<http://www.apple.com/scitech/health/geodesics/> The Geodesic Sensor Net, from Electrical Geodesics, Inc. (EGI), represents more than a blip on the screen when...
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philip szeto
flexsz@...
Nov 7, 2000 1:56 am
Dear Ken: I was talking to another neighbor of mine who did work as a "brand name" musician with Herbie Hancock who is KTWV fame of course, toward working head...
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philip szeto
flexsz@...
Nov 14, 2000 5:32 am
Dear Espirit De Corp: It just seemed appropriate writing this because friend named Mr. Mates said something about his observations of Microsoft. Com. in...
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SpaceshipEarth@...
Nov 17, 2000 10:01 am
Below is a transcript of Bruce Sterling's speech at the Doors of Perception conference on lightness. I'm sure many here will take the popular sci-fi author to...
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Kirby Urner
pdx4d@...
Nov 17, 2000 2:10 pm
Thanks for sharing the Viridian thing. I actually have subscribed to Bruce's elist for awhile (distribution-only, non-conversational) but don't always get the...
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rybo6
rybo6@...
Nov 17, 2000 5:53 pm
... The dymaxion beechcraft house had the 10lb piece at top of mast desigend to pop out and release pressure inside house from the effects of tornado. The...
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Jim Lehman
bcat@...
Nov 17, 2000 7:03 pm
Kirby, thanks for keeping us posted on your "real" life events. Welcome back! Jim Lehman...
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rybo6
rybo6@...
Nov 19, 2000 2:50 pm
The essence of Universe, is viewpoint. Viewpoint may equate as spirit. Viewpoint is angularization of gravity. 12 gravitees, with angular differential, is...
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philip szeto
flexsz@...
Nov 19, 2000 8:57 pm
Kirby: ...got your back (that's a football term). When are we gonna finish the second "side bar" (120 LCD's)? Got all the the factoids arranged for...
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rybo6
rybo6@...
Nov 19, 2000 9:34 pm
... Better stated as "12 to 24 gravitees with angular differential, from a common fixation-point, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ is minimal requirement for viewpoint"....
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SpaceshipEarth@...
Nov 20, 2000 9:01 am
The Beakman and Jax science column in the newspaper this week has an article that asks the question, "Does the wind blow or suck? Is the air pushing or...
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rybo6
rybo6@...
Nov 20, 2000 1:50 pm
... Seems like another of those dichotomies. Physical or metaphysical, sucking or blowing, on or off, concave or convex. Both exist in some context at every...
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Tom Ace
crux@...
Nov 20, 2000 5:39 pm
... Does anyone really want that sort of thing? Like most people, when I look out my windows I want to see the outdoors, not the inside of a dome. Tom P.S....
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Stephen O'Shaughnessy
sosha@...
Nov 20, 2000 6:25 pm
Depends on how big the dome is. I would live in a domed community. Something the size of a housing addition. I don't necessarily need to see the outdoors...
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Tom Ace
crux@...
Nov 20, 2000 6:58 pm
... Houses have sewer vents; I hope you're ducting them to the exterior of the dome. The same goes for clothes dryers, and also exhaust fans in bathrooms and...
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Stephen O'Shaughnessy
sosha@...
Nov 20, 2000 7:33 pm
... Did I somehow imply that all the problems have been solved? I just said that for me I wouldn't mind living in a domed community. ... Many places in the...
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Tom Ace
crux@...
Nov 20, 2000 8:10 pm
... The problems are not just little details that can be solved with some work; they're serious enough that I think you would mind living in a domed community....
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Stephen O'Shaughnessy
sosha@...
Nov 20, 2000 9:05 pm
... No... a problem solved is not a problem. If the problems you listed are solved, and they are small problems (if I can vent my house properly I have the...
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Tom Ace
crux@...
Nov 20, 2000 10:47 pm
... I'm saying I don't think that practical solutions to some of the problems are possible. I think it's a big pipe dream. In my estimation. ... I don't...
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philip szeto
flexsz@...
Nov 21, 2000 3:42 am
... Dear Tom: These were very useful conversations and these had gone non forthwith to naught or not "very worthy" in our little society since finally the...
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philip szeto
flexsz@...
Nov 21, 2000 12:49 pm
... Dear Lightness: Thanks for the report about the lightness -- conference because one was wondering what happened to everybody concerning after the original...
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SpaceshipEarth@...
Nov 21, 2000 3:32 pm
Beakman and Jax: When you suction a vacuum chamber, nothing is pushing in, therefore the statement that, "Suction is not a real force. What we think of as...
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rybo6
rybo6@...
Nov 21, 2000 5:19 pm
... Is the pressure inside the suit greater than the surrounding outer-space? What specifically happens to the 85% water-body inside? I dont really know. I...
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rybo6
rybo6@...
Nov 22, 2000 4:48 am
The following is a URL and excerpt from "Ripples in space time". The data observed, show that gravity, is a real force and not just mathmatical abstract....
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SpaceshipEarth@...
Nov 22, 2000 11:31 am
Dear Jok: Thank you for your reply. It can't be said that the vacuum is nothing. That's 17th century science. It turns out that "nothing" is full of particles...
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philip szeto
flexsz@...
Nov 22, 2000 1:27 pm
Dear SpaceshipEarth: This thing did this twice on the net machine when the call to answer "where doth Yonder Vacuum Breaks" gone into over driving motives what...
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rybo6
rybo6@...
Nov 22, 2000 5:28 pm
... Yes i'm some familiar with the virtual particles of Universe. I just saw Nova,s(PBS) "Tour the Universe". Dark (vacum / repulsive energy) being 2/3 of...
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rybo6
rybo6@...
Nov 22, 2000 5:28 pm
... Is the pressure inside the suit greater than the surrounding outer-space? What specifically happens to the 85% water-body inside? I dont really know. ... I...
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Kirby Urner
pdx4d@...
Nov 22, 2000 6:26 pm
The thread about a room with a view is somewhat interesting. Here are some more thoughts: The idea is a dome provides a structure free of internal supports...
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Kirby Urner
pdx4d@...
Nov 22, 2000 6:31 pm
Here's a multi-branched thread on sci.math I discovered by randomly keyword searching in deja.com. Looks like Cliff Nelson doing a rather poor job of...
