Was just watching a tech talk about the AGC (Apollo Guidance Computer) yesterday. 2k ram. The infamous 1201,1202,1203 errors upon Apollo 11 decent were caused due to the real time scheduler falling behind and going past it q depth of 7.
Funny you should mention that. It's been a while since I've read about those error codes, and I had somehow missed reading about a 1203.
In any case, these always come to mind:
Revelation 12:01 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:Revelation 12:02 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Beginning with Apollo 11 (Columbia and Eagle), 12 men have walked on the Moon. All Americans.
Okay it's winter so with a slight detour to a related garden topic, columbines (like the Apollo 11 mission) were named for both doves and eagles. This is even weirder because a "columbine" is the flower you get when you "combine" the two.
11 is the ALT code for every man/male/Mars. ♂
12 is the ALT code for every woman/female/Venus. ♀
The genus name Aquilegia is derived from the Latin word for eagle (aquila), because of the shape of the flower petals, which are said to resemble an eagle's claw. The common name "columbine" comes from the Latin for "dove", due to the resemblance of the inverted flower to five doves clustered together
Eagle on Mars, with the imagery of the ancient Sun symbol:
The name is a triple reference: in honor of the first manned spacecraft to land on the Moon in 1969; in honor of the launching country, the United States, whose symbol is an eagle; and in reference to the golf term eagle, referring to sinking a ball two strokes under par. The third reference extended the golf metaphor begun with a description of landing in the crater as "a hole in one".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_(Meridiani_Planum_crater)
Who writes this stuff, aliens? :)
A hole in one:
Well if you ask me, Apollo 11's mission was a big birth announcement "ahead" of its time, on the heels of Apollo 8's famous reading and timing, like the message delivered to Abraham and Sarah.
People would laugh, but when the word needed to get out, the eyes and ears of the entire planet were on Neil. That *is* funny, esp. because of the fixation on and debate over the presence or absence of an "a" in those famous words. Made 'em even more famous!
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
After all, Isaac [יצחק], "he will laugh" = 208 = [ארה"ב], and
From and including: Tuesday, December 24, 1968
To, but not including Sunday, July 20, 1969
Result: 208 days
See, it's all interwoven into one grand tapestry like the single tachash skin over the Tabernacle. Ever notice the unicode that corresponds to the Earthrise photo number? It's for "emphasis":
⎃
Followed by a very similar photo (as described on the Earthrise link above), which is the compose (combine) symbol.
⎃ngels We Have Heard On High
(with lyrics)
The guardian "trail" angels never let me down. A pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
They taught me to code. Which is to say, to *play*. If anyone wants the answer to how many angles can dance on the head of a pin, they told me, so you can always just ask.
My favorite Christmas song is the Little Drummer Boy, *the* song that everyone loves to hate. He's the ingenious boy who had nothing to give, so by thinking quickly, he simply gave his all.
People should already know how these kinds of stories end, because it's the classic plot about the search for the rightful ruler.