Comment on Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride (2010)Comments−ubermonkey1yThere are two kinds of popular reposts in the world.Most are Type 1, which is "meh, this again" followed by a scroll away.This is an excellent example of Type 2, which is "Oh boy! I get to read this again!"(See also: the SR71 speed check story; the story of Mel, the Real Programmer; etc.)−MaKey1yI'd like to add the "We can't send mail more than 500 miles" story to that list: https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles−ubermonkey1yOH, absolutely. That's another gem!−PebblesRoxOP1yAh, the SR-71 was new to me, thank you!https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blac...http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html
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There are two kinds of popular reposts in the world.
Most are Type 1, which is "meh, this again" followed by a scroll away.
This is an excellent example of Type 2, which is "Oh boy! I get to read this again!"
(See also: the SR71 speed check story; the story of Mel, the Real Programmer; etc.)
I'd like to add the "We can't send mail more than 500 miles" story to that list: https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles
OH, absolutely. That's another gem!
Ah, the SR-71 was new to me, thank you!
https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blac...
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html