Re: Integer BASIC manual?

[schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com>]

On Apr 1, 11:20 am, Linards Ticmanis <ticma...@gmx.de> wrote:
> But isn't this an old American tradition? My father had an textbook, I
> believe it was an American textbook, on some fairly obscure area of
> bio-chemistry. The time frame was probably the 1970s. IIRC he told me
> the book contained numerous jokes like the following: in a list of
> needed materials for some experimental setup: "a crate of beer" with a
> footnote along the lines of "actually you need only five milliliters,
> but having the rest is ideal for drowning your sorrow in case the
> experiment, as usual, doesn't work out."

I remember one problem my college physics textbook had - we had to
work out the amount of friction one could apply, sliding down
bedsheets tied up and thrown out a window as an escape route from your
significant other's dormitory window.  There was a velocity you
couldn't exceed when landing, and only so much weight the sheets would
support...