> Another example of dismissing evidence because of one's prejudices. I'm assuming this is humour?
On 2 August 2013 15:53, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > So what, it has been a legit use of the animals for years. For instance, in > the recent royal wedding ferrets were used to run cable - it was a non > destructive and non invasive way to run the telecom cables. A ferret named > Felicia was used to clean the pipes at the National Accelerator Laboratory > at Batavia in the 80's. Felicia went through a 300-foot-pipe dragging a > string. When she came out the other end, technicians tied a swab dipped in > a chemical cleanser to the string. They pulled the tight-fitting swab > through and when it came out it was covered with dust and steel specks. > A ferret named Misty was used to help pull conduit at Peterson Air Force > Base. Additional wires had to be run through 40-foot-long narrow pipes, > called conduits, under the floor to connect computers. A piece of yarn was > tied around the ferret's midsection. The animal crawled through the > conduit, towing the yarn behind her. Then the loose end was tied around the > wires and they were pulled through the conduit. Misty made several trips, > and her work was done in an hour. Similarly in Colorado Springs 5 years ago > ferrets were used to pull new data cables to the wire conduits at the NORAD > headquarters in Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs. In the1960's, Boeing > Aircraft Corporation used ferrets to lay guidewires that pull heavier > cables through conduits. > > So from knowing this it was most likely a legitimate article. > > Another example of dismissing evidence because of one's prejudices. > > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 10:28 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > 7:00AM BST 01 Apr 2010 > > > > Until Later! > > C. Hatton Humphrey > > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do > some > > smelting to find it. > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > August 1. why? > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Will Swain <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Did you notice the date on the article? :) > > > > > > > > > > > > On 30 July 2013 18:24, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ferrets key to bridging the digital divide between cities and rural > > > > areas - > > > > > Telegraph > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7541455/Ferrets-key-to-bridging-the-digital-divide-between-cities-and-rural-areas.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366195 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
