mm459504@longs.lance.colostate.edu (When I'm good, I'm even better) (10/19/90)
problem 7.14 in _Statistics:_the_exploration_and_anaylisis_of_data_ states:
The paper "National Geographic, The Doomsay Machine" which appeared
in the _Journal of Irreproducible Results_ predicts dire consequences
resulting from a nationwide buildup of _National Geographic_. The
author's predictions are based on the observations that the number of
subscriptions for _National Geographic_ are on the rise and that no
one ever throws away a copy of the _National Geographic_.
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In article <S1ab.5c97@looking.on.ca> mm459504@longs.lance.colostate.edu (When I'm good, I'm even better) writes:
The paper "National Geographic, The Doomsay Machine" which appeared
in the _Journal of Irreproducible Results_ predicts dire consequences
resulting from a nationwide buildup of _National Geographic_. The
author's predictions are based on the observations that the number of
subscriptions for _National Geographic_ are on the rise and that no
one ever throws away a copy of the _National Geographic_.
In a similar vein, yesterday I was reading a collection of essays by
David Mermin (co-author of the world's funniest solid-state physics
text), where he observes that, extrapolating from the current rate of
growth, soon volumes of the Physical Review will be filling library
shelves at a rate exceeding the speed of light. There is no violation
of special relativity, however, as no information is being propagated.
Mermin attributes the comment to Rudolf Pierles (sp?)
[This is probably just for the physics geeks in the crowd]
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Tony DeSimone, AT&T Bell Laboratories
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