[DeTomaso] Computers....past and present

Sun Jan 27 17:13:47 EST 2013

HA, HA, I probably won't be good at it.

The booster rocket had to travel by rail through the mountains. The
mountain included a tunnel. The hole in the tunnel derived by the width of
a train. The train derived from the width of train tracks. Train tracks
derived from the width of the track on horse and buggy. The width of horse
and buggy derived from putting the wheel between the legs of a horse. This
determined by the width of a horses ass whcih goes all the way back to
Roman Chariots.

BTW did you know horse and buggy as well as train tracks and cars
originally came in two widths based on the width of the tracks in your
area.

 The width of a roman horse's ass.
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> From: <gow2 at rc-tech.net>
> 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
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>> Seems like technology slows it down some times.
>>
>> Question about new and old:
>>
>> What ultimately limited the size of the space shuttle booster rockets?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>>> 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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