Technology that cant be improved.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Plumb Line?
Now uses para cord and thus doesnt snap as easilly as the old string they used to use.
Dalek Dave wrote:
Set Square?
I have a new laser set square.
Dalek Dave wrote:
Fishing Net?
Made of not rottable new fibres which are invisible in the water and thus last longer and catch more fish than the old ones.
Dalek Dave wrote:
Flint Knife?
Yeah, I am sure flint tool making hasnt evolved over the last 40,000 years but its not exatly in demand is it? Good try, but give it more thought next time... ;P :)
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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Re your points: 1) It is a line, the technology hasn't improved, it is still based on dangling a weight. Fail 2) Not an improvement. Requires energy rather than accuracy in production. Fail 3) Non-Rottable Fibres are non biodegradable and therefore a hazard to the environment and fish and boats. Fail 4) Flint knives have never been beaten, they are sharper than modern scalpels. That there is no demand is not a failure of the technology. Fail
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Re your points: 1) It is a line, the technology hasn't improved, it is still based on dangling a weight. Fail 2) Not an improvement. Requires energy rather than accuracy in production. Fail 3) Non-Rottable Fibres are non biodegradable and therefore a hazard to the environment and fish and boats. Fail 4) Flint knives have never been beaten, they are sharper than modern scalpels. That there is no demand is not a failure of the technology. Fail
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- It has improved because the line is an integral part of the product and that has improved. Also the line is secured with a threaded roundel these days, and the weight is made of steel not lead. All of shich are improvements in durability and ease of sevicing. 2) WTF are you babbling on about? 3) So what, CDs are non bio degradable, would you say they are not an improvement over tapes? 4) Actually obsidian knives are prefered over flint by surgeons, but you will find not only the blades are more precisely made but the handles have improved over the last 40000 years giving better results. So, a feeble rejoinder, as expected from a pedant with an overinflated view of his own abilities. ;P :)
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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- It has improved because the line is an integral part of the product and that has improved. Also the line is secured with a threaded roundel these days, and the weight is made of steel not lead. All of shich are improvements in durability and ease of sevicing. 2) WTF are you babbling on about? 3) So what, CDs are non bio degradable, would you say they are not an improvement over tapes? 4) Actually obsidian knives are prefered over flint by surgeons, but you will find not only the blades are more precisely made but the handles have improved over the last 40000 years giving better results. So, a feeble rejoinder, as expected from a pedant with an overinflated view of his own abilities. ;P :)
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
- So you are saying it is terribly overengineered? It is a string with a stone on the end. Fail 2) OP lacks the understanding that lasers do not exist in nature, and require energy to run them, as opposed to a set square that works all the time. OP needs educating. Fail 3) CD's are not left lying around in the sea after they have been used. OP posts non-sequitur argument. Fail 4) You are not a surgeon, so don't speak for them, and you have still not countered the fact that flint is sharper. Fail So a feeble attempt to belittle by one who claims to be clever and yet can bare string a sentence together without half a dozen spelling errors.
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- So you are saying it is terribly overengineered? It is a string with a stone on the end. Fail 2) OP lacks the understanding that lasers do not exist in nature, and require energy to run them, as opposed to a set square that works all the time. OP needs educating. Fail 3) CD's are not left lying around in the sea after they have been used. OP posts non-sequitur argument. Fail 4) You are not a surgeon, so don't speak for them, and you have still not countered the fact that flint is sharper. Fail So a feeble attempt to belittle by one who claims to be clever and yet can bare string a sentence together without half a dozen spelling errors.
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Anyone want to talk about GW?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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Heres an interesting thought for you all; technology that cant be improved. How many can think of an example where a technology reached a peak many decades ago and cant be improved. In fact such a peak it was that modern equipment copies (often exactly) that old technology? Well, I have got one. Guitar amps. And specifically, the best quality guitar amps: Valve amps. Guitarists the world over still prefer the richness of tone they produce over the dryness of the transistor amp, and al the best, most expensive amps are vavle amps. Recent developments are modeling amps (transistor amps that through software effects immitate the sound of those classic 60s valve amps), but they are only imitations, and dont deliver the true sound. For example, I have a Peavey. Its got 7 valves in it, 7 examples of pres 1970s thechnology, and the clean channel is aparently an exact copy of a Fender Champ, a 60s amp. Funny stuff eh? 50 year old technology, still the best there is. As an aside, it seems that most of the best valves are made in the ex soviet bloc, SovTek, JJ, TungSol. And its also probably true that the guitar amp market is the only thing keeping valve manufacturing alive.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
Seaweed:- just as good as the Met Office at predicting the weather if your posts are to be beleived :-) [Ducks and runs for cover.....]
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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Seaweed:- just as good as the Met Office at predicting the weather if your posts are to be beleived :-) [Ducks and runs for cover.....]
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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I'd be too polite to mention the total thrashing the Ozzies took :-)!
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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Anyone want to talk about GW?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
Oh, yes please!
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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- So you are saying it is terribly overengineered? It is a string with a stone on the end. Fail 2) OP lacks the understanding that lasers do not exist in nature, and require energy to run them, as opposed to a set square that works all the time. OP needs educating. Fail 3) CD's are not left lying around in the sea after they have been used. OP posts non-sequitur argument. Fail 4) You are not a surgeon, so don't speak for them, and you have still not countered the fact that flint is sharper. Fail So a feeble attempt to belittle by one who claims to be clever and yet can bare string a sentence together without half a dozen spelling errors.
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Dont confuse typos with spelling errors :) Anyway, 1) You obviously havent done much building work. 2) And valves dont exist in nature either. Doesnt stop valve amps being the best. So utterly spurious srgument designed to bolster a weak position. 3) Actually CDs are used in Pheasant farms. Aparently it stops theb eating each other. (Yes, I have seen this! :) ) 4) Flint might be sharper than some steel. It doesnt mean that flint knife technology hasnt improved over the last 40000 years. So a desperate attempt via straw man arguments to try to recover some credibilty. And fails to do so! ;P ;P
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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Seaweed:- just as good as the Met Office at predicting the weather if your posts are to be beleived :-) [Ducks and runs for cover.....]
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]Look, here am I in all honesty trying to open what I consder an interesting discussion and all you can do is try to divert it to a GW post! :)
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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Dont confuse typos with spelling errors :) Anyway, 1) You obviously havent done much building work. 2) And valves dont exist in nature either. Doesnt stop valve amps being the best. So utterly spurious srgument designed to bolster a weak position. 3) Actually CDs are used in Pheasant farms. Aparently it stops theb eating each other. (Yes, I have seen this! :) ) 4) Flint might be sharper than some steel. It doesnt mean that flint knife technology hasnt improved over the last 40000 years. So a desperate attempt via straw man arguments to try to recover some credibilty. And fails to do so! ;P ;P
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
- Amongst my many qualifications, I am an Electrician, and I currently (no pun intended), work for a land developer, so yes, lots of building and I do know what I am talking about. 2) You say valves don't exist in nature. How the fuck does your heart work, dickhead! 3) CD's may be used for other intentions than the original purpose. Please explain what this has to do with Fishing Nets? 4) Flint knives made by our neolithic ancestors are still sharp, and we lack the ability to make them like they did, the knowledge has been lost. Still attempting to prove you can win an argument, yet strangely failing.
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I'd be too polite to mention the total thrashing the Ozzies took :-)!
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]Keith Barrow wrote:
I'd be too polite to mention the total thrashing the Ozzies took are continuing to take.
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Look, here am I in all honesty trying to open what I consder an interesting discussion and all you can do is try to divert it to a GW post! :)
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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- Amongst my many qualifications, I am an Electrician, and I currently (no pun intended), work for a land developer, so yes, lots of building and I do know what I am talking about. 2) You say valves don't exist in nature. How the fuck does your heart work, dickhead! 3) CD's may be used for other intentions than the original purpose. Please explain what this has to do with Fishing Nets? 4) Flint knives made by our neolithic ancestors are still sharp, and we lack the ability to make them like they did, the knowledge has been lost. Still attempting to prove you can win an argument, yet strangely failing.
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- So you dont actually use plum lines, laser levels or any of that kind of stuff. 2) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Oh man, you so like to look an arse. I am talking about valves in electric guitar amps, you know, the whole point of this thread? 3) Biodegradability od plastics in nature was you point, not mine. (Though completely off topic) 4) Yeah, sure. Who gives a damn whether we forgot how to make a flint knife with an antler and a dead animals skin, we have, according to you, far better more modern ways of making them. Or do you no longer claim they are still made? So desperate he now makes a fool of himself, forgets the points he made, and changes his position.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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- So you dont actually use plum lines, laser levels or any of that kind of stuff. 2) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Oh man, you so like to look an arse. I am talking about valves in electric guitar amps, you know, the whole point of this thread? 3) Biodegradability od plastics in nature was you point, not mine. (Though completely off topic) 4) Yeah, sure. Who gives a damn whether we forgot how to make a flint knife with an antler and a dead animals skin, we have, according to you, far better more modern ways of making them. Or do you no longer claim they are still made? So desperate he now makes a fool of himself, forgets the points he made, and changes his position.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
- Plumb not plum, I don't use plum lines, they are too high in the tree. 2) Whatever you are talking about is immaterial. It is what you stated that counts. 3) Of plastics, not od plastics, surely? and 'Your point' not 'You point', for I don't point. And as for it being off topic, actually it was spot on, it is a case where newer technology has inherent failures. 4) So you argue that it is unimportant that knowledge is lost? That is the statement of a fool. All knowledge is useful. Should you ever find yourself in a situation where those skills are necessary, you die of starvation, yet smug in the knowledge that the technology is obsolete! So deperate to win that he argues from a baseline of ignorance and compounds it with fallacious point scoring.
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- Plumb not plum, I don't use plum lines, they are too high in the tree. 2) Whatever you are talking about is immaterial. It is what you stated that counts. 3) Of plastics, not od plastics, surely? and 'Your point' not 'You point', for I don't point. And as for it being off topic, actually it was spot on, it is a case where newer technology has inherent failures. 4) So you argue that it is unimportant that knowledge is lost? That is the statement of a fool. All knowledge is useful. Should you ever find yourself in a situation where those skills are necessary, you die of starvation, yet smug in the knowledge that the technology is obsolete! So deperate to win that he argues from a baseline of ignorance and compounds it with fallacious point scoring.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
- I said to ignore typos. Plumbum, latin for lead, just to prove I know the corect spelling. 2) Valves (vacuum tubes valves) are still not found in nature. 3) I said ignore typos, again. I see you are trying to drag your position back on topic, good. Its an improvement. Now, new technology will always bring new failures, but that doesnt stop that new technology from being better than before. 4) That knowledge can be relearned in a matter of time and so its loss is not permenant. Humiliated and so finally makes some reasonable observations.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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Heres an interesting thought for you all; technology that cant be improved. How many can think of an example where a technology reached a peak many decades ago and cant be improved. In fact such a peak it was that modern equipment copies (often exactly) that old technology? Well, I have got one. Guitar amps. And specifically, the best quality guitar amps: Valve amps. Guitarists the world over still prefer the richness of tone they produce over the dryness of the transistor amp, and al the best, most expensive amps are vavle amps. Recent developments are modeling amps (transistor amps that through software effects immitate the sound of those classic 60s valve amps), but they are only imitations, and dont deliver the true sound. For example, I have a Peavey. Its got 7 valves in it, 7 examples of pres 1970s thechnology, and the clean channel is aparently an exact copy of a Fender Champ, a 60s amp. Funny stuff eh? 50 year old technology, still the best there is. As an aside, it seems that most of the best valves are made in the ex soviet bloc, SovTek, JJ, TungSol. And its also probably true that the guitar amp market is the only thing keeping valve manufacturing alive.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
I was looking for a hole in your argument and couldn't find one. My old Laney Linebacker (a touch under 30 years old) is still going strong, and sounds fantastic - and it's still got the original valves.
I'm not a stalker, I just know things. Oh by the way, you're out of milk.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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I was looking for a hole in your argument and couldn't find one. My old Laney Linebacker (a touch under 30 years old) is still going strong, and sounds fantastic - and it's still got the original valves.
I'm not a stalker, I just know things. Oh by the way, you're out of milk.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
and it's still got the original valves.
Holy crap! Most people talk about having to change these after 5 years of medium use, so you are doing very well. Perhaps they just dont make them today like they used to?
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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- I said to ignore typos. Plumbum, latin for lead, just to prove I know the corect spelling. 2) Valves (vacuum tubes valves) are still not found in nature. 3) I said ignore typos, again. I see you are trying to drag your position back on topic, good. Its an improvement. Now, new technology will always bring new failures, but that doesnt stop that new technology from being better than before. 4) That knowledge can be relearned in a matter of time and so its loss is not permenant. Humiliated and so finally makes some reasonable observations.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
fat_boy wrote:
I know the corect spelling.
Irony Also, Vacuum Tube valves are found in nature. Many plants use vacuum pressure to achieve motility, or to inject poison. I have seen a vacuum tube plant.
fat_boy wrote:
but that doesnt stop that new technology from being better than before.
Nor does it indicate that newer is better. ~But surely your original arguement was that older was better, so you are now diametrically opposed to your original position. Weird. That knowledge cannot be relearned, it can be learned in a new way, but not necessarily with the traditions and skills of former times. Certainly modern Flinters cannot produce to the skill level of the neolithics.
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fat_boy wrote:
I know the corect spelling.
Irony Also, Vacuum Tube valves are found in nature. Many plants use vacuum pressure to achieve motility, or to inject poison. I have seen a vacuum tube plant.
fat_boy wrote:
but that doesnt stop that new technology from being better than before.
Nor does it indicate that newer is better. ~But surely your original arguement was that older was better, so you are now diametrically opposed to your original position. Weird. That knowledge cannot be relearned, it can be learned in a new way, but not necessarily with the traditions and skills of former times. Certainly modern Flinters cannot produce to the skill level of the neolithics.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I have seen a vacuum tube plant.
You, my friend, have been taking acid...
Dalek Dave wrote:
Nor does it indicate that newer is better. ~But surely your original arguement was that older was better, so you are now diametrically opposed to your original position. Weird.
Not at all because this post was about pointing out an exception, not a rule. Surely even your meagre intelligence understood that?
Dalek Dave wrote:
Certainly modern Flinters cannot produce to the skill level of the neolithics.
Does the inablity to reproduce current Zen art in the west degrade western art? Flint knapping if relearnt today would of course take a different approach, and since when did tradition have anything to do with technology, but it wouldnt mean those modern kives were not the equal of their ancestors.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville