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 Adam H. Kerman to All 
 Re: IDW Does Harlan Ellison 
 21 Jul 14 12:59:45 
 
From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: ahk@chinet.com
Subject: Re: IDW Does Harlan Ellison

Wiseguy  wrote:
>A Friend  wrote:
>>angie  wrote:
>>>On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:18:41 -0400, A Friend wrote:

>>>>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. 

>Yes, learn to proofread.

>>>(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.

>Asking a question is not trolling.

How about screwing around with followups as you did? How about pretending
that a troll pretending to be a female sockpuppet isn't a troll as you did?

How about making your own calculation to show us how smart you are instead
of taking potshots at someone else as you did?
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