The author E. M. Forster predicted this sort of attitude in his 1909 novella "The Machine Stops". Part of the story revolves around the exchange of ideas. However, new ideas are looked down upon, as they have not been thought about by lots of people. The attitude was almost that it was not necessary for people to actually think about the ideas, but the chain of passing from one brain to another was enough to give an idea value. We appear to be approaching something similar today.
The throaty roar of the Cox -049 on a string controlled airplane. And the sound of the inevitable impact was unforgettable as well (but probably similar to modern R/C planes.
I still have one of these. I always wanted one, for some unknown reason (probably because my uncle had one and there was nothing cooler than being able to change the channel from across the room). When I came across one at a garage sale a few decades ago I snapped it up. Makes a great discussion point for sound in my classroom.
When I was growing up, I lived on or near Air Force bases, as dad was a pilot. Pilots in training took their planes supersonic at least twice a week. The sonic booms would rattle the windows. Since then they have tightened up the regulations "boom rides" are only done far away from inhabited areas, if at all.
I still have mine, too. When they were announced, they wanted people to re-sell them. It was a great deal for me. I saved my pennies, got my reseller's paperwork from the city, signed up with Osborne and got my discounted computer (40% discount, as I recall). It was great, the best computer I have ever owned (up to that point). However, I never managed to sell a single unit. Nobody was interested at that point.
My wife got me my wedding ring from metamorphosis designs ( http://www.metamorphosisdesign.com/ ). The designer, John Biagiotti, works with many exotic materials.
My wife decided that my ring should be made from 18kt gold and meteoritic iron.
Or, if you are more interested in natural history, you could get dinosaur bone...
In the novel "Footfall" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, the government hires a bunch of science fiction writers to assess possible threats from a newly-discovered alien race that may attack the earth. They are called the Threat Team.
So now we have a real threat team...
When I was a freshman in high school, my father and I built a Heathkit computer system. It was based on the S-1000 bus, if I recall correctly. That was the same year I was introduced to teletypes, modems and the ARPANET.
Then came my OSBORNE 01, which I still own.
After that came the Commodore 64, which I also still possess.
Then a string of PC's. I still have the CPUs of all of those, for some strange reason...
It will be easier than you think. Any problem that will render the seed bank necessary will more than likely melt the permafrost.
No need for an eskimo. Hire Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel instead...
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The author E. M. Forster predicted this sort of attitude in his 1909 novella "The Machine Stops". Part of the story revolves around the exchange of ideas. However, new ideas are looked down upon, as they have not been thought about by lots of people. The attitude was almost that it was not necessary for people to actually think about the ideas, but the chain of passing from one brain to another was enough to give an idea value. We appear to be approaching something similar today.
Related to this is the fact that most young folks have never seen a floppy disk, but it is still the symbol on most programs for saving your file.
The throaty roar of the Cox -049 on a string controlled airplane. And the sound of the inevitable impact was unforgettable as well (but probably similar to modern R/C planes.
I still have one of these. I always wanted one, for some unknown reason (probably because my uncle had one and there was nothing cooler than being able to change the channel from across the room). When I came across one at a garage sale a few decades ago I snapped it up. Makes a great discussion point for sound in my classroom.
When I was growing up, I lived on or near Air Force bases, as dad was a pilot. Pilots in training took their planes supersonic at least twice a week. The sonic booms would rattle the windows. Since then they have tightened up the regulations "boom rides" are only done far away from inhabited areas, if at all.
I still have mine, too. When they were announced, they wanted people to re-sell them. It was a great deal for me. I saved my pennies, got my reseller's paperwork from the city, signed up with Osborne and got my discounted computer (40% discount, as I recall). It was great, the best computer I have ever owned (up to that point). However, I never managed to sell a single unit. Nobody was interested at that point.
Of course, when I was in the lab using a DEC PDP-11, it wasn't THAT outdated...
I got this story with an ad for the church of Scientology... Hmmm. http://wendingourway.com/imagesforsa2/scientology.jpg
My wife got me my wedding ring from metamorphosis designs ( http://www.metamorphosisdesign.com/ ). The designer, John Biagiotti, works with many exotic materials. My wife decided that my ring should be made from 18kt gold and meteoritic iron. Or, if you are more interested in natural history, you could get dinosaur bone...
In the novel "Footfall" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, the government hires a bunch of science fiction writers to assess possible threats from a newly-discovered alien race that may attack the earth. They are called the Threat Team. So now we have a real threat team...
They talked about a design like this in Popular Science Magazine. Before I graduated from High School. In 1980.
When I was a freshman in high school, my father and I built a Heathkit computer system. It was based on the S-1000 bus, if I recall correctly. That was the same year I was introduced to teletypes, modems and the ARPANET. Then came my OSBORNE 01, which I still own. After that came the Commodore 64, which I also still possess. Then a string of PC's. I still have the CPUs of all of those, for some strange reason...
It will be easier than you think. Any problem that will render the seed bank necessary will more than likely melt the permafrost. No need for an eskimo. Hire Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel instead...