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Subject:Re: humor From:Susan Stewart <susan -at- AVALANCHE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 25 Jun 1993 12:41:24 -0600
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> > "A modern Navy cruiser now requires 26 tons of manuals.
> > This is enough to affect the vessel's performance."
> > - david mankins
> > Do you think my programmers were trying to say something?
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> Possibly that the Air Force is migrating to CD-ROM and so
> should the swabb^H^H^H^H^H Navy? :)
Well, acutually, the swabb^H^H^H^H^H Navy has been migrating to
CD-ROM for the last couple of years.