tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post4267651001208671552..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: A Very Barney Pearl Harbor DayCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-64347874443836936092011-12-07T08:34:21.950-05:002011-12-07T08:34:21.950-05:00"As autonomous systems they will coordinate a..."As autonomous systems they will coordinate among themselves at machine speed."<br /><br />SKYNET!<br /><br />Oh and Byron, along with the good perfesser's suggestion, try <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Great-Arc-Dramatic-Mapped-Everest/dp/0060932953" rel="nofollow">The Great Arc</a>, which is the story of laying the long baseline through India IOT measure the height of Everest (the mountain, not the man....)<br /><br />As an artillery survey nerd, I enjoyed it immensely.UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-65170988777576171682011-12-07T08:21:43.491-05:002011-12-07T08:21:43.491-05:00"The Fourth Part of the World" sounds in..."The Fourth Part of the World" sounds interesting. I've always been addicted to maps (and got a serious adrenaline rush combined with many hours of lost time just cruising the World on Google Earth!). Maps are the visual record of history and show man's trail of progress and sorrow through the ages. I got started on maps when I conned my mother and father into buying me a large book about the Vinland maps that puportedly pre-dated Columbus (remember, this was in the late 50s!). Then it was National Geographic!!!. Maps and geography are really cool stuff...and if you're smart, will let you hold your head high when your wife thinks you're lost and she finds out you aren't :)Byronnoreply@blogger.com