On 5/31/05, Leonard Matusik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > None taken Warren, I was smiling when I sent it (not smirking either!) > > I'm sort of interested in a scenario where the next Thomas Edison(s) pop up > in places other than the USA. Technical (bio or otherwise) renders US > "superiority" obsolete. Consider the harware and info, both new and surplus, > just out there for the purchase. Also, there are place where respect for > patent law and government restrictions are non-existant or winked at. > Innovation and reverse engineering are cheap. > > It doesn't have to something "grand" either. Consider the new LED > flashlights. My understanding is that LEDs are nanotech devices. These things > will practically blind a person on a pitence of power. > We are then left as a nation of lab rats, dedicated to the adverse effects > of overindulgence. > All of our intrigues, our plotting, and our fears will eventually melt into a > historical tribute to Ozymandous (sp?)
Ozymandias. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias ~Maru IPU bless wikipedia! _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
