OT -- Way, WAY Off Topic!

[tune4u@earthlink.net]

Are you serious or is this a parody?

We could send out little vessels loaded with tofu, sprouts, and
veggie-burgers. After sampling these, no alien would even think about
visiting this planet.

On the other hand, if Applebee's sent along a sample menu, we'd soon be
overrun with little green persons asking for Worchester Sauce.

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
Behalf Of gordon stelter
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 12:18 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: OT -- Way, WAY Off Topic!


Yeah. But why do we send nuclear-powered, exploratory
spacecraft out there, to drift endlessly once their
fuel is "depleted"..... but with a nice map and other
artifacts pointing back to humans and planet earth,
just so that some aliens ( who might not be really
happy about our radioactive space junk! ) know where
to come find us!
     That's arrogant. And really, really stupid!
     Perhaps, some day, solving the myriad problems we
have right here on earth will be "sexy" enough to
attract our finest minds!
    Gordon Lee Stelter

--- "Delwin D. Fandrich" <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
wrote:
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: tune4u@earthlink.net
>   To: Pianotech
>   Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 7:34 AM
>   Subject: RE: OT -- Way, WAY Off Topic!
>
>
>   Hey. The necessity for light-weight,
> less-power-hungry, and more dependable electronics
> for space vehicles was the impetus for development
> of integrated circuits and the microminiaturization
> that has made all our computers and consumer
> electronic wonders possible.
>
> Oh, don't get me started! The benefits to our
> country and our society that came out of the mad
> drive to put man on the moon have so far outweighed
> their cost that, if we've learned nothing else from
> the experience, we should have learned the value of
> funding such outlandish ventures just for their side
> effects. Consider what would happen if we, as a
> nation, decided we really wanted to be free of oil
> imports and an oil-based economy in ten years. Or,
> how about establishing a robot community on Mars in
> ten years? Doesn't have the pizaz of "One small
> step...," but still....
>
>
>   So. Could they do the same for the piano? A new
> space-age plate material (pre-stressed
> Microfibrolated Aluminum Dioxide impregnated
> polycarbonate resin might work) that only weighs 7
> ounces, high tension boron-fiber strings, action
> parts made of hyper-spherical porated polyacrylics,
> wool from really skinny sheep, that sort of thing
> ... get the whole piano weight down to, say, 2 lbs.
> Let's get working on it!
> I'll begin work on the project just as soon as your
> check arrives in the mail. Well, actually, just as
> soon as it clears the bank. Such projects always
> come down to who is willing to fund the research and
> for what gain. Iron is cheap, easy to cast and
> machine, strong enough for the requirements and,
> let's not forget, eminately recyclable. Once we get
> into all those polycarbonates and polyacrylics I'm
> not so sure.
>
> Del
>
>


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