Taking control of your collection

From: Julius Sridhar <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Fri Feb 8 08:30:42 2002

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, John Allain wrote:

> > 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.

That's some theory. 8-)

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

My collection is pretty spread out. If it was all in one place, it would
be well beyond the Chandrashekar Limit. 8-)

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Fri Feb 08 2002 - 08:30:42 GMT