The future of displays?

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That's why I can't understand why that neat Eyephone thing (I *think* that was the name) never made it.

I read in sci.electronics.design that Dirk Bruere at Neopax wrote (in ) about 'The future of displays?', on Sun, 25 Sep 2005:

Before its time? It happens.

No, I'm a chit. I'd be nice if there weren't so many wrong and dumb [and ugly] people around. And I hate dykes, and pigmen. I met too many foulmouthed, addleminded, shitspawn dykes on flickr. When I complained about the spelling of one, I got banned. Then again, I've been complaining about the spelling of many other lusers there, and never got any justice.

-Aut

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:31:09 +0100, Dirk Bruere at Neopax Gave us:

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Everyone wants hi res color. Me too! Mono died.

With the CCD receiver side devices for video cameras and digital cameras theses days, one would think we could have an HDTV display side device, in 3-D, right in front of our faces by now.

That's a pair of wide form factor display wafers taking the place of "shades" Hell, one could mount skull cameras and replace forward vision with IR capacity and spectral... whatever.

Oh yeah... they're doing this stuff in the military already, short of the 3-D part... :-]

Perhaps that's a good strategy for some things, but probaby you'd want to make sure that you got a real parachute rather than a voucher.

OTOH, if the parachute was not that important, he could always sell it to whatever the Brit equivalent of Milo Minderbinder's M&M Enterprises was.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

I read in sci.electronics.design that Autymn D. C. wrote (in ) about 'The future of displays?', on Sun, 25 Sep 2005:

You are a piece of paper, signed by someone in authority, giving someone permission to do something or to receive goods?

I believe the linen was used for printing maps.

In message , John Woodgate writes

Or to *not* receive goods ;-) I had an uncle in the RAF who always made sure he was at the back of the queue when stuff was being issued. Instead of large pieces of cumbersome and mostly useless kit, he had a collection of small neat chits saying he was excused bayonet frogs etc. because they had run out.

In message , Spehro Pefhany writes

Oh, they never let him *fly* anything. He was in the mapping unit.

I don't know about parachute silk, but I understand that some ladies of his acquaintance were never short of linen for their home furnishings ;-)

I read in sci.electronics.design that Richard Herring wrote (in ) about 'The future of displays?', on Mon, 26 Sep 2005:

Ah! My uncle, who also didn't fly, said that a bicycle was much more valued than a parachute.

Parachute silk was for more romantic applications.

In message , John Woodgate writes

But you can get further with the 3-tonner they used for delivering the maps. And with access to a map-quality printing press, getting a weekend pass was never a problem ;-)

Indeed so. I was probably too young to be told about that aspect.

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:15:12 +0100, John Woodgate Gave us:

Hahahaha...

Chit Man, Chit Man...

Second generation...

You're a soldier at sixty three.

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:26:31 +0100, Richard Herring Gave us:

Sure causes problems in important, life threatening circumstances. Shoving a piece of paper in the end of you rifle doesn't "cut" it.

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:51:49 +0100, Richard Herring Gave us:

You guys didn't use artificial fabrics for your parachutes?

I read in sci.electronics.design that NunYa Bidness wrote (in ) about 'The future of displays?', on Mon, 26 Sep 2005:

In those days, there WERE no artificial fabrics strong enough to make parachute canopies. Silk is VERY strong.

I read in sci.electronics.design that Richard Henry wrote (in ) about 'The future of displays?', on Mon, 26 Sep 2005:

And covering the structure of the most modern aircraft? (;-)

In message , NunYa Bidness writes

What important, life-threatening problems do you think would confront UK-based RAF ground crew in the early 1940s, and which piece of regulation webbing would solve them?

(I don't believe they had military-issue St Christopher medals.)

What do you imagine he'd have done with a rifle? Shoot at the bombs as they fell?