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From: carr@falcon.si.com (carr_tom)
Subject: Re: Interresting thread in comp.lang.eiffel
Date: 2000/07/14
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"Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org> writes:

>"Bob Allen" <ballen3@email.msn.com> wrote in message
>news:#utiFKO7$GA.280@cpmsnbbsa09...
>> The Ariane 5 project "bought" software components from Ariane 4 without
>> knowing exactly what they were getting.

>Untrue - Arianespace bought an SRI system (a box - a picture of which is at
>http://www.flash.net/~kennieg/sextant.jpg ), not a set of software
>components. ...

>Brownie points to the first person who can identify those glowing triangles
>at the left of the picture (and why they glow!).

Looks like "Ring Laser Gyros" to me with the lasers turned on.
BTDTGTTS

/Tom
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