Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] yesterday's technolgy at retired dentists prices!
From: Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 12:00:44 -0400

on 6/29/01 11:14 AM, Barney Quinn, Jr. at barney@ncep.noaa.gov wrote:

> he just loves pointing out to them that the entire
> history of twentieth century technology can be understood as nothing more that
> an elaboration of nineteenth century inventions.

ABSOLUTELY TRUE (i had this conversation with my bro-in-law the
astrophysicist the other night) with the possible exception of the computer,
which relies on some basic 1920s quantum mechanics.
- -- 
John Brownlow

http://www.pinkheadedbug.com

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