JEAN PARROT wrote in a message to JOE NICHOLSON:

 JP>    
 JP>      Good morning, Joe.

 > Even knowing the design is fubar'd they plod along using
 > it anyhow.

 JN> I believe you just described microsloth to a "T".  

 JP>   Not so.  More like the gun registry in your Northen neighbour. It
 JP> was   supposed to be self financed and now the projection is for it
 JP> to reach   $1mega.  Ouch !

And it still won't work!  But this is off-topic for here,  join me in
10TH_AMD or GUNS to pursue this thread a bit...

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