The Jet engine as we know it was developed by the English-
and the Germans. The first Passenger Jet was built by the
English and called the Comet.
Having rode in it a couple of times -I felt like the thing was
unstable and with its weird noises I had a doomsday feeling. Ges
Keith Nagel wrote:
>I have nothing against capitalism. But cold fusion is still at the
>fundamental research level, and there is no way a venture capitalist can
>invest in it.
True, but for the reason I state: there is no property protection so
no sane businessperson would invest in it.
You refer t
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
The US has not done anything at top speed since Boeing developed jet
aircraft!
I'm confused. Twice in recent posts I've seen jet aircraft mentioned as
an American innovation.
Large jet propelled passenger aircraft were an American innovation. Jet
engines were invented
--- Keith wrote:
> BTW, the difference between the coasts is well worth
> a longer discussion, as it pertains to development
> and venture capital. I'll try to start that by
pointing
> to the most successful new energy VC funded project
I
> know of here, that being Randall Mills and BLP. He's
>
Hi stephen,
You write:
>And while we're on the subject, I thought I heard someplace that the
>Messerschmidts actually ran on coal. Gassified coal, it's true, but
>coal none the less.
I'm kind of picturing some german guy with a big beard and a shovel
stoking the fires behind the pilot (grin).
Jed Rothwell wrote:
Jones Beene wrote:
Venture capital is the life blood of Capitalism.
Yes, but it has nothing to do with fundamental innovation or basic
research. People such as Einstein, Dirac, Mizuno, Miles or Oriani are
not motivated by money, and their work seldom yields any direct profit
--- Keith Nagel wrote: Jed writes:
> >I have nothing against capitalism. But cold fusion
is still at the fundamental research level, and there
is no way a venture capitalist can
invest in it.
> True, but for the reason I state: there is no
property protection so no sane businessperson would
Jed writes:
>I have nothing against capitalism. But cold fusion is still at the
>fundamental research level, and there is no way a venture capitalist can
>invest in it.
True, but for the reason I state: there is no property protection so
no sane businessperson would invest in it. Would you put
Jones Beene wrote:
Venture capital is the life blood of Capitalism.
Yes, but it has nothing to do with fundamental innovation or basic
research. People such as Einstein, Dirac, Mizuno, Miles or Oriani are not
motivated by money, and their work seldom yields any direct profits.
I have nothing aga
Hi Jones,
you write:
>It is interesting to note that NYC is not the center
>of innovation- not even a close-second.
True. There is great wealth here, but very little vision.
The lemming rush to the dot.coms was simply the herd
mentality of the market, for a few brief moments
greed overcame the na
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