The Space Shuttle's Effector

External Since: Jul 27, 2005 Posts: 12

I was amused to see, on the news, the space shuttle using its "Effector
Camera" to check for damage.

It's the first time I've seen the word effector used outside a Culture
novel!

External Since: Mar 06, 2004 Posts: 5

Mr Scummy <nospam RemoveThis @nospam.com> wrote in
news:42e7c955$0$23640$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk:

> I was amused to see, on the news, the space shuttle using its
> "Effector Camera" to check for damage.
>
> It's the first time I've seen the word effector used outside a
> Culture novel!

Perhaps there are agents from Special Circumstances among us. That
would go a long way towards explaining the election of George Bush,

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Dostoevski, The Idiot