Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 07:35:37 -0600 From: Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com> To: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net>, "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-chat <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Why SGML for docs? Message-ID: <19981105073537.A23883@znh.org> In-Reply-To: <3641959C.4E755EF1@airnet.net>; from Kris Kirby on Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 06:10:04AM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811042329560.10124-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> <3641959C.4E755EF1@airnet.net>
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On Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 06:10:04AM -0600, Kris Kirby wrote: > University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) is appearently known for a > concrete and composite carbon fiber watercraft of some type. The entire > idea of a boat out of concrete... Speaking of concrete watercraft... The civil engineering class at UND (university of north dakota) made a canoe out of concrete and chicken wire. The final requirement was that it be tested successfully in the nearby river. I talked to the group working on it while they were trawling the bottom, pondering how much it would weigh. Their estimate was ~120-130 lbs. (I think they used styrofoam beads instead of sand and gravel). ~120 lbs is really not that far out of line for a canoe... (yes, I've been to the boundary waters multiple times -- Given the choice of lugging my ~65lbs. canoe or renting one of those nice ~45 lb. canoes, I always choose the later) -- Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com> If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have to at least consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidę on our hands (Douglas Adams -- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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