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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Harpoon mystery
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Date: 11 Dec 90 20:39:05 GMT
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In <77652@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>, amhartma@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Andy Hartman - AmigaMan) writes:
>In article <1990Dec10.205437.21275@informix.com> giao@informix.com (Giao Tien Vu) writes:
>>by missiles appearing from nowhere.  Feeling frustrated fighting with
>>an enemy that just acquired Klingon cloaking device :-), I gave up (after
>
>Now, that's funny...
>
>>Am I missing anything here?  Do I need to bring the E-3s in closer (they
>>were making a circle of 300nm in diameter)?  The search for the Soviet
>
>Very tight turning radius...  Army might want to know about this...
>
>"Sir, we've invented this new aircraft that can turn on a dime."
>"Don't be silly son, we already have one that can turn on a proton."
>
>Just trying to liven up someone's day. 

Sure livened up mine.  I didn't get it at all until I suddenly realized you
might be speaking on 'nanometers', while the author is (obviously, to anyone
who flies or sails) speaking of nautical miles.

-larry

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