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I made a new device for more easily forming parabolic curves in august last year. The "mechanical mathematician". Using a mechanical mathematician is a major...
Yahoogroups broke up your links, so I put them back together below. It helps if you put links on their own lines rather than just adding them inline. And...
Speaking of solar Does any one know how much would a square meter of high efficiency solar panels cost? Sam Steve Greenfield <alienrelics@...> wrote: ...
Steve, Thanks for posting the link. You are right, its fascinating stuff . and frustrating too. A lot I understood and so much that I didn't. I'd love to...
Not to seem trite, but check your local library and search the web. Lots of resources. Way too much information to put in one email. Did you notice all the...
Hi, steve, I have never done astronomy and I think I goofed on how to set up an equatorial mount! And it is pretty important because a lot of people visit the...
I knew about the idea of "perpetual copyrights" but through recent research I have learned so much more, especially on how certain people have suggested to...
Not trite at all. I have always had the idea of making my own vacuum tubes floating around in the back of my mind,. and I have kept an eye out for references ...
My opinion is that we need a limit to copyrights to free up inventions for common use. Remember that just about everything that today is made by lots of...
I am not sure if I am arguing whether it's fair or a moral question, maybe just if it's fair. Would a reasonable person think a copyright can last forever...
I wish they would stop wasting energy and ban all advertising for prescription drugs on TV. ... -- Nick A "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of...
I can just imagine the licensing nightmare that would happen if a company needed to deal with patents for everything from the light bulb (Edison,) vacuum tube...
As opposed to copyright infringement nightmares? I just surprised a friend yesterday by telling her "Happy Birthday to You" isn't in the U.S. public domain yet...
Hi all, I'm not so much a mad scientist as an amateur scientist, although I've made my share of static generators, both Van de Grafs and dirods, jacobs...
I can write a story without quoting the words to the Happy Birthday song. Also, the fair use laws allow me to do some limited quoting, make satires, and the...
Well, it's that time of the year once more. The Cub Scouts Pine Wood Derby. Anyone here actual won one of these ? Second or Third ? I would be interested in...
... Wood ... Some years back a friend of my said his son had announced that they had to win the derby that year. I asked him how much time he had. He told me...
I don't think accusing another fellow Akela of cheating without proof is an example of goodwill. We may need to check a scouting manual here. ... While every...
Yeah, well I'm not a boy scout myself. I actually left out a few details in the interest of brevity. My friend had made the car for his son the previous year,...
... As I remember it, they were using graphite at this derby also (it was supplied in the kit). My nephew actually won one of these and if I remember...
An "Akela" is a symbol of authority. I just meant I hope you didn't say out loud or openly agree with any unfounded accusation of cheating in front of a cub...
... say ... which ... scout. ... As it was, I had questions about the ethics of what I was doing, so I wasn't in any hurry to bring up the matter of cheating....
Chrome Plating may be beyound a simple procedure for me. Has anyone tried this ? I read up on it, and the chemicals & fumes seem to be some listed as...
Rules can vary from council and district sometimes but the way you described it I am sure honestly helping wasn't against any rules. When I was in the Derby...
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