Tim,

=> 5/9/01 12:31:08 PM EDT, tim at sumeru.stanford.edu =>
<< ...and we programmed in ones and in zeroes, 
    and sometimes we ran out of ones! >>

Well, this bring to mind the Mash episode, when Colonel Flagg (?Flack?) 
proclaimed,"I'll have you know I'm authorized to kill without seeking prior 
authorization!" Hawkeye replied, "That sure cuts down on the paperwork."

and Alan (seem to be on a roll here),

=> 5/9/01 2:26:21 PM EDT, Alan.Kay at disney.com =>
<< It's only amusing for the Supreme Being .... >>

I am also reminded to a stand up routine by "Father" Guido Saducci, in his 

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Readings from the Bible

In the Beginning there was Nothing.
And God said:
    "Let there be Light!"

Still there was Nothing,
But you could see it!

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Cheers,
Jerry.

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Jerry L. Archibald
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