Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site masscomp.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!trb
From: trb@masscomp.UUCP (Andy Tannenbaum)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re:Re:Tech Flaws[2001]
Message-ID: <121@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Oct-83 14:22:26 EDT
Article-I.D.: masscomp.121
Posted: Fri Oct 14 14:22:26 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Oct-83 04:26:40 EDT
References: <445@nsc.uucp>
Organization: MASSCOMP, Littleton, MA
Lines: 10

nsc!nessus mentions that he found it odd that one of the display
screens on the 2001 lunar lander had an equation on it.  He claims that
it would take too long for the pilot so solve/verify it.

I figure that an equation display is the right way to describe the
state of a system of constraints, whereas the solution for some value
of X might not be the relevant information to be presented by the
display.

	Andy Tannenbaum   Masscomp Inc.  Littleton MA   (617) 486-9581