Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,rec.arts.sf.written,alt.astronomy Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.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 19:27:35 GMT References: <59441500.660A@ix.netcom.com> Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ld. X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Lines: 43 Xref: csiph.com sci.math:377373 sci.physics:636859 sci.physics.relativity:422928 rec.arts.sf.written:473519 alt.astronomy:291557 In article , David Bernier wrote: >On 06/18/2017 10:07 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: >> 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. >> > >LA: "Less Than Zero" (the novel) is set in Los Angeles ... > >ref.: Less Than Zero (Wikipedia), > >< https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Less_Than_Zero_(novel) > . Well, yucch. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com