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"JASON A. KAATZ" writes:

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"Greg Campbell" wrote in message
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Peter Stickney wrote:

Naw - if it's really good, you toss a bit of grass/paper in the air
when you see the flash, measure its displacement when the shock hits
by eye, and do it in your head. While keeping ahead of the crowd, as
in "If you see me running, try to keep up."

(Worked for Ed Teller at Alamagordo. And not only was he faster than
the Data Reduction folks with all their slide rules & Analyzers, he
was more accurate, as well.)

I've read in several books that it was Fermi with the bits of paper. Of
course Teller probably stole the idea and claimed it as his own...

Dr. Teller would not steal anything. If it were someone's else's idea he
would say so out front. You obviously know nothing about the mans character
and credibility.

I agree. He also had an amazing ability to be unfailingly polite to
any and all. When you spoke with him, you always had his full
attention, and I don't think that anyone ever felt that they were beig
patronized in a converation with him. (A very rare quality, in an
environment filled with spart people with big egos.)


--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster