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From: BT Humble on 5 Apr 2010 17:46 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 -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: Kevin Gleeson on 5 Apr 2010 17:50 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 5 Apr 2010 17:51 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 -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: George W Frost on 5 Apr 2010 18:51 "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 5 Apr 2010 19:43
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. |