OK Ross, here goes. In common vernacular, the large outer wheel is the
ahead (forward) main engine turbine thottle and the small wheel is the
astern (reverse) main engine throttle.
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Ross Orr wrote:
>Rand E wrote:
>
>
>>This graphic is most interesting in that, the large panel in the
>>background is the control panel assembly for a US nuclear submarine
>>
>>
>
>Ding ding ding ding!
>
>The un-photoshopped version of the image originates here:
>http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/news/news_stories/sub-centen02.html
>
> After which, this website invited people to submit "hacked" versions
>(most were lame):
>http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1115586&mode=voteresults
>The by now ubiquitously-forwarded "RAND computer" version was the
>winning entry.
>
>A few things give it away. The shadows and perspective on the TV and
>teletype look a little off. And why would a computer need a bazillion
>analog gauges? Work on Fortran had only just started in 1954--I
>believe the name Fortran may have come later. (Just writing the
>compiler took 2 years. The official introduction was in 1957:
>http://www.thocp.net/biographies/backus_john.htm , scroll about halfway down.)
>
>And, if you have some 50's Popular Mechanics issues lying around,
>you'll see the caption font is wrong. . . ;-)
>
>Now Rand, what I'm dying to know is, what DOES the big steering wheel thing do?
>
>cheers,
>
> -- Ross
>
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> Do it repeatedly and it's a philosophy."
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