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Topic ID: 147
Message ID: 14
#14, RE: (SoS) DSMP 5.33: A Date with Density
Posted by Offsides on Jun-13-13 at 10:07 AM
In response to message #10
>>>>"Turns out diplomatic immunity doesn't extend to Ohm's law. Who knew?"
>>
>>I must say, I think that's one of my all-time favorite UF quotes, and
>>I've been reading UF since Core 4 was released. Then again, I'm a bit
>>of a physics geek, but still a great line :)
>
>I almost made it Kirchhoff's law, but I decided that would be
>the science joke equivalent of indie-rock obscurantism. :)

Yeah, that would've been a bit too obscure. I had to look them up to remember what they were (it's been a looong time since I did that kind of stuff). Of course, depending on how dumb they are, those Centauri might try to get Ohm's law repealed or something :P

Offsides

[...] in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
-- David Ben Gurion
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