Tom,

Thanks for the Chrinitoid article... and the crazy 3d simulation, too much. I passed on the info to some fellow alumni, and now I'm hearing some noise about a screensaver... I'll let you know, but don't hold your breath.

Thanks again,
Frank Hurley '85

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TOm

I enjoyed the article on the Chrinitoid. I vaguely remember it being
erected on campus, but do recall watching it's motion being power by the
wind. Thanks for the research and bringing back the memories.

Regards

Roy Kell '74

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I saw the article at the end of the latest RPI Alumni magazine about your search for the elusive Chrinitoid. Thanks for all your efforts, I always wondered what happened to it. It was my most favorite thing on the RPI campus during my 4 years there (1974-1978), and I was sorry to see, on subsequent visits to the campus, that it had disappeared from the landscape. We can now rest assured that it has found a good home. It is too bad that its final home is not on its original pad overlooking the '86 field. The "new Chrinitoid" pictured in the web site http://blog.deltos.com/boston/archives/2004_09.html just isn't the same.

It may have been before your time, but there was a period of a few months when one of two the great rectangles was immobilized, assumedly because of mechanical problems. A rotating collar was attached to the mast at about 1/3 of its height. This prevented the rectangle from pivoting on its arm (keeping it straight down all of the time), but allowed the sculpture free rotation around the mast.

Thanks for the Chrinitoid memories!

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Eric Wawrousek, Ph.D.
Chief, Transgenic Animal and Genome Manipulation Section
National Eye Institute

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Tom:

I enjoyed the story about the Chrinitoid in the Rensellaer magazine.
I was at RPI in 1982-83 for my masters. I know that I have pictures
of it which, when found, I will scan and email to you, if you're still
interested. I always liked watching the Chrinitoid dance. Thank you.

Dan

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Tom,

Just saw your article in the Engineer. Nice that SOMEBODY still remembers the Crinitoid. I graduated in 1983, so it was there ALL the time I was there. Not the same for you.

...

john

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