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Date:      Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:30:00 +0100 (MET)
From:      Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Cc:        tlambert@primenet.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Newest Pentium bug (fatal)
Message-ID:  <199711121830.TAA26562@bitbox.follo.net>
In-Reply-To: Nate Williams's message of Wed, 12 Nov 1997 08:43:16 -0700 (MST)
References:  <199711120750.AAA02612@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199711120909.CAA07713@usr01.primenet.com> <199711121543.IAA03784@rocky.mt.sri.com>

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> > > Should I bring in Brian Handy, who *almost* has a Ph.D in Solar
> > > Physics.  And, don't think I'm not willing to use/abuse his knowledge
> > > and talents. :) :)
> > 
> > Feel free.  A Solar Physics person (him) is probably going to be at
> > least as well versed on Cosomology as a Quantum Physics person (me),
> > and we can both argue ourselves blue about the missing mass, and both
> > being outside our specialties, will probably resolve nothing.  Then
> > we'll have to appeal to authority.  Like Hawking.  8-).
> 
> A Sci-Fi writer isn't someone I would consider an authority.

Eh - Hawking is a quite respected physicist; as far as I know, he's
not written any sci-fi.  I'll gladly recommend his 'a breif history of
time' - not that that is too relevant to the present discussion :-)

Eivind.



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