Tricorder and tricord

[Laurence Horn]

A different kind of tricorder (from the Star Trek variety) functions as a translator that unpacks otherwise garbled communications in the old Macintosh game Captain Magneto.

On Dec 29, 2011, at 6:22 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:

> All true... but the question I have is, what is a "tricord"?
> ...

And what about "tricor"?  That's an easy one, at least for me, since I take one every day (when I don't forget):  it's a pill to help control one's triglycerides and LDL cholesterol.

LH

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