Probably this is an old one to you guys, but I was just re-reading "Hickhickers Guide to the Galaxy" and:

"Zaphod tapped impatiently on the hatch.
'I'm sorry,' he said, 'I think we might be better off with a slide rule.'
'Right!' snapped the computer. 'Who said that?'


Bev

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Burns" <billb@...>
To: <sliderule@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 12:46 PM
Subject: SR: SR Sighting


> There's an excellent site with many pulp magazine covers at:
> http://www.tupics.com/members/pulpz/welcome.html
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> Among them is this 1959 cover from Astounding:
> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=1655461&a=12689688&p=47275301&Scale=640x480
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