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On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 11:04 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > One has to wonder if that ad campaign would have been successful? I guess > I understand Dr. Wang's unhappiness, but I do think that we are way too > politically correct and obviously, the woman

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One has to wonder if that ad campaign would have been  successful? I guess I understand Dr. Wang's unhappiness, but I do think that we are way too politically correct and obviously, the woman intended no insult. RB On 09/02/2018 8:52 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: Anecdotes re: Wang:

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We used the Wang word processors at the Interior Dept. back then. They had some awesome features, e.g. "super copy", although I forget what that meant... On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Floyd Thursby wrote: > Anecdotes re: Wang: > > A buddy of mine worked for Wang

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Anecdotes re: Wang: A buddy of mine worked for Wang back in the early 80s I guess, some kind of marketing job, back when Dr. Wang was still running the place.  He was a very quiet and humble man, but really smart. They were getting stomped by IBM, even with their advanced word processors and

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No. Marlboro; guess I was a wimp (filters). They were $2 a carton at the Ellington BX. > -Original Message- > From: Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > > DID YOU CHAIN SMOKE LUCKIES? > > --FT > > > On 2/7/18 10:40 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: > > I had a minor role in the Apollo

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Valid point. The translunar radiation environment is more severe than terrestrial. > -Original Message- > From: Jim Cathey via Mercedes > ... > > Yeah, the Apollo machine would actually survive the trip! Durability is not > something that modern consumer-grade electronics is

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During the 1950s I bought a (Marchant?) hand cranked calculator from a used equipment store which had a UF Physics Department property tag on it. It must have been pretty old since electric calculating machines had been around for a long time. It worked quite well, and I used it for taxes and

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On 08/02/2018 9:42 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: First automatic calculator I ever saw was a desktop Wang back in '68 or '69 at the U of Minn. in the grad. geology dept. It sat on the dept. chair's desk like some sort of holy relic; the faculty took turns using it. On Thu, Feb 8,

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> > Friden mechanical calculator in the office for routine stuff. It was > capable of division I have a number of these machines, procured when in high school for $3 each, or free. Friden, Marchant, and Monroe. IIRC they cost as much as a car when new. One Friden model would do square roots,

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> > (cf. the Apollo guidance computer and how it compares to a $3 Arduino chip > these days) Yeah, the Apollo machine would actually survive the trip! Durability is not something that modern consumer-grade electronics is designed for. -- Jim ___

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First automatic calculator I ever saw was a desktop Wang back in '68 or '69 at the U of Minn. in the grad. geology dept. It sat on the dept. chair's desk like some sort of holy relic; the faculty took turns using it. On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 9:18 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <

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Back in the late 60s/early 70s my dad, who was an electronics engineer, was talking with some guys and sketched out an idea for an electronic calculator using whatever ICs were available, or maybe discrete components, whatever was available at the time. THe other guys kinda poo-pooed it so he

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via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 5:53 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: clay monroe <redgh...@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome It was nice to see Team USA heading back to space after former POTUS removed the team from

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My boss at my first real job (drafting) had one of those calculators. It always amazed me. In the company Engineering lab, a guy there had a brown and dull screw machine.My treasured possession at the time was a Post slipstick, that cost me big money ($21) at the Univ book store! A

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The current hipsters would don them in a most ironic manner, as there is truly no way that a hipster should be allowed to reproduce. clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D -

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found that dividing all 6s by all 7s produced a tune we called the Friden March. > -Original Message- > From: Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome > ... > > Those guys back in the 60s were pioneers and considering the tools

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t; To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome > > BCDs? Is that a type of shoes? > > On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 10:58 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@ok

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BCDs? Is that a type of shoes? On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 10:58 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Scott Ritchey via Mercedes >> February 7, 2018 at 9:40 PM >> >> Now, when I see the full moon I reflect on that time when Americans had

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Scott Ritchey via Mercedes February 7, 2018 at 9:40 PM Now, when I see the full moon I reflect on that time when Americans had the stones to go to the moon. Yes, Often I look at the full moon and think about those days, and often too, about what Jim Lovell

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edes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: clay monroe <redgh...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome > > It was nice to see Team USA heading back to space after former POTUS > removed the team from play. Best not be dependent upon forei

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I always wanted to build a hydrogen peroxide rocket - back in my amateur rocketry days. Only got as far as the sugar and potassium nitrate rockets (and Estes, of course). Dad had 30% H2O2 in the dental office, and it was fun to play with, but not concentrated enough to fly anything. On Wed, Feb

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Got me to wondering what happened to one of my former students. I had no ideal he was 26 or so when I met him. He looked like all the other 19-20 yr olds. By that time he had done 4 yrs in the USAF, and other stuff. I bumped into him at the CNDE about 1998, and he told me he was onto

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Function first, form, what form? > > > Fred Moir. > Lynn MA. > Diesel preferred. > > > > From: Mercedes <mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com> on behalf of clay monroe via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: 07 February 2018 17

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oe via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: 07 February 2018 17:52 To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: clay monroe Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome It was nice to see Team USA heading back to space after former POTUS removed the team from play. Best not be dependent upon foreign r

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It was nice to see Team USA heading back to space after former POTUS removed the team from play. Best not be dependent upon foreign rivals who do not share our interests. The young men and women working for Space X looked a bit slovenly compared to standard Canaveral sorts. clay 1974

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Had I been at work I could have seen it. We saw the last launch they did from the office (28 stories up about 75 miles away.) You could see the booster exhaust and the trail of smoke it left for some time. I’ve seen shuttle launches up close, from about 10 miles away on the side of the Bee

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Absolutely. As a child of the 60s/70s I was totally dialed into the space program. Built the models, had the posters on my bedroom walls, read the books, watched every launch on TV, pretty much vacuumed up everything I could on the subject. As things were winding down I was getting to an age

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The market for it isnt very big, because falcon 9 payload is higher and satellites are smaller now. Anyway the live feed from LEO was trippy. Im not sure the tesla ended up in the correct orbit, but it was still pretty cool. Everybody else in the space game seems pretty tame by comparison. Loved

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I'll bet that if I'd been paying attention, I could have seen part of the ascent from here. Really would like to get my daughter down to the Cape to watch one lift off, that's got to be an amazing thing. - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 11:53 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <

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Agreed. As one of those rocket nerds back in the 70s when Apollo was winding down and really had nothing exciting to look forward to, who moved on to other things, I found it incredibly exciting that there are so many young nerds now excited about space flight and all the technologies that

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I watched the launch live and was yelling along with the people at the Cape and Mission Control. I would liken this to the days when we were launching the Apollo missions as far as excitement, and I think the people yelling and cheering in the background was simply amazing and appropriate.

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"as.thompson wrote: > > > That is absolutely an amazing accomplishment! And the two boosters > > landing side-by-side simultaneously is utterly fantastic. > > > > That crew has every right to be extremely proud of what they have > > accomplished. I’ll bet that the party is roaring right now...

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And a nearly unlimited supply of taxpayer dollars Meade Dillon via Mercedes February 7, 2018 at 9:38 AM The Roadster and Spaceman were very fun and a nice touch. Sure, marketing for Musk, but more significantly marketing for U.S. of A. and a supreme testimony to

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The Roadster and Spaceman were very fun and a nice touch. Sure, marketing for Musk, but more significantly marketing for U.S. of A. and a supreme testimony to capitalism and free markets when the government allows them space (pun intended) to succeed. - Max Charleston SC

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I bet you are lots of fun at parties --FT On 2/6/18 5:16 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: Very cool - except the lame car and dummy - but a great launch, and seeing the boosters land was way cool. On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

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On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 15:59:20 -0800 "as.thompson--- via Mercedes" wrote: > That is absolutely an amazing accomplishment! And the two boosters > landing side-by-side simultaneously is utterly fantastic. > > That crew has every right to be extremely proud of what they have >

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That is absolutely an amazing accomplishment! And the two boosters landing side-by-side simultaneously is utterly fantastic. That crew has every right to be extremely proud of what they have accomplished. I’ll bet that the party is roaring right now... And don’t forget “spaceman” up there

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Very cool - except the lame car and dummy - but a great launch, and seeing the boosters land was way cool. On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Check out at 34:00 > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9=wbSwFU6tY1c > > -- > --FT >