Apollo Guidance computer programmed...

[Churchill]

You'll have to indulge me.

I can see "core rope simulator" but I cannot see "LOL memory". Is it on one of the diagrams 'cos I cannot make those out.

I'm not talking about LOL memory. Sorry.

[bogeyman]

You'll have to indulge me.

I can see "core rope simulator" but I cannot see "LOL memory". Is it on one of the diagrams 'cos I cannot make those out.

Can't you just go back to being permanently outraged?

[Churchill]

I'm not talking about LOL memory. Sorry.

My point was the difference between "Core Store" and what the ladies built. They literally built the ROM, bit by bit. Quite an achievement. Must've been tedious as f**k!

[RichardCranium]

I'm not talking about LOL memory. Sorry.

No worries.

It was the unconventional use of the rope core memory term that made me think "LOL memory" was bogus. And now I can prove it.

The Jargon File (aka The Hacker's Dictionary) has only one reference to 'LOL'.

The classic Version 2.6.2, from 14 Feb 1991:

LOL laughing out loud

and the current version 4.4.7 "Search for Jargon terms" gives:

Your search - site:http://www.catb.org/jargon/ lol - did not match any documents.

'LOL memory' is bogus

[RichardCranium]

Can't you just go back to being permanently outraged?

If you wish.

******* IDIOT LYING JOURNALIST ****** TOSSERS.

MAKING tulip UP FOR MONEY.

BASTARDS.

LEAVE MY ******* INDUSTRY ALONE, YOU ARTS GRADUATE RE-*******-TARDS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW **** ALL ABOUT IT.

******* JOURNALIST winkPOT TURDS.

RESEARCH? ******* RESEARCH?

YOU WOULDN'T RECOGNISE IT IF A LIBRARIAN HIT YOU ROUND THE ******* EMPTY HEAD WITH A JANET AND ******* JOHN BOOK, YOU *****.

Mind you, I found a fib in Wikipedia, so that's nice.

[bogeyman]

If you wish.

******* IDIOT LYING JOURNALIST ****** TOSSERS.

MAKING tulip UP FOR MONEY.

BASTARDS.

LEAVE MY ******* INDUSTRY ALONE, YOU ARTS GRADUATE RE-*******-TARDS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW **** ALL ABOUT IT.

******* JOURNALIST winkPOT TURDS.

RESEARCH? ******* RESEARCH?

YOU WOULDN'T RECOGNISE IT IF A LIBRARIAN HIT YOU ROUND THE ******* EMPTY HEAD WITH A JANET AND ******* JOHN BOOK, YOU *****.

Mind you, I found a fib in Wikipedia, so that's nice.

That's better! Welcome back RC

[sasguru]

I annoys me tremendously that kooks and tin-foil-hatters with zero understanding of engineering and science say it never happened.

You have to forgive DimPrawn. He's not the brightest chav in Swindon.

[bogeyman]

You have to forgive DimPrawn. He's not the brightest chav in Swindon.

How do you know?

Do you imagine they have an annual competition for it? "Swindon's Brightest Chav"?

If not, I think it would make a hugely entertaining spectacle and would be a boost to Swindon's (sadly lacking) community spirit.

Can we put your name down for the judging panel SG?

[voodooflux]

Those guy had balls alright, but then they were test pilots...

Armstrong was 200ms from death on one test flight & afterwards someone saw him calmly filling in a form about the little bit of excitement.

Ah. The 'flying bedstead' incident. He certainly was a cool cucumber.

I only recently learned that Armstrong was also an X-15 pilot, and had quite a few close calls throughout his career - including "bouncing" the X-15 off the atmosphere while attempting to descend on one occasion. According to Wikipedia he once had 2m sliced off a wing while on a mission in Korea and still managed to fly back to friendly territory, although asking him to land it was a bit much after that.

Really must pick up a copy of "The Right Stuff" - fascinating stuff.

[sasguru]

Can we put your name down for the judging panel SG?

Indeed you may. I have had ample practice judging the cretins on here.