One thing that always stood out in my mind was a High School teacher of mine telling us that the computational power used to deliver people to the moon way back when was equivelant to the computational power in "current" (1994?) calculators.
This is not quite the case. The onboard computers may have been quite low powered (more like 1984 calculators, acutually...), but dont forget the huge amounts of mainframes on the ground that did all the serious number crunching to feed the little nav-comps.
During the same period, Sozuz craft used a mechanical drum autopilot system, and the first few Shuttle missions had a number of TI programmable calculators stuck to the dash with velcro, to assist in working out ground station aquisition times, IIRC, as the onboard gear was a decade out of date.
So on-board byte-bashing is no reason to lose faith in Moon Landings, after all you can see where you are going!
..One of the key assumptions for me as a creationist is that God does not lie, and if He says He made the universe in six days, then we (at least I) take Him at His word.
So would I. Can I see the original affidavit, please?
No no no, that's management.:) Remember, engineers account for tolerances and usually design things with a good safety margin.
Engineer: the glass allows for a tipping angle below or equivalent to the inverse tangent of the quotient of the the glass' height and its width.:)
Oi! Top this right up and give me a straw!
And you can stop it with the lame excuses! Bloody half-measures!
Make the eternal lightbulb, and sell it with a EULA that states that you are only renting the hardware. Collect annual rental on each bulb and place a levy on the electricity bills of all (whether they have eternal lightbulbs or not). Sound familiar?? hmm...
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This is not quite the case. The onboard computers may have been quite low powered (more like 1984 calculators, acutually...), but dont forget the huge amounts of mainframes on the ground that did all the serious number crunching to feed the little nav-comps.
During the same period, Sozuz craft used a mechanical drum autopilot system, and the first few Shuttle missions had a number of TI programmable calculators stuck to the dash with velcro, to assist in working out ground station aquisition times, IIRC, as the onboard gear was a decade out of date.
So on-board byte-bashing is no reason to lose faith in Moon Landings, after all you can see where you are going!
....."You have won a SPEEDBOAT!!!"
So would I. Can I see the original affidavit, please?
Get out of here! My Grandpa is way older than that!!
"It's a planet, huh? I thought it was just a bump coming up. Oooo..."
That would be *ground* coffee, then?
Oi! Top this right up and give me a straw!
And you can stop it with the lame excuses! Bloody half-measures!
Probably all this talk of pulverized jellyfish and chicken shit....
Perhaps the next Dyson cleaner will not just pick up the dust but act as a dry waste disposal unit as well.
"New Dyson- Picks Up Jellyfish too!!!"
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Arg! My eyes..!!
Probably all this talk of pulverized jellyfish and chicken shit....
Excellent! How about 1 000 000 AOL CDs?
Right after 3DTV will require a new TV set.
Press 1 to buy now.
Press 2 now to hold your breath.
Make the eternal lightbulb, and sell it with a EULA that states that you are only renting the hardware. Collect annual rental on each bulb and place a levy on the electricity bills of all (whether they have eternal lightbulbs or not). Sound familiar?? hmm...
can anyone direct me to a crack pipe repair shop??... No??
Sadly, it's not his skills that are obsolete, it's the goods that are designed to become obsolete. This sucks.
Amen!
If only Miscrosoft would discontinue their OSs.... :-> (*all of them*)
Fujitsu HDDs!
Oh no, not the return of Token Ring! AARGH!
Research such as this is important to enable the uman resistance to communicate securely after the machines have taken over...
WHOAH! Now my head is exploding!
Artics, to non-truckers..?
"Oh, OK....oh no, it's using all the oxygen!!!!"
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some people thrive better in an airtight room...
Why, the ones that work for the RIAA!! Boom-ching! Thangyow, thangyow....*sigh*
She's a cheap and cheerful one, the Sailor's friend..
Or the victim...