On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:23:21 -0800, Melinda wrote:

>>
>> The turntable likely "helps," as does the natural convection of the
>> heating water. It's one of those things - if all of the elements are
>> right, it can happen. But the improbability factor of all of the
>> elements be right is so great that it'd probably take you to Alpha
>> Centauri and back.
>>
>> (Kudos to anyone who gets the reference.)
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>
> Is this a referance to quantum tunneling? Or something in Hitchhiker's Guide
> that I have forgotton in my dotage?
>
> We sure have a lot of intelligent people on this list....
>
> Melinda (that wasn't a self-compliment, lol)

[ding] [ding] [ding]

Got it on the second guess.

Kudos!

--
Derek

The nice thing about losing one's marbles is that you only have to
pick up the ones you want.