summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/README.gmi
blob: 4e50bcbcd6e5b2e4d8961245dbe0ec73eb5895c2 (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
# SR-71, a small web server

```ASCII art of an SR-71 Blackbird
                                 ,
                                dMb,
                              ,dMMMMb,          ,,
                           ,dMMMMMMMMMb, eeee8888"
                        ,mMMm!!!!XXXXMMMMM"""
                      ,d!!XXMMXX88888888W"
                     `MX88dMM8888WWWMMMMMMb,
                         '""MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMb
                           MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMb,
                          dMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMb,,
              _,dMMMMMMMMMMXXXX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XXXXXMP
         _,dMMXX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XXXXX888888888WWC
     _,dMMX!!!MMMM!!!!!!!!XXXXXX888888888888WWMMMMMb,
    dMMX!!!!!MMM!XXXXXX88888888888888888WWMMMMMMMMMMMb
   dMMXXXXXX8MMMM88888888888888888WWWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMb    ,d8
   MMMMWW888888MMMMM8888888WWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM,d88P'
    YMMMMMWW888888WWMMMMMMMMMMP"""'    `"YMMMMMMMMMMMXMMMMMP
       `""YMMMMMMMMMMMMMP""'            mMMMm!XXXXX8888888e,
                                      ,d!!XXMM888888888888WW
                                     "MX88dMM888888WWWMMMMMMb
                                          """``'"YMMMMMMMYMMM
                                                     `"YMMMMM
                                                        `"YMP
```

The SR-71 Blackbird was arguably the pinnacle of slide rule-based engineering.

The last airplane designed without the use of electronic calculators, it was developed from concept to first flight in just over 2 years. It few higher and faster than any jet of its time (holding the speed record to this day), and pioneered low-observability (stealth) characteristics.