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Post #327,264 by static 6/2/10 8:50:09 PM Reply	It is widely accepted... ... that the most basic mobile phone has more computing power than the Apollo 11 LEM. :-) Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #327,639 by lincoln 6/9/10 3:14:36 PM Reply	And the final computer backup on the early shuttles was a Hewlett-Packard programmable calculator carried in one astronaut's pants pocket. "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
Post #327,671 by static 6/9/10 9:13:30 PM 6/9/10 11:18:48 PM Reply	I can believe it. I have to say one of the most underplayed scenes in the movie 'Apollo 13' was where Lovell (Tom Hanks) was recalculating a mess of vectors for re-aligning their craft whilst enroute back to earth. Lovell did the six calculations correctly in the same time six men in Mission Control did one each. :-O To the discerning viewer, that explained why it was Lovell who was in the space craft. Wade. Edit: fixed the names as I'd badly mis-remembered them. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately. Edited by static June 9, 2010, 11:18:48 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #327,674 by Another Scott 6/9/10 9:28:15 PM 6/9/10 11:21:07 PM Reply	(Obsolete. :-) Edited by Another Scott June 9, 2010, 11:21:07 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #327,680 by static 6/9/10 11:18:08 PM Reply	I sure did miss, didn't I. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #327,682 by drook 6/10/10 12:02:27 AM Reply	Was wondering what Lyle was doing up there -- Drew
Post #327,683 by Another Scott 6/10/10 12:10:58 AM Reply	Hah. :-)
Post #327,658 by altmann 6/9/10 5:20:50 PM Reply	Build your own Apollo Guidance Computer http://www.galaxiki....-no-kidding.shtml

iMac vs Cray-1 - (pwhysall) - (9) - June 2, 2010, 12:54:35 PM EDT

I think technology has improved a little bit - (lincoln) - (8) - June 2, 2010, 03:10:02 PM EDT

It is widely accepted... - (static) - (7) - June 2, 2010, 08:50:09 PM EDT

And the final computer backup on the early shuttles - (lincoln) - (5) - June 9, 2010, 03:14:36 PM EDT

I can believe it. - (static) - (4) - June 9, 2010, 11:18:48 PM EDT

(Obsolete. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - (3) - June 9, 2010, 11:21:07 PM EDT

I sure did miss, didn't I. - (static) - (2) - June 9, 2010, 11:18:08 PM EDT

Was wondering what Lyle was doing up there -NT - (drook) - (1) - June 10, 2010, 12:02:27 AM EDT

Hah. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - June 10, 2010, 12:10:58 AM EDT

Build your own Apollo Guidance Computer - (altmann) - June 9, 2010, 05:20:50 PM EDT

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