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   From: tronfuru@frisurf.no   
      
   "Martin Reboul"  skrev i melding   
   news:vjm0d.639$lz4.79@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net...   
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   > "Tron Furu"  wrote in message   
   > news:WnD%c.5643$WW4.84884@news4.e.nsc.no...   
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   > > "G.K. Konnig"  skrev i melding   
   > > news:3ff97a0d.0409061130.57f2ddea@posting.google.com...   
   > > > I heard that wizards used crystal balls for long distant calls and   
   > > > some kind of early internet (for spell research and shopping for rare   
   > > > ingredients) in the Middle Ages.   
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   > > > Is this true and on what software where their crystal balls based ?   
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   > > That is just a myth spread by those who wish to create a finer pedigree   
   for   
   > > the modern version, called "Windows".   
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   > This is probably a corruption of 'when does?', often cried by early users   
   whilst   
   > waiting for it to load, or waiting for a message to come through.   
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   > > No, the Middle Age text transfer protocol was called "latin".   
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   > Except in parts of Scandinavia....   
      
      
   The Hardanger Plateau? Well, nobody lived there.   
      
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