Word: computerize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The National Weather Service uses all the ingenuity of science to forecast sun or rain including satellite pictures of storm patterns and complex computer printouts. On the other hand, a three-year-old 1,400-lb. cow named Bramer trusts more to instinct. When she senses that bad weather is...
Noting his cow's peculiar talents, Farmer John McAdams decided to match Bramer's predictions against those of the Houston Weather Service, which he felt rarely knew when to come in out of the rain. The Huntsville Item, a thrice-weekly newspaper, agreed to serve as scorekeeper. For...
The new method for House selection may, to a large extent level out the ratio inequities. House masters can no longer personally select any of the incoming House occupants. A slick new computer and a slick new system are helping to erase stereotypes that still exist among the Houses. The...
Today's Zaharoffs come equipped with computer printouts, microfiche reference data on ballistic curves and a quick-reference international airlines timetable. They range from self-effacing defense ministry bureaucrats and eager military attaches earning regulation civil service salaries to the aggressive representatives of the private manufacturing companies, whose salaries...
LASER-GUIDED ARTILLERY: The Army is enthusiastic about the potential of a newly developed 155-mm. shell. Fired from a conventional cannon, the 6-in. shell sprouts tail fins and small forward wings to prevent spinning. It can be aimed up to 500 yds. wide of a target illuminated with...