On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 00:00:40 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 1/8/2016 7:33 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 12:25:21 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 1/8/2016 12:10 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 08 Jan 2016 02:53:38 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 22:50:20 -0500,
wrote:

We now take a much needed break from the ongoing gun battle:

http://www.reuters.com/video/2016/01/07/2016-is-a-breakthrough-year-for-hyperloo?videoId=366947489&videoChannel=118169

This is real life science fiction taking place.

The only fiction here is the idea that they can come up with the money
to build it, allay health concerns and get all of the environmental
permits.
This is California where there are plenty of people who think power
lines will kill them. This magnetic drive will send them over the
edge.

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Elon Musk has a proven track record of being able to move a project
that no one thinks is possible. It will be interesting to see how
this one evolves. I consider him to be the Thomas Edison of our time
and would not bet against anything that he's advocating.



You have to remember that Greg thinks anything new is impossible for one
reason or another. :-)


Not impossible technically, only politically and financially.

I have always been in charge of adversity and if things worked right,
my phone would never ring, so I try to see problems down the road and
do my best to avoid them.


I am programmed pretty much the same way except rather than avoid them,
I attempt to solve them. Drives my wife nuts though.


I always try to fix problems, even when they are not really my
responsibility but it is easier to for see the problem if you can.
At least you might have the part ;-)

BTW CEs are famous for being cynical
When I was writing my real big program, I asked one of the old guys
why CEs didn't trust computers. He said it was because we never saw
one that was working right.