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Subject: Re:Re:Tech Flaws[2001]
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Date: Sun, 16-Oct-83 16:01:27 EDT
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Subject: Re:Re:Tech Flaws[2001]

	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.

I tend to agree with nsc!nessus here.  I can't see some lunar bus jockey
taking in all that information and comprehending it.  Why in the world
should he anyway?  He has a computer to do the work for him!

Modern day air (and space) craft don't use such things.  They use displays
that can be understood at a glance.  2001 used displays that could be
unerstood by the AUDIENCE!
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