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Very consistent. I usually wore half the chalk that was used on my trousers, from putting chalky hands into my pockets during the lectures.

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Could a person with a mere BS in physics understand it?

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In a much later experiment, a group I was working with were wanting an easy way to pick our message out of a hex data dump to see if we were communicating. We chose the message:

DEAD BEEF CAFE

As it is composed only of hex bytes A thru F and is easy to recognize in a hex data dump.

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Reagan was an actor turned politician.

Carter was a nuclear engineer turned politician.

Which likely knew more about energy and global warming?

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That reminds me.
I've got to get out there and refill our 3 small birdbaths. The bigger birds get a little testy if I'm late.

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I had the good fortune of having had a couple of brief conversations with Tombaugh in his later years.

A special treat since like me he was a Kansas boy, born about 40 miles and 40 years from where/when I was born. Our teachers told us of his background and accomplishments, he being a local legend.

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Did Irene's list of functions have anything to do with the Chemical Rubber Company (CRC) math functions book? It was invaluable to me as an undergraduate in learning vector math and spherical geometry.

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I worked at Holloman a few years after Ham's flight. I had to walk sometimes past the chimp training and housing area to get from my place of work to the rocket sled assembly area.

I could hear the chimps squawking now and again, and see a handler walking a chimp to or from their housing facility.

I always hoped I wouldn't be mistaken for an escaped chimp.

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Wasn't aware of her.

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How do you know whether Mastodon has verified your website?