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Old 02-02-2007, 10:46 AM   #74
brian eiland
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Innovation

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Originally Posted by MaxResolution
...*Those who don't have a clue what we are going on about should start here: http://www.peswiki.com/index.php/Con...nologies_--_RD

I'll post more cool links later.
Thanks for that link...interesting summary of works in progress


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..'Mag-levitation' Trains, particularly Monorails, offer 30 times the advantages to the system that we could ever realize from roadways. But, we are told that 'Monorails' are far too expensive to build...
I suspect we have some similar interest. I came back from working in SE Asia in the mid-ninties with a renewed interest in 'monorails' only to find much of the USA referring to them as 'amusement park rides' rather than really taking them serious as the Japanese have done. The Germans had done some of the most serious prototyping work on Maglevs. Amazing lack of consideration of techno work accomplished by other countries by many here in the USA that seem to believe that only this country can really produce real innovation. Frustrating to deal with pigheadness.


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Just, count me out of this madness, -for good. I'm primarily interested in 'safe-passage,' as in a one-way trip to the 4th World. Someplace far from everyone, where all you need from 'society' is a fishing-hook, a permanent match and a few yards of weatherproof tarp!
Careful here, you might end up like this Mexican fisherman
Boating, Fishing, Siesta http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/29291-post36.html
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