Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!olivea!orc!inews!cad412!dbraun From: dbraun@cad412.intel.com (Doug Braun ~) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Horizontal shuttle take-off Message-ID: <1744@inews.intel.com> Date: 14 Jan 91 20:44:19 GMT References: <1991Jan4.180640.2723@zoo.toronto.edu><576@newave.UUCP> <236@rml.UUCP> Sender: news@inews.intel.com Reply-To: dbraun@cad412.UUCP (Doug Braun ~) Organization: Microprocessor Component Group, Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA Lines: 24 In article <236@rml.UUCP> jack@rml.UUCP (jack hagerty) writes: > >Ever see "When Worlds Collide" from the early '50s? One of the George Pal >classics. This movie is sort of a riot to watch nowadays. Look out for the scene where the astronomers use the "differential analyzer" (which looks like an overgrown automobile transmission) to calculate the trajectory of the giant meteor (or whatever) that's going to destroy Earth. Joe Bob says check it out. Doug Braun Intel Corp CAD 408 765-4279 dbraun@scdt.intel.com or maybe: / decwrl \ | hplabs | -| oliveb |- !intelca!mipos3!cadev6!dbraun | amd | \ qantel /