I recall visiting New Zealand years ago, and seeing a Fourth of July-style party on GF day. I asked what the celebration was for, and was told someone had years ago tried to blow up parlement and had nearly gotten away with it, too.
A few years later, a Brit told me how GF day was a celebration meant to memorialize how an ancient plot to blow up parliment had been foiled.
The contrast was so striking I forgot my manners. He never will understand why I sniggered.
The "what if" is not meant to be a headache. It is meant to provoke insight. If Linus had been killed in a car crash, little Rerun would have experienced increased familial and parental pressure, and Sally would have been changed forever. The correct philospher to set it right would be deceased, which means the kids would all have gone to Lucy for help.
That is a call for action.
Map it back to the real planet.
As I understand it, this technology got big when there was a need to simulate the Electromagnetic Pulse from little nukes, but treaties forbade it. There were four ways to simulate this discharge of energy, one used capacitors and coils, one used a chemical reaction, and I forget the other two. According to TV reports, some of the cruise missles Clinton used on Bagdhad between the two golf wars had originally been fitted with these warheads, and they had to be re-armed with conventional explosives prior to launch. So unless it was to scare the Iraqi's, why announce these weapons as news?
A friend of mine manufactured boxes that converted SVGA to video, back when that was cool. The plan was that a PC could replace an expensive video production tool called a character generator, using all the fonts and dingbats available on the PC. He needed decoder chips, and a major Japanese manufacturer sent him some demo chips for his beta hatch of boards. They worked great! Far better than the specs. So he mortgaged his future and bought a bunch. But this second batch was bad news. Broadcasters, myself included, could not touch them. The second batch of chips obeyed the published specs, but the demo chips had apparently been hand picked to dazzle. I think he had to hold a fire sale, leave the biz, and put what he had left into Enron shares.
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do you talk to with your finger up your nose? Probably not your Momma!
Are actually taking long distance calls.
I recall visiting New Zealand years ago, and seeing a Fourth of July-style party on GF day. I asked what the celebration was for, and was told someone had years ago tried to blow up parlement and had nearly gotten away with it, too. A few years later, a Brit told me how GF day was a celebration meant to memorialize how an ancient plot to blow up parliment had been foiled. The contrast was so striking I forgot my manners. He never will understand why I sniggered.
The "what if" is not meant to be a headache. It is meant to provoke insight. If Linus had been killed in a car crash, little Rerun would have experienced increased familial and parental pressure, and Sally would have been changed forever. The correct philospher to set it right would be deceased, which means the kids would all have gone to Lucy for help. That is a call for action. Map it back to the real planet.
Oops--you got me fairway and square. Thanks fore calling it to may attention.
As I understand it, this technology got big when there was a need to simulate the Electromagnetic Pulse from little nukes, but treaties forbade it. There were four ways to simulate this discharge of energy, one used capacitors and coils, one used a chemical reaction, and I forget the other two. According to TV reports, some of the cruise missles Clinton used on Bagdhad between the two golf wars had originally been fitted with these warheads, and they had to be re-armed with conventional explosives prior to launch. So unless it was to scare the Iraqi's, why announce these weapons as news?
A friend of mine manufactured boxes that converted SVGA to video, back when that was cool. The plan was that a PC could replace an expensive video production tool called a character generator, using all the fonts and dingbats available on the PC. He needed decoder chips, and a major Japanese manufacturer sent him some demo chips for his beta hatch of boards. They worked great! Far better than the specs. So he mortgaged his future and bought a bunch. But this second batch was bad news. Broadcasters, myself included, could not touch them. The second batch of chips obeyed the published specs, but the demo chips had apparently been hand picked to dazzle. I think he had to hold a fire sale, leave the biz, and put what he had left into Enron shares.