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From: urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike Urban)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Perpetual Motion: Urban Folklore
Message-ID: <487@spp2.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21-Mar-85 11:49:53 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 21 11:49:53 1985
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Reply-To: urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike Urban)
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Lots of the followups on the "perpetual motion" machine have
been along the lines of "yeah, it's just like the water-to-gasoline
pill that the oil companies supressed."  Its interesting how many
times a version of that story comes up.  I've heard about:

The incredibly efficient automobile engine that XXX Motors Inc
   has been keeping under wraps all these years (so they can
   keep selling their gas guzzlers, ya see).

The magic pill mentioned in the intro.

The mystical encryption algorithm that was snarfed up by
   NSA and never seen again.

The mystical DEcryption algorithm that was snarfed up by
   NSA and never seen again.

The motion picture, "The Man in the White Suit." (sort of).

...I guess we file this story under "myths for our time."  If
someone has heard a version I've missed, post it to *me*, not
the net, and I'll summarize (Mike Urban presents Urban Folklore).
-- 

   Mike Urban
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"You're in a maze of twisty UUCP connections, all alike"