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From: hanc...
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 21:53
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 21:53
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On Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 9:41:44 PM UTC-4, J. Clarke wrote: > >One time in NYC some Canadian Navy ships paid a visit and > >hosted an open house. On the bridge they had typical > >office desks with a PC on them. The PC screens had > >a vertical chart with the speeds of the old ship's > >telegraph--full ahead, full astern, etc. > > > >I thought that was kind of sad. > > You do understand that to actually change the speed of the ship > involves considerably more than pressing an accelerator pedal. You > tell the black gang how fast you want to go and they make it happen. In earlier days they used a ship's telegraph, a round device operated by a wheel. The indications on the dial were the same as on the face of the PC.
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