The Flick -- A term used by air traffic controllers to describe a mental model representing the current and future positions of air traffic in a section of airspace. Controllers visualize the paths of multiple aircraft in terms of position, altitude, trajectory and speed. Controllers also refer to this as "having the picture." But the picture moves -- like a movie -- hence the term “the flick.”
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Invention of the Year
It’s time (pardon the pun) for one of my favorite issues of Time each year: Invention of the Year.
I don’t feel like an idiot for not buying the iPhone (yes, it’s the Invention of the Year) but I do for not buying Apple stock when I was telling everybody else to buy it. That was back when it was around $50 a share. It’s at $186 a share today.
Oh well. Be sure to check out the full list of inventions. I want the HortiBot. That way I won’t feel guilty about dodging my weeding duties to write my blog.
Don Brown
November 6, 2007
Labels:
"Time" magazine,
Apple,
Invention of the Year,
iPhone
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