On May 24, 1:58 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > Necessity created the atomic bomb and eventually our present weapons > which are deadly and accurate many controlled far away by people at a > computer- like a video game. Can the human race really manage itself?
Well, yes...just not very well. ;-) > We cannot manage Mother Nature, human wants and ills, clogged > freeways, for heaven's sake! I think the Arabs will spring up to > Europe and Turkey to find employment, etc. Sort of an ironic end to > the whole business. Oh- those mapmakers are surely in Hell! The Arab Revolt already tried that once (launching themselves into/ against Turkey/Ottoman Empire), about a century ago. It was the Hashemites who led that revolt and, while they were off fighting the oppressive and, in their view, immoral Ottomans, the Al-Sauds (with Wahabi backing) usurped their land, the Hejaz (including Mecca and Medina) behind their backs leaving them to discover they had no home to return to; so, they settled in Jordan (or, were forced to settle FOR Jordan). No need to fear the Arabs, though. Generally, they're good, friendly folk, strong thinkers and a force for good if given the chance and not provoked to err by extremists. > > On May 23, 8:11 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Necessity is the Mother of Invention/Creation. > > > On May 23, 7:12 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Hey Chuck, > > > > I understand that is exatly the new strides they are making in > > > manufacturing of graphene. > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphene > > > > On May 21, 3:42 pm, Chuck Bowling <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Interesting article. I scanned more than read but it seems like a valid > > > > architecture for reconfigurable molecular systems. > > > > > I just wonder if it might be overkill. It seems to me like a more > > > > versatile > > > > system would be a relatively simple 3D printer. We already have 3D > > > > printers > > > > that can print any polymer 3D part. I would think that the technology > > > > should > > > > be transferable to nanotech. We could literally print anything atom by > > > > atom. > > > > > On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > If you're up to reading it, this one sounds like an interesting spec: > > > > >http://www.foresight.org/Conferences/MNT05/Papers/McKendree/index.htm...text > > > > > - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
