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From: li63sdl@sdcc7.UUCP (DAVID SMITH)
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Subject: Re: "Controlled experiment": redundancy or retronym?
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Date: Sat, 11-May-85 03:28:47 EDT
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In article <1521@aecom.UUCP> poppers@aecom.UUCP (Michael Poppers) writes:
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>	BTW, anyone want to give a history on "no go", which seems to be
>orphaned in this world of the Space Age?
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I seem to recall from somewhere that decision points were known as "GO, NO GO"
points.  I think it may have come from some text on computer algorithms,
but I'm not sure, it could also be from the space agency.