Xref: csiph.com sci.math:377359 sci.physics:636832 sci.physics.relativity:422903 rec.arts.sf.written:473503 alt.astronomy:291549 Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,rec.arts.sf.written,alt.astronomy Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.snarked.org!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!kithrup.com!djheydt From: djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) Subject: Re: The Rule Of 72 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 14:07:01 GMT References: <59441500.660A@ix.netcom.com> Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ld. X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Lines: 31 In article , William Elliot wrote: >What's the rule of 72? > >On Fri, 16 Jun 2017, The Starmaker wrote: > >> Einstein did not create The Rule Of 72. The only Rule of 72 I know of appears from time to time in the "fortune" login message on my UNIX machine. As follows: > I'm going through my "I want to go back to New York" phase today. > Happens every six months or so. So, I thought, perhaps unwisely, > that I'd share it with you. > In New York in the winter it is million degrees below zero and > the wind travels at a million miles an hour down 5th avenue. > And in LA it's 72. > In New York in the summer it is a million degrees and the > humidity is a million percent. > And in LA it's 72. > In New York there are a million interesting people. > And in LA there are 72. And no, I don't think Einstein wrote it. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com