Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!isis!nyx!bscott
From: bscott@nyx.UUCP (Ben Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Will I kill my hp48?
Summary: Ha ha ha, ho ho ho, hehehehehehehe!!
Message-ID: <1270@nyx.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jun 90 10:26:14 GMT
References: <1990Jun5.151454.10799@cec1.wustl.edu>
Reply-To: bscott@nyx.UUCP (Ben Scott)
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In article <1990Jun5.151454.10799@cec1.wustl.edu> rah0777@cec1.wustl.edu (Rexford Alan Hill) writes:
>I have a (possibly) silly question.  If I type in the following program on
>my hp48:
><< while 0 1 == repeat off end >>
>
>will I ever be able to turn my calculator on again?  I tried it with

There's ONE easy way to find out... (malicious chuckle...)

And I just wanted to thank you for giving me the best laugh I've had all day.
I'm still at it... I'm not laughing AT you, but at the concept of a program
that... hehehe... a program that can keep turning a computer OFF... haHA, 
hahahaha... it's just too much.  I guess it could really break the ice at HP
parties, eh?  Expand on the idea, make a book of practical jokes for HP
calculators... 

Maybe I've been at this news reading session too long... our news feed was 
stoppered up for a few days.  Time to get some sleep.  ?

.                           <<<<Infinite K>>>>

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