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Message #00841



To: beam@corp.sgi.com, "'Justin'" jaf60@student.canterbury.ac.nz
From: "van Zoelen, Bram SSI-TSEA-352" Bram.A.A.vanZoelen@is.shell.com
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:30:52 +0100
Subject: [alt-beam] RE:[of topic] Hmm...How should I word the subject...


A signature like this would be more interesting

" this messages is made of 100% recycled bites"

Bram

> ----------
> From: Justin[SMTP:jaf60@student.canterbury.ac.nz]
> Reply To: Justin
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 4:57 AM
> To: beam@corp.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: Hmm...How should I word the subject...
>
> > Does this mean that you want to actually use paper (like from wood) for
> > this newsletter? It seems kind of strange to take a tech subject like
> > BEAM, or robotics in general, and relegate it to the realm of paper
> > newsletters.
>
> While dead trees do lack a certain finesse, I got sick of peering over
> at my monitor all the time while assembling circuits, knocking the mouse
> when the screensaver kicked in, etc. Now I assemble all the useful
> schematics into pages of circuits and data, print it, and stick it in a
> clear-pocket-leaf folder. The only problem is the occasional reprint is
> called for when I want to change things, otherwise it's great :-)
>
> I'm the luddite that keeps the paper industry in business :-)
>

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