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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch -13. January | 139 comments (139 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

go around the wheel. It doesn't look it's very practical?

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 04:12:41 AM EST
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This is of course just a schematic drawing. The real implementation would include a more sophisticated drive system where the weights would pass comfortably by the pulleys.

by someone (s0me1smail(a)gmail(d)com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 04:20:21 AM EST
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Re: Buthow do the bricks (4.00 / 4)

When we first tested the machine, we did configure it with "fluid bricks," though we were forced, for cost considerations, to use discarded breast implants. They worked fine and were nice to play with. But they sometimes morphed strangely, allowing the six to morph into a null. This put too much strain on the system, often breaking the spaghetti.

We couldn't get it to work consistently, but the basic 6 9 concept received our full approval.

i return to my work on getting windmills to rotate in both directions at the same time, doubling the energy output (in theory.)

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 04:53:44 AM EST
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Re: Buthow do the bricks (none / 0)

Crazy Horse:

getting windmills to rotate in both directions at the same time

That's putting a new twist on the technology!

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 07:07:57 AM EST
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