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On 2 August 2013 16:14, Will Swain <w...@hothorse.com> wrote: > > Another example of dismissing evidence because of one's prejudices. > > I'm assuming this is humour? > > > > > On 2 August 2013 15:53, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> So what, it has been a legit use of the animals for years. For instance, >> in >> the recent royal wedding ferrets were used to run cable - it was a non >> destructive and non invasive way to run the telecom cables. A ferret named >> Felicia was used to clean the pipes at the National Accelerator Laboratory >> at Batavia in the 80's. Felicia went through a 300-foot-pipe dragging a >> string. When she came out the other end, technicians tied a swab dipped in >> a chemical cleanser to the string. They pulled the tight-fitting swab >> through and when it came out it was covered with dust and steel specks. >> A ferret named Misty was used to help pull conduit at Peterson Air Force >> Base. Additional wires had to be run through 40-foot-long narrow pipes, >> called conduits, under the floor to connect computers. A piece of yarn was >> tied around the ferret's midsection. The animal crawled through the >> conduit, towing the yarn behind her. Then the loose end was tied around >> the >> wires and they were pulled through the conduit. Misty made several trips, >> and her work was done in an hour. Similarly in Colorado Springs 5 years >> ago >> ferrets were used to pull new data cables to the wire conduits at the >> NORAD >> headquarters in Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs. In the1960's, >> Boeing >> Aircraft Corporation used ferrets to lay guidewires that pull heavier >> cables through conduits. >> >> So from knowing this it was most likely a legitimate article. >> >> Another example of dismissing evidence because of one's prejudices. >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 10:28 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <chumph...@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >> > >> > 7:00AM BST 01 Apr 2010 >> > >> > Until Later! >> > C. Hatton Humphrey >> > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com >> > >> > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do >> some >> > smelting to find it. >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com >> > >wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > August 1. why? >> > > >> > > >> > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Will Swain <w...@hothorse.com> wrote: >> > > >> > > > >> > > > Did you notice the date on the article? :) >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > On 30 July 2013 18:24, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > Ferrets key to bridging the digital divide between cities and >> rural >> > > > areas - >> > > > > Telegraph >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7541455/Ferrets-key-to-bridging-the-digital-divide-between-cities-and-rural-areas.html >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366196 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
