fair@ucbarpa.BERKELEY.EDU (Erik E. &) (10/15/85)
In article <372@ihlpl.UUCP> res@ihlpl.UUCP (Rich Strebendt @ AT&T Information Systems - Indian Hill West; formerly) writes: > >To quote Mr. P. T. Barnum: "There is a sucker born every minute." It's a pity that people don't complete that quote properly; P. T. Barnum said, ``There's a sucker born every minute, and two to take him.'' waiting for Ponzi to incorporate to sell Newman's machine, Erik E. Fair ucbvax!fair fair@ucbarpa.BERKELEY.EDU
ethan@utastro.UUCP (Ethan Vishniac) (10/15/85)
> In article <372@ihlpl.UUCP> res@ihlpl.UUCP (Rich Strebendt @ AT&T Information Systems - Indian Hill West; formerly) writes: > > > >To quote Mr. P. T. Barnum: "There is a sucker born every minute." > > It's a pity that people don't complete that quote properly; P. T. Barnum > said, > > ``There's a sucker born every minute, and two to take him.'' > > waiting for Ponzi to incorporate to sell Newman's machine, > > Erik E. Fair ucbvax!fair fair@ucbarpa.BERKELEY.EDU To those of us who remember what happened to the French company (ELF?) a couple of years ago this is really small potatoes. Now that was a scheme to remember, imaginary rays probing the limits of oil fields, faked computer graphics output, drooling government officials, and best of all the spectacular disappearance of large amounts of money. -- "Superior firepower is an Ethan Vishniac important asset when {charm,ut-sally,ut-ngp,noao}!utastro!ethan entering into ethan@astro.UTEXAS.EDU negotiations" Department of Astronomy University of Texas
sgcpal@watdcsu.UUCP (P.A. Layman [EE-SiDIC]) (10/16/85)
> >To quote Mr. P. T. Barnum: "There is a sucker born every minute." > It's a pity that people don't complete that quote properly; P. T. Barnum > said, > ``There's a sucker born every minute, and two to take him.'' > waiting for Ponzi to incorporate to sell Newman's machine, > Erik E. Fair ucbvax!fair fair@ucbarpa.BERKELEY.EDU Yes there are several "Sucker's" born every minute. Unfortunatey in this case the true sucker's are likely to be the people that have ridiculed the original posting without any investigation on ther own part. Indeed several reliable and independent sources have confirmed the performance of this machine. (See October's Science Digest if you don't believe me). I've often wondered if what it would be like to be living on a flat earth at the centre of the universe. Paul L. sgcpal@watdcsu.UUCP