Geeze......I was only trying to answer a question about phosphoric acid...how thoughtless of me not to be cognizant of the connection between phosphoric acid and politics/nanny state/etc. seems a bit tenuous but,....I guess for some all existence is connected....
-----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bill Hawkins Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 11:36 AM To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: Re Technology. Was Naval Jelly See lines prefaced by wh> below. Friday the 13th falls on Tuesday this week. Bill Hawkins -----Original Message----- From: J. Forster Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 10:28 AM To: Mike Feher Cc: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Subject: [time-nuts] OT: Re Technology. Was Naval Jelly In the '50s, WW II was not ancient history. We met people who had used weapons, explosives, and other things in war and knew the risks. The same is true, but in a much more limited way, after 'Nam. However, starting in the '60s, society regarded science as evil and it became political. wh> Science also became too complicated for a high-school education, so people found other things to get excited about, like Reality TV. More recently, science has been warped to support political agendas. wh> Politicians need lots of money to stay in politics, so many are owned by the very big businesses that support them. Science is warped by the interests of businesses that are too big to control. In a related way, cars, radios, TVs, and computers have "matured" to the point that even technically competant individuals can no longer modify or even repair them. (They still don't know if the Toyota failures are hardware, software, or a mix.) wh> You've heard of "fly by wire" as used by Airbus? Now we're getting "drive by wire" which replaces expensive mechanical linkages with sensors, computers, and actuators. There's no physical linkage from the accelerator to the carburetor, or the pedal to the brake hydraulic system. Worse, you can spend money on aircraft controls because the aircraft is so expensive, but car controls are as cheap as possible. We are all becomng hostages to the priesthood of so called "experts" in big government and the big corporations, and we really have little idea what is fact and what is politically motivated disinformation. wh> We could become a theocracy, but the leaders will be experts in the technology of manipulating people and their fears. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.