"Watch Mr. Wizard" with Don Herbert premiered on March 3, 1951 on the Chicago affiliate of NBC. It was cancelled by NBC on September 5,1965. NBC later revived the series for September 1971 through September 1972.
/Thomas Kern /301-903-2211 > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of David Boyes > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 11:57 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Sine Nomine WWW site revamped > > > > <META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="3; URL="the new one"> > > > > Isn't automation wonderful? Someone tole me once that it was > > what computers were designed > > for. > > <...bouncy 70's music plays...> > > "Gee, Mr Wizard, how DID you get that predictive model for every > possible transition combination without asking *anyone*?" > > "Well, Billy, it's like this: Sometimes you put a transition support > piece in place for a short period, but it's really more > effective to ask > people to go to the right place in the first place, so eventually you > can take the transition support piece out after a while. It adds up to > fixing the base problem, not just being satisfied with camoflaging the > symptoms." > > "That's pretty neat, Mr. Wizard. How'd you do that?" > > "Well, Billy, first I planned the transition, and then I posted a note > to let the offsite users know about the new stuff. Then I put > redirection for the most common old URLs in." > > "Gosh, Mr Wizard! You're really smart!" > > "Thanks, Billy. Now remember, safety first!" > > <... dim to black with bouncy music playing ...> > > 8-) Thanks, Phil... > > -- db > > (PPS -- For folks who don't recognize it, "Ask Mr Wizard" was > a popular > science education TV show in the late 1970s and early 1908s. > Very moral > and proper.) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
