Article: 104875 of sci.geo.satellite-nav From: "Doug Gordon" Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav References: Subject: Re: The movie "Longitude" Lines: 16 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:43:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.22.73.185 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.mi.home.com 963269022 24.22.73.185 (Mon, 10 Jul 2000 15:43:42 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 15:43:42 PDT Organization: @Home Network Path: b4.mv.meer.net!nntp1.ba.best.com!news1.best.com!feeder.via.net!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.mi.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: b4.mv.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:104875 I watched half and have the rest on tape for tonight. One thing disappointing so far is that they haven't done a good job of emphasizing the passage of time. Harrison worked for *20 years* on H-3! They show his hair graying and son growing up, but they still could have dropped a line or two about how long he worked on this project. I get impatient if I can't finish a household project in a weekend! Doug Gordon Kenneth Kane wrote in message news:um5kmskn7fjpfrf8u1c9dsdjrgqfgh84dt@4ax.com... > Have read the book Longitude and last night seen the movie. It was > four hours long. For those not interested in navigation etc it would > have been real boring. I enjoyed it.