They did not worship the bottle that fell from the sky. Being the hardest substance ever encountered by them (glass) and having a whole host of uses, it introduced the concept of possessions, envy, and subsequently violence to their society. The people decided it was an evil thing and their leader took it to the end of the earth (a massive cliff) and threw it off.
Andre Arsenault is married to my sister. So I've got some first hand information.
- Companies have been lining up to invest in this technology since he wrote his dissertation on it. (INCLUDING the US Military)
- All the problems people are pointing out with it, are all on Andre's list of things to fix
- It's still in its prototype stage (but its damn fun to play with)
PS: C'mon guys, buy a pair of infrared goggles and viola! Invisible Porn!
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They did not worship the bottle that fell from the sky. Being the hardest substance ever encountered by them (glass) and having a whole host of uses, it introduced the concept of possessions, envy, and subsequently violence to their society. The people decided it was an evil thing and their leader took it to the end of the earth (a massive cliff) and threw it off.
Andre Arsenault is married to my sister. So I've got some first hand information. - Companies have been lining up to invest in this technology since he wrote his dissertation on it. (INCLUDING the US Military) - All the problems people are pointing out with it, are all on Andre's list of things to fix - It's still in its prototype stage (but its damn fun to play with) PS: C'mon guys, buy a pair of infrared goggles and viola! Invisible Porn!