In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Harald Alvestrand typ
ed:

no no no - like ascii, pencil and surface is re-usable, both for
revised drafts, and for keeping warm if the minneapolis weather should
change too quickly

stone is ok, but only for full standards and bcp


 >>At 15:23 22/02/2001 +0000, Jon Crowcroft wrote:
 >>>i) the americans spent a lot of money on spaceworthy pens,
 >>>but the russians showed that PENCILS are fine
 >>>
 >>>ii) paper burns at farenheit 451 (ref: burroughs, '63, truffaut '68],
 >>>this many IETF meetings generate enough heat to ignite any draft being
 >>>discussed if presented in this format
 >>>
 >>>so we need to use pencil and (unprocessed) wood
 >>
 >>have away with all these incendiary materials!
 >>
 >>bring a stone tablet and a chisel!
 >>
 >>--
 >>Harald Tveit Alvestrand, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 >>+47 41 44 29 94
 >>Personal email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 >>

 cheers

   jon

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