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Last week these pages saw a new computer from Austria called the “Baroque”. Rumors have now reached us through secret bureaucratic channels available only to the elect that the Russians have decided to becomebig players in the computer hardware marketplace. With a tradition rich in math and physics, they may havea chance of running with the big dogs. Secret agents were able to foil the security services and we have obtained two photos of the new computer which as been dubbed "HAPPY'. If any member can suggest why this name was chosen, we would be most grateful.The first photo is a distance shot and it looks not too different from regular computers.The second photo is a close shot, but keyboard and peripheral devices are not shownWe have no specs as yet, but our agent, Natasha, is diligently attempting to worm them out of the engineer.First photo:
Looks more like an iLenin.
Close--but no cigar--a contemporary of Lenin and a compatriot--an ethnic Pole. There is a square named for him in the center of Moscow and his first name is FELIX (Happy in Latin)--any guesses now?
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, leader of Cheka, later called GPU… ultimately the KGB. [to be played by Lee Van Cleef in the movie... ;D]
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, leader of Cheka, later called GPU... ultimately the KGB. [to be played by Lee Van Cleef in the movie... ;D]
Double A plus good--note his Goat like beard--a fierce revolutionary he. The Lubyanka prison was his denand a blot on the escutcheon of mankind. Wally--you must have a "wonder stick" to find the answers to all these obscure questions. Actually it is a medal given to me by a friend. I affixed it to my iMac and try to fool visitors--I usually fail despite the fact that it covers the Apple logo perfectly. Kudos again!To what movie do you refer? Is Lee still alive? I though Clint killed him!
--you must have a "wonder stick" to find the answers to all these obscure questions. Actually it is a medal given to me by a friend. I affixed it to my iMac and try to fool visitors--I usually fail despite the fact that it covers the Apple logo perfectly. Kudos again!
No just that things like this are fun for me; esoteric factoids are not worth much but really cool none-the-less. The medal on the Mac is a terrfic gag, your friends are missing the boat if they don't think it's funny.
To what movie do you refer? Is Lee still alive? I though Clint killed him!
It was just a hamburger. Lee died in Dec of 89; heart attack. Another under-appreciated talent.
--you must have a "wonder stick" to find the answers to all these obscure questions. Actually it is a medal given to me by a friend. I affixed it to my iMac and try to fool visitors--I usually fail despite the fact that it covers the Apple logo perfectly. Kudos again!
No just that things like this are fun for me; esoteric factoids are not worth much but really cool none-the-less. The medal on the Mac is a terrfic gag, your friends are missing the boat if they don't think it's funny.
To what movie do you refer? Is Lee still alive? I though Clint killed him!
It was just a hamburger. Lee died in Dec of 89; heart attack. Another under-appreciated talent.
