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From: "Ed Falis" <falis@ma.aonix.com>
Subject: Re: Decoding an octet stream
Date: 1999/12/06
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"Richard D Riehle" <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message

>The original
> phrase, "Al Gore rhythm," was clearly the source for our cherished
> computer argot, "algorithm."

You know, I first noticed while in an odd state of consciousness in 1971,
that life was a bit like a cartoon.  For some reason, it seems to have kept
getting more like one since then.  I think this thread fits ;-)

- Ed