Re: The Cost of Relativity

jimp_at_specsol-spam-sux.com
Date: 07/18/04 

Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 02:52:45 +0000 (UTC)

In sci.physics Double-A <double-a@hush.com> wrote:

> Morse code? Very quaint.

> I guess it still gets used.

> My question is WHY!

> Baudot code has been around since 1870.

> ASCII has been around for years.

> And we do have voice wireless now!
>
> If you were going to automate code transmission, why would you want to
> use Morse Code???

> Unless of course it's just still the best way to telegraph ahead to
> the next stationmaster when a run away steam engine is barreling down
> the track, or train robbers have been spotted in the area, or for
> letting everyone know that the Titanic is sinking!

> Double-A

Oh ***, I hope none of the morse forever crowd reads this post.

In Potter's defense (oh *** again, am I really defending that spewing
crackpot?), at that time morse was still heavily used by lots of people.

It is only in the past few years that morse was finally abandoned by the
maritime services and in the past couple that it has been for the most
part abandonded as a regulatory requirement for an amateur license by
some governments.

Morse is still used a lot in the amateur service, just like people still
shoot black powder guns, use sailboats, ride horses, etc. 

-- 
Jim Pennino
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