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• ARCHIMEDES on the LEVER Give me a firm spot on which to stand, and I will move the earth.
• Sorry, I'm a born lever-puller.
• If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a fix of something, to its own detriment, then I would conclude that netnews is far more addictive than cocaine.
  -- Rob Stampfli...
• Give me a Plumber's friend the size of the Pittsburgh dome, and a place to stand, and I will drain the world.