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| From | jchasin@nyc.rr.com |
| Subject | Re: the world is still flat, right? (a confession) |
| Date | Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:25:30 -0400 |
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Whoever answers Steven's question, could you also explain to me how,
when you have a tube of white toothpaste with a red and a blue strip,
no matter how far down the tube you get, you still have the two
colored strips?
Also, what keeps planes in the air?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Durben, Steven" <Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com>
Date: Thursday, July 7, 2005 12:29 pm
Subject: the world is still flat, right? (a confession)
> Let me just say, I've never been given the nickname "Mr.
> Technology". So,
> bare with me...
>
> I had to replace my CD Walkman. For the first time I bought one
> that has a
> white plastic cover that you can actually see through. Thus, you
> can see the
> disc spinning. I have always assumed you play a disc and it
> continuallyspins and the music plays until you hit the
> "pause/stop" button. Wrong.
> I noticed for the first time the disc spins but THEN slowly
> stops while
> the music is still playing. Then it starts spinning again.
> Obviously my
> brain was assuming a very direct physics kind of connection that
> isn't there
> in this technology. I now assume the disc spins, "reads" the info
> until it
> needs to "read" more? Right?
> I can't get any work done waiting for it to stop and start spinning
> again. Looking for patterns. Does the same disc spin and stop at
> the same
> moments every time you play it? So many questions...
> My world is turned upside down and I'm questioning all I once held
> as true!
> ;)
>
>
>
> Steve "Match blown out. Ouch! but match tip still hot!?!" D.
>
>
>
>
>
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