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   sean_q to All   
   [ot] [but amusing]   
   11 Sep 12 09:28:20   
   
   From: no.spam@no.spam   
      
   "If you printed the Internet it would be a book   
   weighing 1.2 billion pounds... and 10,000 feet tall."   
      
   http://www.cartridgesave.co.uk/news/if-you-printed-the-internet/   
      
   My favorite part:   
   "If the ancient Babylonians had started printing in 1800 BC   
   [on a single ink-jet printer] they would be finished about now."   
      
   So I suppose that if the Internet were written on scrolls   
   stored in Denethor's basement then Minas Tirith would have to be   
   the size of Los Angeles.   
      
   SQ   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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