[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

AEF spamsink2001 at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 26 23:10:24 EST 2011


On Dec 24, 7:50 am, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <4ef5662d$0$2804$c3e8da3$2e001... at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca> writes:
>
> >For the person who always complains about proNJ.....

Thomas Alva Edison. He worked in NJ.

Not sure, but I think the transistor was invented in NJ, too.

The Jersey barrier.

>
> >I just watched a mid 1980s documentary about how a famous surgeon called
> >Buckaroo Bonzai saved the world from aliens from the 8th dimension. And
> >this all happened in New Jersey. So your state has reason to be proud to
> >have saved the world from destruction.

Surgeon? Aliens from the 8th dimension? Say what?

And what about dimensions 4 thru 7? Where do they fit in.

And what about the first 6 heavens? What was wrong with them? Was it
that they didn't rhyme? I have to admit: "Seventh Heaven" does sound
pretty good.

There are theories in physics having 10 and 11 dimensions, but none
have panned out so far. Even so.

>
[...]
>
> >And to make this on-topic: that documentary does feature some DEC gear
> >here and there, but no visible logos.
>
> According to the Wikipedia: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the
> 8th Dimension!, often shortened to Buckaroo Banzai, is an American spoof
> science fiction film that was released in 1984.  It's not a documentary
> from what I've been Googling.

Not a documentary. Right.

>
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