And the most liberal city and most conservative city

[NicholeW.]

Nich'... funny, you crack me up sometimes. thanks I needed the laugh.

Entertainment?  Imagine the "Jolly Green Giant" and his family using our new geodesic dome homes as soccer balls!!!

Yep, I hadn't thought of that problem. My home as a soccer ball to green and very large people!!

[tekla]

Hey I remember using acoustic couplers to hook up to the 'WELL and type Grateful Dead Set Lists in circa 1985-86 - in DOS mind you.  Much to CERNs constant chagrin, they only invented the now commonly used protocol, (which, like Windows and Apple OS allowed total morons to get access to computers) not the system, which, as you know - or should - is a 100% DoD/DoE infrastructure put together so that the few Cray supercomputers then existing could work together to solve calcs for nuclear weapons.

[Michelle.]

100% DoD/DoE infrastructure put together so that the few Cray supercomputers then existing could work together to solve calcs for nuclear weapons

I thought ARPANET was set up so that we could fire a return volley of M.A.D.

[tekla]

Nah, it was to 'simulate' nuclear expolsions so that despite a test ban treaty would could continue to 'explode' weapons, and thus design them better and improve them, as 'more bang for the buck' was always important.

The real MAD weapon were the subs.  Independant, alone, with standing orders - the subs were doomsday.