Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] escape & rescue

[Garry Muir <garry.muir4@virgin.net>]

Hi Folks

Command line navigation oh lordy !  mind you I have steamed up through 
the Western Isles of Scotland using  the jog buttons on some autopilots.

Regards, Garry


On Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 08:34  pm, Steven Mills wrote:

>
> Sorry for straying off the topic a bit.
>
> I was watching an episode of StarTrek: TNG last night.
>
> There is no joystick or yoke at navigation and helm control. In fact,
> most operations are executed thru "manual typing".
>
> Considering the typos and spelling errors in my pSubs messages
> can you imagine a pSubmersible of the future where all ops are typed-in?
> I can see myself pressing the wrong sequence of keys, blowing ballasts,
> throttling up, and set for down plane.....sayonara!
>
> I should have taken that typing class elective in HS. Mavis Beacon
> anyone?
>
> Oh yea, one more thing.  I've never seen the forward viewer on the 
> bridge
> get the "blue screen of death".  Can we safely assume MS doesn't survive
> into the 24th century therefore no Windows ver 24?
>
> again, sorry for straying off course,
>
> --Steve
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