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From: Halmyre on 23 Apr 2010 08:21 In article <vNGdnavMOtFFF0zWnZ2dnUVZ8qudnZ2d(a)bt.com>, brimstone(a)hotmail.com says... > > > "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:83df2lFop4U10(a)mid.individual.net... > > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like > > they were saying: > > > >> Britain built its empire with wind power. > > > > That poor James Watt. Wasted his time completely, and added nothing to > > the world... > > Indeed, the Greeks, the Romans, Newcomen, Cugnot, Trevithick and Brunel all > did much more. Watt merely tinkered with someone else's design while Boulton > did the marketing and selling. > > > > No one ever (or rarely) comes up with anything absolutely new. Brunel, for example, didn't invent bridges, railways or ships. He just timkered with someone else's designs. -- Halmyre This is the most powerful sigfile in the world and will probably blow your head clean off.
From: Silk on 23 Apr 2010 08:48 On 23/04/2010 09:48, ChelseaTractorMan wrote: > On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:09:21 +0100, Silk<me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >>> you have been too? :-) >> >> Of course. > > its not really an "of course" sort of destination, is it? It is for anyone who does more with their life than get pissed and fat.
From: Brimstone on 23 Apr 2010 08:56 "Halmyre" <no.spam(a)this.address> wrote in message news:MPG.263ba136e20d52b398a2d4(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In article <vNGdnavMOtFFF0zWnZ2dnUVZ8qudnZ2d(a)bt.com>, > brimstone(a)hotmail.com says... >> >> >> "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:83df2lFop4U10(a)mid.individual.net... >> > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like >> > they were saying: >> > >> >> Britain built its empire with wind power. >> > >> > That poor James Watt. Wasted his time completely, and added nothing to >> > the world... >> >> Indeed, the Greeks, the Romans, Newcomen, Cugnot, Trevithick and Brunel >> all >> did much more. Watt merely tinkered with someone else's design while >> Boulton >> did the marketing and selling. >> > No one ever (or rarely) comes up with anything absolutely new. Brunel, for > example, > didn't invent bridges, railways or ships. > I thought Brunel invented the screw propeller. It appears he didn't so he can be removed from my list. > He just timkered with someone else's designs. Nope, I don't think even his most ardent supporters would claim he invented the roller bearing. ;-)
From: Brimstone on 23 Apr 2010 08:57 "ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:k333t5120bu70ggvsost9q4r6lfh5sjh04(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:07:50 +0100, "Brimstone" > <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>> There's no problem going long distances if you do it *slowly* >> >>Speed isn't the problem, the amount of crud spewed out it. Britain built >>its >>empire with wind power. > > crud increases as a function of speed. The wind power that powered > Nelson was s l o w. > > One day we may have fast and clean, but not yet. Maybe, but it will never be cheaper than wind.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 23 Apr 2010 08:59
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:48:54 +0100, Silk <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> its not really an "of course" sort of destination, is it? > >It is for anyone who does more with their life than get pissed and fat. I have a friend who just took a year out to sail his small boat round Europe, he hasn't been to Iceland, isn't fat and doesn't drink much. But I know what you mean. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine. |