From: "Peter Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> But then a recent Hollywood film shows that the Americans with the help of
> Mel Gibson captured the German Enigma encryption machine and cracked the
> code thus saving the world. The machine was in fact captured and cracked
by
> the Brits before the Americans even entered WWII. Only American forces
took
> part in the D Day landings didnt they? (Saving Private Ryan). The rest of
> the world is getting used to Americans rewriting history. Anyone seen
> "Braveheart" (Mel again)- an interesting adventure movie but little
> foundation in historical truth.
People just gotta stop thinking that Hollywood is real. Aside - nothing in
"Saving Private Ryan" precludes or suggests that other nations were major
participants in the D Day landings.
FYI - While I was living in Toronto, I was exposed to (government moral
building) ads that claimed Canada to be the inventor of basketball!
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The lenses (and coatings) - purportedly - were developed for high altitude
(10 to 15 miles up), ultra high resolution, ultra high contrast aerial
photography. The coatings developed by various optical companies were
recognized to be quarter wave impedance transformers and the (rather simple)
math was developed. Multiple coatings were designed to increase bandwidth
and reduce loss. Control of the deposition thickness was a major problem.
Probably of success was reduced dramatically with the number of coats
deposited. Initial coating methods were not amenable to mass production and
all lenses were individually crafted - purportedly, this is rumor.
Regards,
Bob...
Give blood. Play hockey.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 1:39 AM
Subject: RE: SMC - Zeiss x Asahi ?!?
> Bob Blakely wrote:
>
> >Practical, hard multi-coating was developed in the 50's and early 60's
for
> airborne
> >reconnaissance. The technology was later transferred to NASA and reckoned
> as a "NASA
> >development" in as much as the actual sources were to remain unknown.
>
> above abbreviated by me
>
> But then a recent hollywood film shows that the Americans with the help of
> Mel Gibson captured the German Enigma encryption machine and cracked the
> code thus saving the world. The machine was in fact captured and cracked
by
> the Brits before the Americans even entered WWII. Only American forces
took
> part in the D Day landings didnt they? (Saving Private Ryan). The rest of
> the world is getting used to Americans rewriting history. Anyone seen
> "Braveheart" (Mel again)- an interesting adventure movie but little
> foundation in historical truth.
>
> Peter
>
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