To: <puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Subject: RE: [Puptcrit] Waldo
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 08:29:08 -0000


And I had always imagined it was a tribute to Waldo Lanchester :-)

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[mailto:puptcrit-driftline.org-bounces-AT-lists.driftline.org] On Behalf Of
Will Stackman
Sent: 07 February 2005 21:16
To: Pupt Crit2
Subject: [Puptcrit] Waldo

Thought someone else would bring this up sooner.  As
old-time science fiction fans know, "Waldo" as a term
for tele-operating derives from Robert Heinlein's 1942
novella of the same title.  It was used as early as
the '50s to describe analog manipulators.  If anyone
has rights to the term, it's the Heinlein estate.

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