More "We" Klever Konnections

Daniel Cape daniel.cape at gmail.com
Tue Aug 11 17:36:06 CDT 2009


Oh, you beat me to it. :-]

2009/8/10 Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>:
>
> "in the subway car I was speeding to where
> the elegant body of the INTEGRAL was gleaming
> on its stocks, shining in the sun and not yet alive
> with its own fire. ..I was in a revery of formulas.
> Once more I mentally calculated the initial velocity
> needed to tear the INTEGRAL away from the earth.
> Second by second, as the explosive fuel diminishes,
> the mass of the INTEGRAL changes. The equation is
> extremely complex, the values transcendental."   (! MK)
>
> Zemyatin was also trained as an engineer.
>
> And, remember the windmills in Weissman's eyes?:
>
> "and his eyes flashed---two sharp drills whirling rapidly,
> screwing deeper and deeper".....
>
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