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On 16 Sep 2009 16:47:34 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:26:29 +0100, Stephen wrote:
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>> On 16 Sep 2009 10:26:22 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
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>>>On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:11:06 +0100, Stephen wrote:
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>>>> On 14 Sep 2009 12:37:13 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>I'm sure mine were on hard drives that went to the electronics
>>>>>recycler. And the drives have been ground down now....
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure that I have a backup tape (Zip drive) somewhere but no
>>>> software. :(
>>>
>>>You must work for NASA. ;-)
>>>
>>>
>> Now I feel stupid. :)
>
>Why's that? (Surely you've heard the story I'm referencing....?)
>
Well it doesn't seem right for a so called professional to have the hardware but
not the s/ware it should be the other way round. :)
And no I can't place the story.
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Regards
Stephen
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Some conspiracy theories are right after all...
Date: 16 Sep 2009 19:48:03
Message: <4ab17933$1@news.povray.org>
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On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:57:50 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>Why's that? (Surely you've heard the story I'm referencing....?)
>>
> Well it doesn't seem right for a so called professional to have the
> hardware but not the s/ware it should be the other way round. :) And no
> I can't place the story.
NASA had some old data tapes (from the Apollo missions IIRC) that they
actually didn't have the hardware or software to read any more. They
finally found someone in Australia (again IIRC) who could read the tapes
and pull the data off them. :-)
Jim
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On 16 Sep 2009 19:48:03 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:57:50 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>>>Why's that? (Surely you've heard the story I'm referencing....?)
>>>
>> Well it doesn't seem right for a so called professional to have the
>> hardware but not the s/ware it should be the other way round. :) And no
>> I can't place the story.
>
>NASA had some old data tapes (from the Apollo missions IIRC) that they
>actually didn't have the hardware or software to read any more. They
>finally found someone in Australia (again IIRC) who could read the tapes
>and pull the data off them. :-)
>
I vaguely remember it.
I was thinking of:
The distance to Mars is 80000000 Km not 80000000 miles at 80000000 miles you
crash into mars a while back.
--
Regards
Stephen
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