From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: nope@noway.com
Subject: Re: IDW Does Harlan Ellison

In article ,
angie  wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:00:08 -0400, A Friend wrote in 
> <200720141600080690%nope@noway.com>:
> > 
> > In article ,
> > angie  wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:18:41 -0400, A Friend wrote in 
> > > <180720140618410107%nope@noway.com>:
> > > 
> > > > The mass of 70 billion electrons equals 6.38 x 10^20 kg.
> > > 
> > > No way. That would mean one single electron weighed millions of tons, 
> > > which is obviously wrong.
> > > 
> > > A quick wikipedia lookup and use of a scientific calculator gives the 
> > > correct answer: 6.376568037 x 10^-20 kg. Looks like your error was to 
> > > forget a minus sign in the exponent. ^_^
> > 
> > 
> > Yes, I accidentally dropped the minus sign.  Surely that was worth two
> > paragraphs. 
> > 
> > 
> > > (comics group dropped from followup-to -- has there ever been a comic 
> > > based on Demon with a Glass Hand?)
> > 
> > 
> > Yes, there has.  Published by DC in 1986 as part of its Science Fiction
> > Graphics Novels series.
> > 
> > http://www.amazon.com/Demon-glass-Science-fiction-graphic/dp/0930289099
> > 
> > Followups restored.  Next time you troll, please try to do so
> > appropriately.
> 
> I wasn't trolling.

Yes, you were.  For example, you asked "was there ever a comic about
Demon?" without checking before you deleted the followup.  Your failure
to acknowledge your error is noted.  You're a classic troll, and not a
very good one.

> Followups set to remove Star Trek group, as that's now clearly the least 
> relevant group.

By all means, keep diddling yourself.  And we're done here.  Followups
reset.
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