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digiteyes followed it from the start, into a career. 0 May 26 2010, 12:14 AM EDT by digiteyes
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The art on the cover of Omni magazine had a big influence on me, especially the early CG. Their descriptions of early SIGGRAPH meetings also whetted my appetite for the field. After I graduated university, I spent 23 years in computer graphics, and got to attend a few SIGGRAPHs, too, as part of a group of special Alians. It was an awesome time for me, made more awesome by the background that Omni magazine had provided me. Their choice of fiction writers also influenced my reading for about 20 years!
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stetlerlee Article about Code for Lunar Mission 0 Jul 20 2009, 10:59 PM EDT by stetlerlee
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I remember reading an article on one of the men who had a large part in writing the code, in COBOL I think that was used to send men to the moon. Amazing that that technology, with hundreds of lines of handwritten codes all subject to human error, actually worked. Wish I could read it again now.

Also remember wonderful articles about great mathamaticians. One named Ramenajen, a natural genius from India and sent to Cambridge only to get homesick and die in India surrounded by equations that are still not understood. And another fellow who couldn't produce anything unless he was loaded up on caffeine. The family took him off caffeine for his health and he estimated that he lost 4 years of work. I really miss those stories.
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MGreene9 The funniest thing I've ever read and I can't find it any more. 1 Feb 20 2008, 2:12 PM EST by Ergonaut
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I found the most hilarious Humor Quiz in The Last Word section of an Omni magazine in 1983 or 1984, I can't even remember which issue. How can I go about finding a copy of it?
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