Re:There's nothing bad ?!
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The Broken God
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This will make people worry wether or not you read the book with intend to like it.
I think most people read books with the intent to like them - you're not going to go out and buy/borrow books (fiction) that you don't expect to like surely?
Although my memory's a bit vague on this, I think I remember reading that Barnes-Wallis (inventor of the bouncing bomb) had a not-dissimilar idea that he eventually abandoned in favour of the bouncing bomb.
Among the strangest WWII ideas I've heard of is the iceberg-carrier. (An article on which appeared in a UK paper about 6 months ago) Designed to provide air cover to the Atlantic Convoys it was a chunk of iceberg with a flattened top for use as an airbase (can't remember how it was going to be powered sadly).
The thinking behind it was that it would be almost unsinkable as a couple of torpedos are not going to make much difference to a couple of million tons of ice. Apparently some small prototypes were built by a scientist working in London, but the project never got any further.
30,000 employees and what's the latest innovation all those great minds could come up with? Buy VISIO.
Shame I couldn't moderate their letter as "flamebait" - it is asking for it in the worst possible way. Apparently any anti-M$ sentiment is unAmerican and anti-the capitalist system.
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This will make people worry wether or not you read the book with intend to like it.
I think most people read books with the intent to like them - you're not going to go out and buy/borrow books (fiction) that you don't expect to like surely?
Although my memory's a bit vague on this, I think I remember reading that Barnes-Wallis (inventor of the bouncing bomb) had a not-dissimilar idea that he eventually abandoned in favour of the bouncing bomb.
Among the strangest WWII ideas I've heard of is the iceberg-carrier. (An article on which appeared in a UK paper about 6 months ago) Designed to provide air cover to the Atlantic Convoys it was a chunk of iceberg with a flattened top for use as an airbase (can't remember how it was going to be powered sadly).
The thinking behind it was that it would be almost unsinkable as a couple of torpedos are not going to make much difference to a couple of million tons of ice. Apparently some small prototypes were built by a scientist working in London, but the project never got any further.
30,000 employees and what's the latest innovation all those great minds could come up with? Buy VISIO.
Shame I couldn't moderate their letter as "flamebait" - it is asking for it in the worst possible way. Apparently any anti-M$ sentiment is unAmerican and anti-the capitalist system.
I think I've just been outed as a commie.