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From: Robert Coe on 22 Jun 2010 22:19
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:26:57 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote:
: On Jun 21, 10:39�pm, Robert Coe <b...(a)1776.COM> wrote:
: > On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:18:16 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
: >
: > : CCD seems to be able to avoid motion problems that CMOS suffers from.
: > : How about Canon's 5DII, does it have these issues with video?
: >
: > Right, Rich. And I once read a very compelling argument that for various
: > aerodynamic reasons a bumblebee can't fly.
: >
: > Bob
:
: I remember a plane in WW2 that had roughly the same shape as a
: bumblebee and it flew.

If the bumblebee had a 16-cylinder gasoline-powered engine, nobody would have
doubted he could fly.

Bob
From: /dev/null/ on 22 Jun 2010 22:42

"Robert Coe" <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:26:57 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3127(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> : On Jun 21, 10:39 pm, Robert Coe <b...(a)1776.COM> wrote:
> : > On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:18:16 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3...(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> : >
> : > : CCD seems to be able to avoid motion problems that CMOS suffers
> from.
> : > : How about Canon's 5DII, does it have these issues with video?
> : >
> : > Right, Rich. And I once read a very compelling argument that for
> various
> : > aerodynamic reasons a bumblebee can't fly.
> : >
> : > Bob
> :
> : I remember a plane in WW2 that had roughly the same shape as a
> : bumblebee and it flew.
>
> If the bumblebee had a 16-cylinder gasoline-powered engine, nobody would
> have
> doubted he could fly.
>
> Bob

The GeeBee was quite a handful to fly. It took all the skills the pilot had,
plus some rather large gonads!


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