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To: pa_dweller
Newton saw the red LED characters and decided the thing was of the devil and our hero had to run for his life.

Back when movable type first came out, people in a French City nearly burned a printer at the stake. It seems that every "E" (for instance) looked EXACTLY like any other "E" and there could only be one answer: The guy was in league with the Devil.

112 posted on 07/25/2020 8:06:06 PM PDT by Oatka
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To: Oatka

there could only be one answer
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I hadn’t heard that one.  Strange.


115 posted on 07/25/2020 9:46:29 PM PDT by pa_dweller (THIS SPACE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK)
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