[DeTomaso] Computers....past and present

Sun Jan 27 17:42:32 EST 2013

Well, we are a narrow gauge town . . .
http://www.durangotrain.com/

BTW, want a comparison between old and new?  I was out at the fabricators 
and he was working on old Alma Smith's Model A  . . .which I ended up 
driving on the road test.  Just a little different than a Pantera!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gow2 at rc-tech.net>
To: "David in Durango" <adin at frontier.net>
Cc: <gow2 at rc-tech.net>; <michael at michaelshortt.com>; <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Computers....past and present

> 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.
>>
>> You can tell the story!
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 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
>>
>>
>>> 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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