On 12 May 2008 14:13:07 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert A. Rosenberg) wrote:
>>Around 1968 I read a book where this guy had a long hyphenated name >>which the computers kept having troubles with. He invented a >>bacterium that ate computer tapes for revenge - which made him an >>ecological hero though. > >By any chance was that "The Man Whose Name Wouldn't Fit"? > >As I was reading this thread I was thinking of that Science Fiction >Novel before getting to your message. Based on this memory, and on >impulse, I just right now bought a copy so I can reread it. Copies >are available from Amazon if you want to reread it yourself. That name sounds correct. 40 years is significant for a book that I no longer have. It is interesting that it precedes modern recycling of plastics. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
