Re: [PLUG] Columbus and paper tape

2021-09-22 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:42:28 -0700 Keith Lofstrom dijo: >On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 04:08:14AM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: >> 20 meters on a side, weigh more than 10,000 metric tonnes, >> and take 530 years to read. > >530 years ... if Columbus hadn't destroyed the paper tape >reader he discovered

[PLUG] Columbus and paper tape

2021-09-22 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 04:08:14AM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > 20 meters on a side, weigh more than 10,000 metric tonnes, > and take 530 years to read. 530 years ... if Columbus hadn't destroyed the paper tape reader he discovered when he landed on Cuba in 1492, and turned it on instead, it