On Fri, 07 May 2004 08:05:40 +1000, Mike Borgelt
wrote:

On 6 May 2004 06:35:06 GMT, Derrick Steed
wrote:


I should correct the impression given above - I wasn't trying to imply the
B50 did it electronically, but I did, although it seemed obvious to me when
I wrote my bit that if it took the TE input then it used it as just that in
the conventional way.

I cherish memories of a british army nationals pilot that I crewed for back
in '69 and '70 trying to repair his diaphram compensator with a sheet of
latex material cut from a male contractive - I think he might have got a lot
more pleasure from using it in the conventional manner.

I think the thread on high energy pull ups with or without water was longer
- there was just as misconception, bogus physics, and appalling arithmetic
there too!

Still, it's a good laugh innit?

Rgds,

Derrick.



Sure is. Are you frightened too by the fact that we have a high tech
civilization that might as well be running on magic as far as most
people are concerned? I do know the quote about "any sufficiently
advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". Arthur C. Clarke
wasn't it?


That's the man.

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