urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike Urban) (03/21/85)
Lots of the followups on the "perpetual motion" machine have
been along the lines of "yeah, it's just like the water-to-gasoline
pill that the oil companies supressed." Its interesting how many
times a version of that story comes up. I've heard about:
The incredibly efficient automobile engine that XXX Motors Inc
has been keeping under wraps all these years (so they can
keep selling their gas guzzlers, ya see).
The magic pill mentioned in the intro.
The mystical encryption algorithm that was snarfed up by
NSA and never seen again.
The mystical DEcryption algorithm that was snarfed up by
NSA and never seen again.
The motion picture, "The Man in the White Suit." (sort of).
...I guess we file this story under "myths for our time." If
someone has heard a version I've missed, post it to *me*, not
the net, and I'll summarize (Mike Urban presents Urban Folklore).
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Mike Urban
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"You're in a maze of twisty UUCP connections, all alike"jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) (03/28/85)
In article <487@spp2.UUCP> urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike Urban) writes: >The incredibly efficient automobile engine that XXX Motors Inc > has been keeping under wraps all these years (so they can > keep selling their gas guzzlers, ya see). Well, once I was curious about all them nifty gadgets in the back pages of Popular Mechanicals and J. C. Whippennies, and having (at the time) more money than plain, good sense, I fired off a dozen checks and installed a bunch of the things. The ads told it all, and I (though a bit skeptical) sucked it all in: the carburator water injector that saves 22%, the gasoline additive that saves 27%, the special engine treatment -- guaranteed for 19% better mileage, the special low-friction tires that get a whopping 37% more miles to the gallon; I got 'em all. I was really excited at the prospect of 105% better mileage. There's only one problem, now. I get sick from swallerin' gas. Y'see, every few miles I gotta stop and siphon some out to keep the tank from overflowin'! -- :::::: Jan Steinman Box 1000, MS 61-161 (w)503/685-2843 :::::: :::::: tektronix!tekecs!jans Wilsonville, OR 97070 (h)503/657-7703 ::::::