Philip Stortz wrote:

> that's a classic i haven't heard for a long time!  thanks, it's wonderful.

I was a classmate of the guy who claims to have
written it back in 1976 at NAIT technical college.
I probably have one of the original LA30 copies printed out way back 
then, before internet and e-mail were common.

When I saw 'milli Farad', I was reminded of it, and was amazed that
google turned it up these decades later.

It's been refined a bit from his initial version.

Now if only I could find the old CP/M file (pgmmr.txt) that has the line:

" If a programmer is indispensable, get rid of him as quickly as possible."
Lots of references to Weinberg's book, but no link to the
whole collection of quotes.


> 
> Robert Rolf wrote:
> 
>>Russell McMahon wrote:
>>
>>
>>>So, while millisecond is permissible I suspect we should have milliFarad or
>>>milli-Farad (or even milli Farad).
>>
>>  THE SEX LIFE OF THE ELECTRON
>>
>>by D.C. Current
>>
>>One night when his charge was pretty high, Micro-Farad decided to seek a
>>cute little coil to let him discharge.
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