Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!not-for-mail From: Neil Franklin Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Elves in space Date: 08 Mar 2001 22:37:48 +0100 Organization: My own Private Self Lines: 36 Message-ID: <6ud7bsvt5f.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: chonsp.franklin.ch X-Trace: chonsp.franklin.ch 984087472 519 10.0.3.2 (8 Mar 2001 21:37:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@chonsp.franklin.ch NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Mar 2001 21:37:52 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.4 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:33411 Just found this over on a.f.c. Historical background: the 'Cosmac ELF' computer was made in the 1970s and used an CDP1802. The (sub-)thread was about how this old part has stayed in used in space technology. ------------- From: Eric Chomko Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Voyager 2 Computer Problems Date: 8 Mar 2001 19:14:39 GMT Organization: IDT Internet Services Lines: 11 Message-ID: <988lmv$110@nnrp2.farm.idt.net> References: <3AA59314.3F109651@ev1.net> <984af0$63l$1@freenet9.carleton.ca> <9858le$psl$1@solaris.cc.vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: u1.farm.idt.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 961025] Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!enews.sgi.com!news.idt.net!nntp.farm.idt.net!u1.farm.idt.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:76470 Christopher L McNabb wrote: [...] : In point of fact, AO-40, the Amateur Phase 3D Satellite launched in the latter part of 2000 uses : theCDP1802. The first computer I ever owned was the 'Cosmac ELF', hand wire-wrapped Elves in space?!?!? J.R.R. Tolkien is spinning in his grave! Middle Space?!?!? Eric ------------- -- Neil Franklin, neil@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/ Hacker, Unix Guru, El Eng FH/BSc, Sysadmin, Roleplayer, LARPer, Mystic ###### Reply-To: "Conrad Dunkerson" From: "Conrad Dunkerson" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien,alt.folklore.computers References: <6ud7bsvt5f.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> Subject: Re: Elves in space Lines: 17 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: <1FTp6.712$Rb.34910@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 22:25:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.79.22.169 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 984090301 12.79.22.169 (Thu, 08 Mar 2001 22:25:01 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 22:25:01 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!enews.sgi.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!wn1feed!worldnet.att.net!135.173.83.71!wnfilter1!worldnet-localpost!bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:33422 alt.folklore.computers:76534 > Christopher L McNabb wrote: > Elves in space?!?!? J.R.R. Tolkien is spinning in his grave! Actually... Earendil chose to be numbered amongst the firstborn (Elves) for his wife's sake, and then was set to sail Vingilot amongst the stars bearing the Silmaril, so..... Elves in space was very much part of Tolkien's world. At least one of them anyway. -- "Even the Christmas vacation will be darkened by New Zealand scripts..." - JRR Tolkien ###### From: wiss@eelwing.arda (Jonas Wissting) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Elves in space Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 00:15:26 +0100 Organization: Utfors AB Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <6ud7bsvt5f.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> <1FTp6.712$Rb.34910@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: md4691119.utfors.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: yggdrasil.utfors.se 984154346 18515 212.105.17.25 (9 Mar 2001 16:12:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@utfors.se NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Mar 2001 16:12:26 GMT X-Newsreader: knews 1.0b.1 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!news.tesion.net!news.belwue.de!news-stu1.dfn.de!news-koe1.dfn.de!news-was.dfn.de!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!news.utfors.se!niniel.arda!nobody Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:33414 alt.folklore.computers:76515 In article <1FTp6.712$Rb.34910@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, "Conrad Dunkerson" writes: > Actually... Earendil chose to be numbered amongst the firstborn > (Elves) for his wife's sake, and then was set to sail Vingilot > amongst the stars bearing the Silmaril, so..... > > Elves in space was very much part of Tolkien's world. At least > one of them anyway. She can fly by her self (he needs a boat) and both there names have star as an element (el, eel, edhel). Jonas -- http://wiss.unx.nu http://linux.unx.nu Another Glitch in the Call We don't need no indirection We don't need no flow control No data typing or declarations Did you leave the lists alone? Hey! Hacker! Leave those lists alone! Chorus: All in all, it's just a pure-LISP function call. All in all, it's just a pure-LISP function call. ###### From: Eric Chomko Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Elves in space Date: 9 Mar 2001 16:17:11 GMT Organization: IDT Internet Services Lines: 22 Message-ID: <98avm7$npd@nnrp3.farm.idt.net> References: <6ud7bsvt5f.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> <1FTp6.712$Rb.34910@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: u1.farm.idt.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 961025] Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howland.erols.net!netnews.com!xfer02.netnews.com!newsin.iconnet.net!news.idt.net!nntp.farm.idt.net!u1.farm.idt.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:33438 alt.folklore.computers:76566 In alt.folklore.computers Conrad Dunkerson wrote: : > Christopher L McNabb wrote: : > Elves in space?!?!? J.R.R. Tolkien is spinning in his grave! : Actually... Earendil chose to be numbered amongst the firstborn : (Elves) for his wife's sake, and then was set to sail Vingilot : amongst the stars bearing the Silmaril, so..... : Elves in space was very much part of Tolkien's world. At least : one of them anyway. But what does "Bored of the Rings", the nasty parody say about this?! Eric : -- : "Even the Christmas vacation will be darkened by New Zealand : scripts..." - JRR Tolkien ###### From: "Astorian" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Elves in space Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 17:09:02 -0000 Organization: BT Internet Lines: 22 Message-ID: <98b2vf$sfb$1@neptunium.btinternet.com> References: <6ud7bsvt5f.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> <1FTp6.712$Rb.34910@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-57-68.btinternet.com X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.dplanet.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.bme.hu!news.tele.dk!194.176.220.130!newsfeed.icl.net!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!mendelevium.btinternet.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:33466 alt.folklore.computers:76632 Conrad Dunkerson wrote in message news:1FTp6.712$Rb.34910@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net... > > Christopher L McNabb wrote: > > > Elves in space?!?!? J.R.R. Tolkien is spinning in his grave! > > Actually... Earendil chose to be numbered amongst the firstborn > (Elves) for his wife's sake, and then was set to sail Vingilot > amongst the stars bearing the Silmaril, so..... > > Elves in space was very much part of Tolkien's world. At least > one of them anyway. > > -- > "Even the Christmas vacation will be darkened by New Zealand > scripts..." - JRR Tolkien But we're forgetting the Elves Multi million dollar Oil and Petroleum company, speaking of which there's an Elf Garage right near my house. ###### From: "Javier Caselli" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien,alt.folklore.computers Subject: RE: Elves in space Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 11:06:33 +0100 Organization: Iddeo - Retevisión Lines: 22 Message-ID: <98cu5r$t8si17@news1s.iddeo2.es> References: <6ud7bsvt5f.fsf@chonsp.franklin.ch> <1FTp6.712$Rb.34910@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.174.185.175 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!newsfeed1.telenordia.se!algonet!newspeer.highwayone.net!colt.net!nntp1.aeq.teleglobe.net!teleglobe.net!server-b.cs.interbusiness.it!garse!news.iddeo.es!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:33434 alt.folklore.computers:76562 Jonas Wissting escribió en el mensaje de noticias eq3989.q8s.ln@niniel.arda... > Another Glitch in the Call > > We don't need no indirection > We don't need no flow control > No data typing or declarations > Did you leave the lists alone? > > Hey! Hacker! Leave those lists alone! > > Chorus: > All in all, it's just a pure-LISP function call. > All in all, it's just a pure-LISP function call. For eaven's sake Jonas, isn't there any other more funtional language of your liking?, I have to study LISP this term that has just begun and I'm already having nightmares with it!! :)