Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 +MMDF+MULTI+2.11; site icdoc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!amd!vecpyr!lll-crg!seismo!mcvax!ukc!icdoc!iwm From: iwm@icdoc.UUCP (Ian Moor) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Decline and fall of the StarWars Empire Message-ID: <234@ivax.icdoc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 18:56:30 EDT Article-I.D.: ivax.234 Posted: Thu Aug 15 18:56:30 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 06:29:38 EDT References: <3140@topaz.ARPA> Reply-To: iwm@icdoc.UUCP (Ian Moor) Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK. Lines: 19 Xpath: icdoc ivax In article <3140@topaz.ARPA> feather@isi-vaxa writes: >The sad decline of the capabilities of the >empire stormtroopers >must surely be due to the same ecological disaster >that lead to the decline and fall of the Roman >Empire, namely lead plumbing (only here it >was not only the leaders, but also the troops). Surely it is more likely that the plastic armour gives off a low level of solvent causing brain damage -- Ian W Moor The squire on the hippopotamus is equal Department of Computing to the sons of the other two squires. Imperial College. 180 Queensgate London SW7 Uk.