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Old 20th June 2008
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Originally Posted by roddierod View Post
Why would someone want a networked coffee pot?
In high school, I was in a physics class that was rather, uh, different. We had our own marching band; need I say more? (Oh, and there is more!)

Our teacher was a Canadian who had problems with the US military draft back then (didn't I say there was more?). He was showing how the solution to a problem made no sense because it ended with 11 joules of energy being driven into the ground and "Of course, why would we need to drive 11 joules of energy into the ground?"

After a very brief pause as we all looked at each other, "Leaf" said, "Well, now, wait a minute..."
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