Buying in the States was Re: HP analyzer probes

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com>
Date: Fri Jul 9 14:27:32 2004

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Joe R. wrote:
>
>> Interesting. Spar is probably the largest Aerospace company in Canada.
>> They made the robotic arm for the space schuttle and they made FLIRs for
>
> What in tarnations is a FLIR?
                           ^^^^

Forward Looking Infra Red, or sometimes Forward Looking Infrared Radar
(not the correct term obviously)

   Those wierd black-and-white negative images you see from police
helicopters chasing guys running thru neighborhoods at night - the warmer
something is, the 'brighter' it appears on the FLIR monitor.


   Also seen in fighter plane gun-camera shots of us blowing up things out
in the middle of various Middle Eastern Deserts.

  Cheers

John
Received on Fri Jul 09 2004 - 14:27:32 BST