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lastlib

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3. I'm reminded of a cartoon I saw back in the 70s---

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 06:19 PM

Mar 2020

(wish I could've saved it!)

Two men in lab coats looking at a massive computer print-out, with ginormous computer banks around them; one says, "Do you realize that it would take ten thousand mathematicians, working around the clock, FIFTY YEARS to make a mistake this big??!?"

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pretty sure the authors meant 10MW lapfog_1 Mar 2020 #1

I hope customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #2

lmao cojoel Mar 2020 #4

I'm reminded of a cartoon I saw back in the 70s--- lastlib Mar 2020 #3

That sounds like it would be a Sydney Harris cartoon ... but I don't know that for sure. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2020 #5

suddenly, I'm okay with robots taking over the earth. Javaman Mar 2020 #6