On 9/4/2012 9:16 AM, Kenneth Lerman wrote: > We cared about details like this 45 years ago when plots were done on a > Calcomp plotter. It's not rocket science. (Actually, I was working at > Grumman on the Lunar Module at the time -- maybe it was rocket science.) > > Ken
Well, in those days, we were dealing with the same issues in the various research institutes at the University of Chicago, so it wasn't "just" rocket science. I was perplexed in the 1990s when friends started waxing ecstatically about plotting packages they were using on their PCs. From my perspective, their packages were atrocious for this very reason. The Dataplot package that Jim Filliben developed at my then employer, NIST, was much better. It also came of age in the heydey of mainframes and expensive-to-use plotters and film recorders. It was ported to PCs, Macs, and the like. So far as I know, it is still available for download from the NIST website. Regards, Kent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
