Dear IFIS, I wish to complain about the appalling standards of the food
served within Athlone Dining Hall, Royal Holloway University... oh,
wait, isn't this the International Food Information Service? Bah!
Sorry about that. Oh, incidentally, the writ is in the post.
This is merely an attempt to beat everyone else to the most obvious
joke. However, that won't justify my actions, so I suppose I've got to
say something about science fiction as well. Er... oh yes! With all
this talk about hitting the exhaust port on the first Death Star, could
someone please explain how on Earth (or Alderaan, Tatooine, Endor etc.)
they could even fire those torpedoes and expect them to go from
horizontal to vertical motion like that? Do they have incredibly
sensitive tracking sensors in them? If so, how come everyone else but
Luke missed dismally? (Although admittedly only about two pilots lived
long enough to get a shot at it!) A Star Wars fan at my old school said
something about the magnetism of the Death Star's central reactor
pulling them down the exhaust port, but if so, why didn't their
momentums (or should that be momenti?) carry them into the far wall of
the exhaust port conduit?
I know there's a simple answer to this; I just want it made clear!
Actually, this is more a test to make sure that the new IFIS address
actually works. Thankyou for your attention (or lack thereof).
D.Chilard
served within Athlone Dining Hall, Royal Holloway University... oh,
wait, isn't this the International Food Information Service? Bah!
Sorry about that. Oh, incidentally, the writ is in the post.
This is merely an attempt to beat everyone else to the most obvious
joke. However, that won't justify my actions, so I suppose I've got to
say something about science fiction as well. Er... oh yes! With all
this talk about hitting the exhaust port on the first Death Star, could
someone please explain how on Earth (or Alderaan, Tatooine, Endor etc.)
they could even fire those torpedoes and expect them to go from
horizontal to vertical motion like that? Do they have incredibly
sensitive tracking sensors in them? If so, how come everyone else but
Luke missed dismally? (Although admittedly only about two pilots lived
long enough to get a shot at it!) A Star Wars fan at my old school said
something about the magnetism of the Death Star's central reactor
pulling them down the exhaust port, but if so, why didn't their
momentums (or should that be momenti?) carry them into the far wall of
the exhaust port conduit?
I know there's a simple answer to this; I just want it made clear!
Actually, this is more a test to make sure that the new IFIS address
actually works. Thankyou for your attention (or lack thereof).
D.Chilard