Jacquie Kelly wrote:
It's supposed to be tea not coffee isn't it? (or at least the "almost,
but not quite, entirely /unlike/ tea" substance the Nutrimatic dispenser
kept producing)
Oops, I've been the wrong side of the Atlantic for too long <blush />, I
could have sworn the Brownian motion source was coffee, though OF COURSE
Arthur was searching for Tea.
You're right though, presumably both were tea:
http://www.earthstar.co.uk/drive.htm
Speaking of DNA and tea... About a decade ago, I was Ed Holden's boss.
Ed is the guy who got this very tea-related letter from DNA, which later
appeared in The Salmon of Doubt:
http://www.edholden.com/random/adams.php
"The problem is this. No American knows how to make tea"... (I have
found this is true of 95% of Canadians too, unfortunately)... "the water
has to be boilING (not boilED) when it hits the tea leaves" ... "While
it is coming to the boil, open the sealed packet and sniff. Careful -
you may feel a bit dizzy, but this is in fact perfectly legal"
:-)
"Nosey" Nick Waterman, VA3NNW/G7RZQ, K2 #5209.
use Std::Disclaimer; sig@
Chicago law prohibits eating in a place that is on fire.
