This is what happens when you read Gene Wolfe beforegoing to sleep...

Jeff Wilson · 18 Apr 2012, 04:25 · from 2012-April.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at clueland.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:25:07 -0500
Subject: (urth) This is what happens when you read Gene Wolfe
 beforegoing to sleep...
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On 4/17/2012 9:49 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JerryFriedman.jpg
> Okay, I give up. What does L = ?

My guesses are:
1. Length under relativistic Lorentz contraction.
2. Loop's electrical induction.
3. Lolita.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at clueland.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
< http://www.tamut.edu/CIL >

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