Hey Jeff,

Didn't know you were a physicist too :)

 ooooops, blown my cover...

--Maarten
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Subject: [REBOL] Re: Compression


> 
> 
>   Hello, EAT:
> 
> >   don't knock it, genius is heaven born. i happen to know
> > that it is possible to design and build an npmg (near 
> > perpetual motion generator) ...
> 
>   You've aroused my curiosity... how NEAR to perpetual motion are we
>   talking? Like almost perpetual? Real close to perpetual? Just short
>   of perpetual?  I mean, how much closer, would you estimate, to
>   perpetual motion can you attain with the device you mention than,
>   say, your typical NON-perpetual motion device (like a YO-YO, for
>   instance)? Like MUCH MUCH closer to perpetual?  
> 
>   And when you say "perpetual motion generator" I have to ask, what
>   does it generate perpetual motion for?  How does the perpetual
>   motion come out of the generator?
> 
> > such things break all the rules and do not conform to how anyone
> > sees anything "today".
> 
>   Your use of quotes around the word "today" confuses me.  Usually
>   quoting a word indicates something with questionable definition,
>   like a jargon term, or something that is qualified in its usage.
>   For example, I might say:
> 
>   This near perpetual motion generator should work "forever".
> 
> >   watch, this compression utility will work and it will be
> > fast.
> > 
> >   cheerfulness and have faith in the impossible,
> 
>   Certainly.  By definition the impossible happens all the time!  If
>   it weren't impossible then it wouldn't not not be possible!
>     
> 
>     -jeff
> 
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