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Old December 4th, 2004, 04:58 AM
vincent p. norris
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Default OT-- I'm sure this is a "snope"...

A classic illustration of the little known fact that sometimes you CAN judge
a book by it's cover.

If memory serves, it's actually a collection of articles from the
JIR......sort of a "best of" thingy.


You're right, Wofgang. Although I've learned that my memory is not to
be trusted, I believe the title essay first appeared in a humor mag
published by students in that outstanding engineering school, the
Carnegie Institute of Technology, when I was a student there, circa
1946. It is now known as Carnegie Mellon Univerisy.

vince