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| From | David Bernier <david250@videotron.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.math, sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity, rec.arts.sf.written, alt.astronomy |
| Subject | Re: The Rule Of 72 |
| Date | 2017-06-18 12:38 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <oi6a35$ee5$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <59441500.660A@ix.netcom.com> <Pine.NEB.4.64.1706180046100.4820@panix5.panix.com> <orqxvp.1F9D@kithrup.com> |
Cross-posted to 5 groups.
On 06/18/2017 10:07 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote: > In article <Pine.NEB.4.64.1706180046100.4820@panix5.panix.com>, > William Elliot <marsh@panix.com> 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) > . David Bernier
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The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-16 10:27 -0700
Re: The Rule Of 72 Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2017-06-16 11:05 -0700
Re: The Rule Of 72 William Elliot <marsh@panix.com> - 2017-06-18 00:46 -0700
Re: The Rule Of 72 Sегgi о <iinvalid@invalid.com> - 2017-06-18 07:03 -0500
Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-18 13:21 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 Jack Fearnley <jack@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2017-06-18 18:42 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 Sегgi о <iinvalid@invalid.com> - 2017-06-18 14:18 -0500
Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-19 12:43 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 Sегgi о <iinvalid@invalid.com> - 2017-06-19 08:45 -0500
Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-20 12:12 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-19 12:43 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-19 10:46 -0700
Re: The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-19 20:01 -0700
Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-20 12:12 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-20 07:28 -0700
Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-21 12:54 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-21 12:19 -0700
Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-22 12:28 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-22 08:58 -0700
Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-23 11:40 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-23 10:11 -0700
Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-24 11:40 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-24 09:12 -0700
Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-25 13:50 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 Jack Fearnley <jack@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2017-06-20 14:54 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-21 12:54 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2017-06-18 14:07 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 David Bernier <david250@videotron.ca> - 2017-06-18 12:38 -0400
Re: The Rule Of 72 djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2017-06-18 19:27 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2017-06-18 16:07 -0700
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