OT -- Way, WAY Off Topic!

[Greg Newell]

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Alan,
         Alright, you first!   All kidding aside that kind of thinking is=20
what this industry needs more of for sure!!

Greg Newell




At 10:34 AM 5/1/2003, you wrote:

>God hates mobile homes, that much is obvious.
>
>Our space research stuff is amazing, isn't it? It's all the more=20
>impressive if you ponder the incredible distances involved and how narrow=
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>the angles are to put something on the right course--the tiniest error=20
>and, whoosh, your mars shot is headed for deep space.
>
>Hey. The necessity for light-weight, less-power-hungry, and more=20
>dependable electronics for space vehicles was the impetus for development=
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>of integrated circuits and the microminiaturization that has made all our=
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>computers and consumer electronic wonders possible.
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>So. Could they do the same for the piano? A new space-age plate material=20
>(pre-stressed Microfibrolated Aluminum Dioxide impregnated polycarbonate=20
>resin might work) that only weighs 7 ounces, high tension boron-fiber=20
>strings, action parts made of hyper-spherical porated polyacrylics, wool=20
>from really skinny sheep, that sort of thing ... get the whole piano=20
>weight down to, say, 2 lbs. Let's get working on it!
>
>Alan Barnard
>Salem, MO
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>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On=20
>Behalf Of Nichols
>Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 8:59 AM
>To: Pianotech
>Subject: Re: OT -- Way, WAY Off Topic!
>
>At 09:46 AM 4/29/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>>A belated farwell...
>>
>>...to Pioneer 10, the little spacecraft that could. Originally sent out=20
>>to the Asteroid belt and then on to Jupiter. It was the first spacecraft=
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>>to travel through the Asteroid belt and the first to make direct=20
>>obversations and close-up photographs of Jupiter.
>
>That's the one that got the cool photos of the giant perpetual tornado.=20
>Although there was no conclusive proof of life, at least we know they have=
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>mobile home parks!
>
>Guy
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Greg Newell
Greg's piano Fort=E9
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