Taking control of your collection

From: John Allain <allain_at_panix.com>
Date: Wed Feb 6 15:58:24 2002

> I'm trying to create my own gravitational field using classic
> computers as the core.

Oh yeah. As collectors you should all know this story.
Apparently, in the "Journal of Irreproducible Results",
there once was an article published called "National
Geographic: The Doomsday Machine". The idea was
that nobody ever threw out their subscriptions and at
some point the mass density would start exceeding the
earth's crusts' ability to withstand the resulting gravitational
pressure. The east and the west coasts of the U.S. where
the most readers are concentrated would become sea
floor.

Seems like a few DEC Saturn(??) class machines could
beat out ole' National Grographic. Shoot, where does Sridhar
live?

John A.

foot:
Kaub, George H. 1974. 'National Geographic, the doomsday
machine,' The Journal of Irreproducible Results 20, no. 3 (March):
22-23.
Received on Wed Feb 06 2002 - 15:58:24 GMT