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Do you have a personal comment or story to tell having to do with Omni? Did it inspire you in some way? Any particular memories you have where the magazine figures prominently?
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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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| d.w. | the change in the u.f.o. page | 0 | Sep 1 2007, 4:09 PM EDT by d.w. | ||
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this was my favorite page. at one point, the page changed from black on red ( not too easy to read) to silver on black( imposible to read)....i also was surprised at the abruptness of the end of omni.....d.w.
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