In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes >Hi Malcolm, > >>> Not entirely frazzled the old brain then ( in the heat )... ? ... :-) >Not any more than usual I'm afraid - I tend to always be frazzled these >days. ;-)
So, some more articles on machine code could be on the way ... ? >>> I envy you the visit ... Ancient Egypt has always been a favourite >>> period of mine. >I was never there myself, but I do so enjoy the monuments and such like >- most impressive. Umm ... and I thought time travel was nothing for a fellow like you ... :-) >>> I do a project at school which uses the background research on a tumbler >>> style lock that the Ancient Egyptians invented - made from wood - which >>> is closely identical to the modern tumbler lock - Yale type lock. >I've either seen it or a replica some years back - nothing new under >the sun is there? Nope ... :-) ..... especially the hot sun in Egypt ..... >>> A main difference is that they didn't invent the use of the spring >>> inside the lock. >Who needs a spring when you have gravity? Indeed, exactly what they did employ as a force of nature. -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
