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- From: lwall@netlabs.com (Larry Wall)
- Subject: Re: Request for published report exceeeding E*I
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.045714.4774@netlabs.com>
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 04:57:14 GMT
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- In article <9301071530.AA27161@suntan.Tandem.com> <STEVO%URSINUS.BITNET@vm1.nodak.edu> writes:
- : On a humorous note, the acronym I suggest for this whole process of
- : excess heat production is Gobs Of Energy From Unknown Sources (GOEFUS).
-
- Nah, that doesn't distinguish the phenomenon from whatever it is that
- makes my kids tear from one end of the house to the other all day
- long. And it has the additional problem of presuming the sources will
- always remain "Unknown". Unless, of course, you intend that to be an
- editorial comment. However, while there do exist fields of inquiry in
- which the proponents prefer to define negatively, in perpetuity, the
- scope of their investigation (the UFO and AI folks come to mind), I
- don't think the proponents of excess heat are prepared to take that
- step quite yet.
-
- For reasons that may become obvious upon reflection, I prefer to call
- the phemonenon MHTL. That's short for "More Heat Than Light".
-
- Larry Wall
- lwall@netlabs.com
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