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Subject: ventricles in the framistan successf - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 25-Nov-83 22:48:33 EST
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smu!leff    Nov 24 17:57:00 1983

We tried the ventricle in the framistan trick on about fifteen computer
salesmen in the Dallas area.  Ten fell for it.  One salesmen boasted that
his machine had purple framistans instead of the usual red ones.

'ventricles in the framistan' refer to something reported in a recent
issue of Byte by jerry Pournelle where he got a salesman to admit that
his portable computer had ventricles and they were in the framistan
where they belonged.  I frequently use this as an example why 
people should be careful when dealing with computer salespeople.