From: BT Humble on
theo wrote:
> George, if you always do what you always did, nothing new will ever be
> invented. It's amazing the stuff that is found whilst trying to find a
> solution for a problem. The company I used to work for got a Gov't
> grant to work on a glass that would turn black instantly if exposed to
> a nuclear blast. It was to be used for B52 windscreens. Unfortunately
> they failed, the glass darkened too slowly, and a large percentage of
> people wearing glasses are happy to pay for the technology that
> darkens their glasses when they go out into the sunshine. Some-one
> else eventually solved the B52 windscreen problem.

Yes, I believe they called it a "curtain". :-)

http://fat.ly/5u5tx


BTH

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From: Kevin Gleeson on
On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:16:11 +1000, CrazyCam
<CrazyCam(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:

>Kevin Gleeson wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>> And George, no-one could understand Einsteins theories when he came up
>> with them, or quantum mechanics.
>
>Dunno about Einstein, but it would be a right bugga if you were stuck
>with a broken down quantum, and there weren't any mechanics about.

I had a quantum break down last week, but it was only a small one so I
didn't worry about it.

Kev
From: BT Humble on
CrazyCam wrote:
>
> Kevin Gleeson wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > And George, no-one could understand Einsteins theories when he came up
> > with them, or quantum mechanics.
>
> Dunno about Einstein, but it would be a right bugga if you were stuck
> with a broken down quantum, and there weren't any mechanics about.

I'll say, I've got one of those on a lawnmower but it just won't run!

http://fat.ly/wq74q

(Pretty fancy name for an old side-valve motor, I'm guessing the "quantum
leap forward" was adding an oil pump and making it a pressurised
lubrication system).


BTH

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From: George W Frost on

"BT Humble" <YnRAaHVtYmxldG93bi5vcmc=(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au> wrote
in message news:hpdlob$i6t$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> theo wrote:
>> George, if you always do what you always did, nothing new will ever be
>> invented. It's amazing the stuff that is found whilst trying to find a
>> solution for a problem. The company I used to work for got a Gov't
>> grant to work on a glass that would turn black instantly if exposed to
>> a nuclear blast. It was to be used for B52 windscreens. Unfortunately
>> they failed, the glass darkened too slowly, and a large percentage of
>> people wearing glasses are happy to pay for the technology that
>> darkens their glasses when they go out into the sunshine. Some-one
>> else eventually solved the B52 windscreen problem.
>
> Yes, I believe they called it a "curtain". :-)
>
> http://fat.ly/5u5tx
>



What's the point, get close to a nuclear explosion and its curtains for you
anyway.



From: JohnO on
On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:00:07 GMT, "George W Frost"
<georgewfrost(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>
>"JohnO" <varcs45(a)msn.com> wrote in message
>news:psdjr59sssoaap6t79btelgrkabob9ru0o(a)4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:19:57 GMT, "George W Frost"
>> <georgewfrost(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>That is fine Kev that all these discoveries have been made, but, I fail to
>>>see where it is going to benefit the population to know how the "Big Bang
>>>"
>>>happened and what they can do with the information, if ever they get it.
>>>I can understand electronic and mechanical inventions, but again, I fail
>>>to
>>>see the advantage of finding out what or how something happened several
>>>million years ago.
>>
>> Try billion mate :)
>>
>>>Even then, can you be sure that their findings will actually the truth of
>>>what happened and not something dreamed up in their heads?
>>>With electronic or mechanical inventions or ideas, the idea and the
>>>invention are there in place at the time of invention and there is proof
>>>of
>>>their findings.
>>>As I said, it is only jobs for the boys who come out with scientific
>>>gobbledegook, which no-one but themselves can interpret
>>>
>>
>> JohnO
>>
>> Beer?
>>
>
>The several million was only a conservative guess Johno
>but by being pedantic, several million could also mean a billion or more.
>Ask a billionaire how much money he has and he will tell you that he has
>several million
>Wanna ask me how much money I have??
>
>Rum thanks then I may tell you
>

I should have been more precise for you George. There was supposed to
be a 's' on the end of billion.

According to the web [1] the big bang was about 14 billion years ago.
But what would they know? I know for a fact that it occured on Tuesday
the 14th of March!

JohnO

Beer? Rum is for girls.

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