(just because I think the actual CT here is probably not coming back) ...I was looking through some Pixar credits, and their first listed short was one called WallE and B (or something along those lines). The included frame-grab looked better than about 40% of Comp Animation graduates demo-reels. It was done in 1984.

Anyway the whole point is that you cannot let the misconception of life and technology in the past distort your view of what was possible. I also find it amusing that a good percent of the people who argue that Apollo-era technology was insuffeciant were not even born in that period, let alone working in the field with said technology. *shrugs* Us young'uns are smarter than you old'farts, and since we haven't done it, you couldn't have either!

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I'm like one of those idiot savants...well, except for the savant part.

Theory of Zombie Relativity:
1) Everyone Else is a Zombie relative to You
2) Whether or not it matters is related to the inverse square of the distance between their teeth and your brain
(Quoted from Demigrog)