> >> Potrzebie. > > Ha. Takes me back. > > Doug I had to look it up of course. Some of it is still funny. Here is Knuth:
``According to Knuth, the basis of this new revolutionary system is the potrzebie, which equals the thickness of Mad issue 26, or 2.263348517438173216473 mm. A standardization in terms of the wavelength of the red line of the emission spectrum of Cadmium is also given, which if the 1927 definition of the Angstrom is taken for the value of that wavelength, would equal 2.263347539605392 mm.[1]'' I was just the right age, hitting seventh grade in 1955 for Mad. Never seen anything so funny. The art work was pretty astounding... Taking the above for example, what happens to a kid's mind when they find out a meter is a stick in a special room in Paris? Something snaps and never really quite goes back in place... CG _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
