On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Olin Lathrop wrote: > William Couture wrote: >>> From Crash: > > So how do you know Bill? =A0I ran into him a few years back at MERL > (Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory, I think) in Cambridge MA, and > occasionally here or there. =A0Once was at the embedded systems show in > Boston, and more recently at the local Market Basket supermarket. We're on a social mailing list together. Mostly people from MIT, and some other people with connections to people in the group (like me). I've also met him a few times via the group (and Sci-Fi conventions). >> We were bad news. =A0:-) =A0He was very proud that he made >> _every_ dean's list... including the "on probation" >> ones. > > Bill wasn't entirely innocent either, by the way. Actually, I'm sure he was the instigator in many of your adventures. >> And then there were the laundry tickets. =A0That was >> his schtick but he borrowed my micrometer to make it >> happen. =A0Remind him of that. =A0I still have that >> micrometer, too. =A0NSK made good stuff cheap then. > > Yes, I remember the laundry ticket affair and using the micromenter. =A0T= hat's > how we figured out that two computer punch cards glued together were just > about the right thickness, 14 mils if I remember right. I take it this was "fool the dorm machines so you get free laundry"? Bill --=20 Psst...=A0 Hey, you... Buddy...=A0 Want a kitten?=A0 straycatblues.petfinde= r.org --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .