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  1. Re:Perhaps a very good idea! by mattbelcher · · Score: 1 · on ThinkCycle: Solving World Problems With A Cluster of Brains

    This has been going on in mathematics for a long time. The most famous example is Hilbert's list of 23 problems from 1900. This list lead to advancements in mathematics such as Godel's Incompleteness Theorem and a formal definition of algorithm (Church-Turing thesis). Some of the problems are still open, IIRC.

  2. Goddard's Pendulum Rocket Fallacy by Baldrson · · Score: 4 · on 75 Years Ago, Goddard Launchs Space Age
    A rather entertaining fallacy to which Goddard's early designs "fell" was the pendulum rocket fallacy.

    Also, the web site for the Goddard archives at Clark University has this FAQ that is worth reviewing.

  3. Dr. Goddard's Highest Flight by mr_gerbik · · Score: 4 · on 75 Years Ago, Goddard Launchs Space Age

    I don't know if anyone is curious, but the article sparked the question for me: How successful were Goddard's launches? I found the following info here in Goddard FAQ.

    Which of Dr. Goddard's rockets flew the highest?
    Dr. Goddard launched rocket L-13 on March 26, 1937 and the peak altitude that it reached was approximately 1.7 miles off of the ground in 22.3 seconds. By comparison, his first rocket, which he launched on March 16, 1926, reached an altitude of only 41 feet and landed 184 feet away 2.5 seconds after it was launched.

  4. Dr. Goddard's Highest Flight by mr_gerbik · · Score: 4 · on 75 Years Ago, Goddard Launchs Space Age

    I don't know if anyone is curious, but the article sparked the question for me: How successful were Goddard's launches? I found the following info here in Goddard FAQ.

    Which of Dr. Goddard's rockets flew the highest?
    Dr. Goddard launched rocket L-13 on March 26, 1937 and the peak altitude that it reached was approximately 1.7 miles off of the ground in 22.3 seconds. By comparison, his first rocket, which he launched on March 16, 1926, reached an altitude of only 41 feet and landed 184 feet away 2.5 seconds after it was launched.

  5. Dr. Goddard's Highest Flight by mr_gerbik · · Score: 4 · on 75 Years Ago, Goddard Launchs Space Age

    I don't know if anyone is curious, but the article sparked the question for me: How successful were Goddard's launches? I found the following info here in Goddard FAQ.

    Which of Dr. Goddard's rockets flew the highest?
    Dr. Goddard launched rocket L-13 on March 26, 1937 and the peak altitude that it reached was approximately 1.7 miles off of the ground in 22.3 seconds. By comparison, his first rocket, which he launched on March 16, 1926, reached an altitude of only 41 feet and landed 184 feet away 2.5 seconds after it was launched.

  6. Darwin vs Goddard by MousePotato · · Score: 1 · on Inventor Building Rocket In Backyard
    many people laughed at the inventions of Goddard (the father of modern rocketry in the US) and yet the Guggenheim family still funded his projects and research. Goddard had many catastrophic failures in the begining. I didn't see anything on Walkers website about testing the thing before launch so maybe Darwin will prevail. I did find this article where Walker states:
    "I've failed and failed and failed" Until six or seven years ago, Walker was destitute. "The one thing I've done more in life than anything is failed," he said. "I've failed and failed and failed and failed and failed and failed."
    Maybe he realizes Darwin and Goddard knew better...Seeing this type of attempt is both exhilerating (takes a lot of balls to strap yourself on top of that much h202 IMHO)and scary. I can't help wondering if there is someone out there who is going to look at this and try to build themself one of Bull's orbital guns. maybe this is just a suicide in the making. After all its better to burn out then fade away :)
  7. Re:Hilbert's problems and undecidability by MalcolmT · · Score: 2 · on Mathematical Problems For The New Age

    Since I haven't seen any links posted to Hilbert's original list yet: a copy of his original paper is avaiable for those interested.

  8. Send Lawyers, and Money by WANabee · · Score: 1 · on Finding an Intellectual Property Patent Lawyer?
    General Advice:

    Find a local attorney When you patent you will be communicating with your lawyer via, fax, or EMail. You will still need to spend some face time discussing things with the lawyer, you don't want to spend time and ($$) travelling far distances to meet with the lawyer.

    Find a local B-School You have an idea, fine. What is it value proposition? Why is it the greatest thing since sliced bread? Being "neat" and "cool" doesn't count. The world doesn't need another great software widget unless that widget is valuable to someone. Find some MBA grad students, sign them under NDA, give them a fair cut at the business and go to town outlining the business.

    And how many patents are we talking about? Most real good ideas will result in many patents (form, function, core capabilities... each separate) where each is more defendable in court.

    Patents cost $5K per, but guess what? If you really want to defend yourself you'll need to also do international patents which will cost ten times that all said and done.

    In the Boston area, the best lawyer for Intellectual property lawyer is Joe Iandiorio http://www.iandiorio.com/ in Waltham, MA off of 128. He's been involved with IP work for most high-tech companies in the area. (If anyone contacts this office, tell them that you were referred to by WANabee so that they know it came from this posting). For on-line information, check out specifically http://www.iandiorio.com/joe_word.htm for more IP information than you care to read, and if you care you should read! He is also doing at talk on 11/18 at Clark University as part of the Small Business Development Center workshop. Good Luck!

  9. What it would take by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Handicap Access/RSI & Linux

    I've thought about this before since a friend of mine was a Teaching Assitant for this blind guy we both know. It was an intro to programming class. I always wondered just how he was able to program since I rely so much on looking at the code. Unfortuantely, he didn't hand in any work and so I'm guessing he failed the class.

    But what I was thinking was that this would the require the mother of all meta-markup-data-languages. I don't know if SGML would be up for it. Something along the lines of making all data lynx readable. But that's just for displaying data. I can't even think of a way to make programming easier for the blind.

    (please ignore any run on sentences and such, I'm writing this as I'm thinking)

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