[DeTomaso] Computers....past and present

[David in Durango]

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To: <michael at michaelshortt.com>
Cc: "David Adin" <adin at frontier.net>; <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Computers....past and present


> Seems like technology slows it down some times.
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> Question about new and old:
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> What ultimately limited the size of the space shuttle booster rockets?
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>> I have read several times in the past that since 1900, we have doubled 
>> all
>> technology every ten years from the previous ten years.
>> I find it amazing when visiting old buildings like Biltmore House, Empire
>> State Building, etc. that they could do that and yet didn't have a single
>> power tool, a computer, etc.
>> I go to car shows and look at early cars with workmanship not offered
>> today
>> and then also scratch my head at how complicated they made some things
>> that
>> didn't need to be when something much simpler would have worked. Look at
>> early torsion bar suspensions and just think, HELLO.
>> Didn't you guys have coil springs? To me, disk brakes seem far simpler
>> than
>> drum brakes...what about simple things like wipers, rear view mirrors,
>> seat
>> belts...they seem so obvious now. Racing caused those innovations, just
>> seems like they would have been come much sooner.
>> We had electric windows, automatic dimmers and air conditioning in cars
>> before even the most rudimentry ABS.
>>
>> Michael
>>  On Jan 27, 2013 4:19 PM, "David" <adin at frontier.net> wrote:
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>>> Absolutely, think about this: my grandfather lived in a world where an
>>> airplane coming to town was a huge event. And old Pete saw man walk on
>>> the
>>> moon!
>>>
>>> Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
>>>
>>> Sent from my little hand held gizmo
>>>
>>> On Jan 27, 2013, at 2:01 PM, gow2 at rc-tech.net wrote:
>>>
>>> > I think the past 150 years are the most amazing years this world will
>>> ever
>>> > see. We have lived in one of the most amazing times and I believe few
>>> > recognize or understand the implication. Look at the life before 1900
>>> and
>>> > after the year 2000. Look at the change in between. Horse and buggy to
>>> > cars with internet.
>>> >
>>> > I look back and see that my grandfather, who is still very much alive
>>> in
>>> > my mind very likely could have known people who would have known
>>> Lincoln.
>>> > Grew up with no cars, sporadic electricity, dirt roads, etc. Children
>>> now
>>> > don't even know what a rotary telephone is any more.
>>> >
>>> > I fear however, the fall of Rome coming. Our government and world
>>> > governments have become so large, consuming and self serving I don't
>>> see
>>> > how our children and their children will ever see the freedoms we had.
>>> 2
>>> > months after a storm in NY, NJ people still without power and food in
>>> a
>>> > society amazingly modern but amazingly strapped by it's own
>>> government.
>>> >
>>> > I also don't think they will ever see or truly understand the
>>> development
>>> > of the modern world as we do. Horse and buggy, Model "T", WWII, 50's
>>> cars,
>>> > the fall of cool cars in the 70's, into a civilization where cars
>>> today
>>> > seem more like disposable phones then anything special.
>>> >
>>> > I guess that is why working on old cars is so fun. It is a mix of old
>>> and
>>> > new, the mix of your discretion, locked in the time of your choosing.
>>> >
>>> > Amazing 150 years! 10,000 years form now they will still be talking
>>> about
>>> > the time period we lived in....if we don't destroy each other first.
>>> >
>>> >
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