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Subject: Re: POWER BLACKOUT AND OLD CHESS COMPUTERS...

Author: Alastair Scott

Date: 07:49:10 08/17/03

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On August 17, 2003 at 10:16:33, steven blincoe wrote:

>HI ALL
>
>now that the Blackout of 03 is all but over, may i suggest this as a perfect
>opportunity for everyone to rummage through their  attic's,basement's and old
>musty closets and please e-mail me to get rid of these old computers which are
>taking up valuable space much better used for flashlights ,candles and other
>emergency items?

As someone in a country with a proper infrastructure* and no power cuts (apart
from deliberate ones during rewiring) in the 13 years I've lived here, I have to
disappoint you. My cellar is a poor show, containing cardboard boxes, old paint
tins, a lawnmower and a broken bicycle ;)

Alastair

* despite various attempts by the media to conjure disaster out of Aladdin's
cave, usually by stating the worst possible case of everything then
misunderstanding the use of statistics to combine those :)



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