WHY AN IONOPTER? May 6, 2009
The history of technology is littered with thousands of excellent
ideas — even working devices — that somehow never made it into
civilization’s mainstream, or, once there, failed to hold on and
disappeared.
There are many reasons why inferior technologies sometimes
supplant superior ones. The Stanley brothers, whose steam-driven
auto was better than any contemporary internal combustion vehicle (and
with a few tweaks could compete in today’s market) didn’t believe in
advertising or mass production, both of which they believed were
dishonest.
This proved particularly unfortunate in that their …
THE NEW FOO-FOO FLU May 1, 2009
Pig farmers don’t want it called the Swine Flu. I propose, honoring Penn & Teller, that we call it the _Bullshit! Flu_, instead. Do I hear a second?