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From: dave@ur-valhalla.UUCP (Dave Carlson)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Excelsior ergonomics & Big E bridge
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Date: Mon, 20-May-85 14:26:57 EDT
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Since we seem to have a lot of naval/Trek similarities I thought I
might try to shed some light on this ergonomics issue.  Anyone that has been
on a naval vessel (aka ship) while underway may back me up one this.
The CIC (command information center, I think) is the nerve center of
a warship.  Everything except the actual steering and sighting
mechanisms are controlled from CIC, which makes it very analogous to the
bridge of the big E.  Every CIC I've ever been in has been dimmed to
almost dark.  In fact, very reminicent of the lighting on the big E in
question. 

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   Just adding my two cents worth--  :-)

dave


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Dave Carlson

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