Hey Jeff,
Didn't know you were a physicist too :)
ooooops, blown my cover...
--Maarten
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Subject: [REBOL] Re: Compression
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>
> 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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