home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
- The man inside the computers at the ESOC By Mark Crosby - Mega PD
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Hi! Its Mark here again! I have know someone in the European space agency
- so I said to myself "Why dont I interview him?" and here it is:
-
- This is my interview with Jim at the European Space Operations Centre,
- Darmstadt, Germany. Jim is a friend of mine. He is scotish!
-
- "Hi Jim! What do you do at the ESOC?"
-
- "I fit new chips and boards into all of the computers here. Some of these
- computers control the `Non-stationary satalites` that wiz around the
- world. The problem with these is that we cant control these by our selfs.
- When the satalites pass over America, control is passed over the the
- Americans. When the satalite passes over Australia, control is passed
- to the Australians. This software that I fit passes control over to
- each satalite etc. When I fit new software into the computers here, I
- sometimes need to hop over to Australia for 5 or 6 weeks to set up the
- computers to use the new software. That only takes a few days, but dont
- tell the ESOC that. I can have a nice rest, payed to goto Australia!"
-
- "You mean `All expensives payed`?"
-
- "Yes! And a company car!"
-
- "Do you use Amigas at all?"
-
- "We use them for some of the graphics storage of the satalite pictures."
-
- "What did you do before working at the ESOC?"
-
- "I worked for Philips in London. I tested new software, kept the network
- running etc. The company Philips layed me off because they were making
- `cut-backs`!"
-
- "What computers do you own at home? Do you have an Amiga?"
-
- "Not yet, but I am thinking of geting one! I have to use a PC at home
- because I need to do a lot of work at home. I do have a very fast modem
- though. Its got everything! MNP Datacorrection, over 96000 BAUD, etc!"
-
-
-
-
- "Bit At The Bottom" by Gears
- ----------------------------
-
- Errrr.. You may be wondering where the rest of the interview is. Errm.
- Well. That's it so nerr....!? Perhaps more next time ?
-
-