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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Mercury |
| Date | 2026-04-02 00:24 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <n35ra5F2l1oU3@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (16 earlier) <n31debFbp0mU1@mid.individual.net> <6DmdnTt7o9p301H0nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@giganews.com> <n33mk5FmhfpU6@mid.individual.net> <10qi9hj$3ulo9$1@dont-email.me> <slrn10sqfqu.8e8.theise@panix2.panix.com> |
On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 15:53:02 -0000 (UTC), Ted Heise wrote: > As an adolescent I was quite taken with a somewhat older friend who > would put the base of a standard incandescent light bulb into his mouth, > then get it to light. He eventually clued me in to the trick: he had > carefully taken out the glass and metal inner parts of the base (along > with filament) and inserted a very small flashlight with a push button > switch at the center of the base. He could light it by pressing on the > button/switch with his tongue. Not light related but a friend had an early Yaamaha two-stroke bike, 175 cc iirc, in the mid-60s. His gag was to shake the bike by the handlebars and it would magically run. In context, it that era starting a bike involved jumping up and down on the kick sometimes with much cursing. I had a friend of slight build. He would jump up, come down on the pedal of my Harley's starter and --- nothing moved.
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Re: Mercury c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 14:47 -0400
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Re: CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 22:45 -0400
Re: CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-04 03:27 +0000
Re: CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-04 04:57 +0000
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Re: CPU design c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 16:29 -0400
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Re: CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-03 11:27 +0100
Re: CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-04-03 13:54 -0700
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Re: CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-04-03 18:10 +0000
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Re: CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-03 10:13 +0100
Re: CPU architecture (was Re: Mercury) Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-03 00:29 +0000
Re: Mercury rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-02 19:50 +0000
Re: Mercury Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-04-02 20:53 +0000
Re: Mercury The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-03 10:51 +0100
Re: Mercury The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-02 11:15 +0100
Re: Mercury rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-02 00:12 +0000
Re: Mercury rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-02 00:28 +0000
Re: Mercury c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-01 21:39 -0400
Re: Mercury "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-02 14:17 +0200
Re: Mercury "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-01 14:47 +0200
Re: Mercury Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-03-30 19:24 +0000
Re: Mercury rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-31 01:49 +0000
Re: Mercury (was: GNU) rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-30 18:41 +0000
Re: Mercury "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-03-30 21:14 +0200
Re: Mercury John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-03-30 13:18 -0700
Re: Mercury The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-31 09:53 +0100
Re: Mercury rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-31 01:41 +0000
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