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From: konar@lennon.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Mithat F Konar)
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Subject: Re: 180-deg phase shift -- A study in Usenet technical advice
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Date: 17 Jun 91 03:45:49 GMT
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In article <jpc.675818225@avdms8.msfc.nasa.gov> jpc@avdms8.msfc.nasa.gov (J. Porter Clark) writes:
>max@prls.UUCP (Max Hauser) writes:
>
>[summary of recent thread on 180-degrees phase shifters]
>
>>Preserved in its entirety, this exchange makes an instructive example
>>about the Usenet, especially when you see the tones of decisiveness and
>>authority that so many of them took.  These exchanges are so neat I will
>>try to think up some more innocent questions, have them posted, and
>>watch what ensues.
>
>FOR GOD'S SAKE, MAN!  HAVE YOU NO COMPASSION FOR YOUR FELLOW MAN?  CAN
>YOU IMAGINE THE MISERY, THE AGONY, THE UNTOLD HEARTACHE WHICH WILL
>ENSUE WHEN YOU UNLEASH THESE QUESTIONS UPON AN UNKNOWING WORLD?  TURN
>BACK FROM THIS COURSE OF EVIL BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!
>
>Say, what was the answer to the question anyway?
>

Forty-two, I think.