Hi! mark,

On 01 Jul 19 17:39, you wrote to David Drummond:

 ml> And to this end they built themselves a stupendous super-computer
 ml> which was so amazingly intelligent that even before its data banks had
 ml> been connected up it had started from "I think therefore I am" and got
 ml> as far as deducing the existence of rice pudding and income tax before
 ml> anyone managed to turn it off.

An industry PC magazine reported this in the early 90s and its version 
specified that the unit 'melted down' -before- it could be shut off.  (No 
mention of 'rice pudding and income tax' nonsense was made.)  This tale has 
formed the subject of many taglines since.

Cheers,
Paul.

... You know you landed "gear up" when it takes full power to taxi.
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