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- From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
- Subject: Re: How to kill chickens with your computer...
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 07:43:49 GMT
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- The easy way is to just slug them with it a few times until they're completely
- subdued by the system.
-
- I performed some benchmark tests:
-
- Computer Blows to Kill
- -------- ---------------
- Compaq 286 3
- Macintosh SE 9 *
- Powerbook 160 17
- VIC-20 53
-
- [*] Damage to monitor screen on seventh blow.
-
- The Compaq 286 was by far the best of the four. Its sturdy rectangular
- box o' components allowed for optimal strikes of the bird; the preferred
- method used by testers was to use a simple two-foot vertical drop method
- on the target.
-
- The SE had the advantage of a handle which made it easy to swing. However,
- the weight within the system was not evenly balanced, and hard to control,
- resulting in some glancing blows. In addition, the display-screen shattered
- much too early in the testing to be of satisfactory use for large-scale
- chicken killing.
-
- The Powerbook and VIC-20 were too lightweight. One needed a full head of
- steam to strike a blow which did any noticeable harm to the chicken, and the
- chickens were able to avoid far too many of the attempted swings.
-
- ObDisclaimer: No real chickens were harmed in the testing. Instead, robot
- chickens were developed at great expense, with the help of a grant from the
- L'Oreal corporation. For maximum reality, each of the systems were subjected
- to the frozen chicken cannon at the end of the testing, but none of the
- computers fared particularly well in this stage of the testing. Urban Legend
- Underwriters' Laboratory (ULUL) does not endorse any of the products tested
- today, nor does it accept advertising from any third parties. Results of
- tests are copyrighted, and not reproducible without the express written
- consent of cjl or snopes and a two-thirds majority of the Terrys.
-
- Ted "Consumers' Union" Frank
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