Life' is one of my favorite sci-fi books, alongside '2001' and
Heinlein's 'Friday' and 'Have Spacesuit, Will Travel'.
Jeff
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