On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 08:53:33 -0600, Mitchell Holman
<noemail@verizont.net> wrote:
>Stormin' Norman <norman@schwarzkopf.in.memorium> wrote in
>news:dh0ovd18r7neqcdgccqjhekfj8uool4g7p@4ax.com:
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>> On 25 Nov 2018 19:33:52 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>> wrote:
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>>>https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/heres-how-nasa-will-attempt-to-
>>>land-on-the-red-planet-monday/
>>>
>>>NASA launched the InSight probe to Mars back in early May, and now
>>>and landing onto the surface of the red planet. The probe will attempt
>>>a landing on Monday, Nov. 26, at around 3pm ET (20:00 UTC).
>>
>> The young engineers of today, equipped with massive computing power,
>> accomplish amazing things. When I earned my engineering degree, the
>> slipstick reigned supreme having just displaced the abacus.... ;-)
>>
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> When I was in high school students still
>wore those "holsters" that slide rules came
>with. And a computer program consisted of a
>shoe box full of punch cards.
>
> Among other things movies about the 60s'
>fail to mention............
>
That was all non-existent when I went to HS, you are a young
whipper-snapper! ;-)
Actually, I did learn to use a slide rule in a high school physics
class but they weren't very common in high school then.
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"The administration is like a shitshow in a dumpster fire"
-George Conway, JD - Husband of Kellyanne Conway
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