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COMPUTE anger

    04-Mar-92 03:31:25
Sb: #50922-COMPUTE anger
Fm: daniel wolf 70250,626
To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
Even Scientific American had a April Fools Mathematical Games column a couple of years back in which they took the topological proof that you can disassemble a sphere and reassemble it in a larger size to its literal limit. I actually got a referral from a guy who took it seriously – the letter was quite bizarre (guy claimed to have invented a method he simply wanted me to do all the work on it for free) and got referred to me by the author of the column. I got a kick out of it, myself. The actual column took the idea of that topological proof to literally say there was a way to take a marble-sized sphere of gold and make it into one the size of a baseball. And this guy who contacted me actually I think was a bit mad. Deluded at least. Come on, guys. Can't take a joke? All this stuff about Commodore's ineptness is getting tiresome. So many 'complaining letters' in the magazines, etc. I'm ready for all the moaners and groaners to put a sock in it. Want the Amiga to go somewhere? Create a great product for it! Like NewTek did just for one well-known example. Commodore is owned by people who have the freedom to do what they want with it. It is their company. Want control over Commmodore? Buy it.