After all this was figured out the elevator would suddenly stop - and the
psychiatric ward nurse would show us to our padded rooms.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Crowcroft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 1:40 PM
To: Dawson, Peter D
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Heard at the IETF
o course, if we were to internationalise the elevator ights, we';d
have to syubtract 1 (as we count from zero, not 1) and then they'd all
be even numbers....unless of course one of them was the one even
prime...
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"Dawson, Peter D" typed:
>>oh... did the other members on the elevator dispute
>>the prime number sequence ..I.E as the elevator descended or ascended ??
>>if so..
>>then they were part of the ietf convention
>>else
>>they were a bunch of normal geeks....
>>
>>
>>->-----Original Message-----
>>->From: Dennis Glatting [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>->Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 11:57 AM
>>->To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>->Subject: Heard at the IETF
>>->
>>->
>>->
>>->
>>->Based on an experience of mine last night.
>>->
>>-> Q: How can you tell if you are at a convention
>>-> with a bunch of geeks?
>>-> A: When you are in a crowded elevator and
>>-> someone looks down at the panel of lit
>>-> buttons and says: look, they're all prime
>>-> numbers!
>>->
>>->
>>->
>>->
>>
cheers
jon
