OT -- Way, WAY Off Topic!

[gordon stelter]

C'mon Alan! You know perfectly well that anyone who
has achieved Warp Drive ( as all the U.F.O's  I've
ever seen apparently have! ) must have also quit the
ghoulish, ghastly, barbaric and utterly primodial
habit of eating corpses millenia ago1
     ( At least I certainly hope so! If not, I'll send
them 'round to your house!!! )
     Thump

--- tune4u@earthlink.net wrote:
> 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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