Re: GR translation: why don’t you tell me the angle?

Mike Jing gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
Mon Jul 18 18:06:18 CDT 2016


Thanks, Mark.

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 6:00 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> i would say Yes.
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 2:00 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> V223.5-15, P225.36-226.5   Rain bats against the glass, lemon and
>> myrtle trees outside shake in the wind. Over croissants, strawberry
>> jam, real butter, real coffee, she has him running through the flight
>> profile in terms of wall temperature and Nusselt heart-transfer
>> coefficients, computing in his head from Reynolds numbers she flashes
>> him . . . equations of motion, damping, restoring moments . . .
>> methods of computing Brennschluss by IG and radio methods . . .
>> equations, transformations . . .
>>        “Now jet expansion angles. I’ll give you an altitude, you tell
>> me the angle.”
>>        “Katje, why don’t you tell me the angle?”
>>
>> angle, n.2
>>  9. c. colloq. (orig. U.S.). A way of approaching a task; a modus
>> operandi, a method or scheme (sometimes with implication of dishonesty
>> or exploitation).
>>
>> Is this the meaning of the word "angle" used by Slothrop?
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