Repair filter threads on lens?

ummm, that was supposed to be humor
note for the humor impaired
Anyway, I am well aware of the contributions of Dr. Fyodorov - including his
patient carousel, no less... I attended one of the early lectures on the
technique given at Michigan State University in the seventies (76 or 77 -
memory fails)... But, be aware that his work is based upon the published
experiments of a Japanese professor, one T. Sato of Jutendo jukendo-sp? -
not sure) University, begun during 1940, said work coming to an end with the
collapse and surrender of Japan...

However I am more impressed by the work of Nikolay Tsiolkovsky, who was
imperial russian, not Sovietski apparatchik... Brains are not dependent
upon what country they are born in -- nor whether you wear shorts or
panties, btw...
denny

"Alan Browne" Did a knee jerk
somewhere nearby?

Dennis O'Connor wrote:
...
However I am more impressed by the work of Nikolay Tsiolkovsky, who was
imperial russian, not Sovietski apparatchik... Brains are not dependent
upon what country they are born in -- nor whether you wear shorts or
panties, btw...

You mean Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the rocket scientist, who worked out
the basics of space flight as a hobby?

And even in the Soviet era, there were some pretty smart brains. What
they lacked in money and machinery they compensated for with intellect.
Sometimes I've been wondering if science could be improved by cutting
its funding, to force the scientists to think differently ;-)

-- Lassi

In article , Lassi
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wrote:

And even in the Soviet era, there were some pretty smart brains. What
they lacked in money and machinery they compensated for with intellect.
Sometimes I've been wondering if science could be improved by cutting
its funding, to force the scientists to think differently ;-)

I am reminded of studying in England under circumstances few Americans
would tolerate - cold classrooms, pencils and paper, cold living
conditions and an annoying, literal hunger. The hungry human mind will
prevail regardless.

Cutting funding in USA projects is being done all the time. What we need
is a new envirnoment in which we have more people with true
interdisciplinary talents and interests and fewer administrators. It has
always been true that the heart of a revolutionary enterprise is a handful
of hugely talented specialists and innovators. We have plenty of regular
technicians. We have few who can bridge the differences.

mmmm, yup.... I had an anomoly in the turbine stage pressure to the
prefrontal cortex on that one brain fart...
My fevered brain combined the first name of one of my favored
composers -Rimsky-Korsakov- and one of my favorite rocket scientists - and
mispelled it to boot..
denny

"Lassi Hippeläinen" -
You mean Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the rocket scientist, who worked out
the basics of space flight as a hobby?

Michael wrote:

On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 07:41:04 -0500, "Dennis O'Connor"
wrote:

... Now, the rest of the world sneers and looks down their long noses, but they are the ones who
are provincial because of their inability to work in other units...


Does anyone remember this little story;

Metric mishap caused loss of NASA orbiter

Yeah. More the reason for the US to 'go metric' in a big way. It's not
about the measurement system ... it's about communication.

Cheers,
Alan

--
e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.

Michael wrote:



ONE WORLD, ONE RULER......AND HIS NAME WILL BE INCHES.
Corinth-inch-ians 2.13.1

Michael.....

That was Corinchians. Get your facts straight.

Dennis O'Connor wrote:

ummm, that was supposed to be humor
note for the humor impaired

I'm not humor impaired, just your other statement was a little too hard
on the Ruskies.

Anyway, I am well aware of the contributions of Dr. Fyodorov - including his
patient carousel, no less... I attended one of the early lectures on the
technique given at Michigan State University in the seventies (76 or 77 -
memory fails)... But, be aware that his work is based upon the published
experiments of a Japanese professor, one T. Sato of Jutendo jukendo-sp? -
not sure) University, begun during 1940, said work coming to an end with the
collapse and surrender of Japan...

However I am more impressed by the work of Nikolay Tsiolkovsky, who was
imperial russian, not Sovietski apparatchik... Brains are not dependent
upon what country they are born in -- nor whether you wear shorts or
panties, btw...

....never said different.

--
e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.

MikeWhy wrote:

Imagine how I feel about the odd measurements of 7.62 and 5.56. Develop=
er
instructions are also strange. What's up with the weird instructions to=
hold
100=BA =B17.2=BAF? My thermometer is barely accurate to the nearest deg=
ree.

that +/- 7.2F equates to exactly +/- 4 degrees C.

In converting it, they could have rounded to +/- 7F...

The Canadian v. of Time magazine really ****ed me off as they would=20
always convert casual estimates into precise metric units. For example, =

the original text would say something like: "The bandit was 1000 feet=20
down the road according to a witness" and the Canadian version would=20
read "The bandit was 304.8 meters down the road according to a witness"
=2E..so the context (an eyewitness estimate of distance) gets turned into=
=20
a precise measurement through idiotic conversion.

Cheers,
Alan


--=20
e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.

"Alan Browne" wrote in message
...
MikeWhy wrote:

Imagine how I feel about the odd measurements of 7.62 and 5.56. Developer
instructions are also strange. What's up with the weird instructions to
hold
100º ±7.2ºF? My thermometer is barely accurate to the nearest degree.

that +/- 7.2F equates to exactly +/- 4 degrees C.

In converting it, they could have rounded to +/- 7F...

The Canadian v. of Time magazine really ****ed me off as they would
always convert casual estimates into precise metric units. For example,
the original text would say something like: "The bandit was 1000 feet
down the road according to a witness" and the Canadian version would
read "The bandit was 304.8 meters down the road according to a witness"
....so the context (an eyewitness estimate of distance) gets turned into
a precise measurement through idiotic conversion.

Cheers,
Alan

No....The bandit stopped, and the witness happened to have a surveyors laser
distance measuring device in his pocket.....So, with the bandit's
cooperation, they were able to precisely measure the distance to 304.8
meters, +- .05 meters.......

Alan Browne wrote:

MikeWhy wrote:

Imagine how I feel about the odd measurements of 7.62 and 5.56. Developer
instructions are also strange. What's up with the weird instructions to
hold 100º ±7.2ºF? My thermometer is barely accurate to the nearest
degree.

that +/- 7.2F equates to exactly +/- 4 degrees C.

In converting it, they could have rounded to +/- 7F...

The Canadian v. of Time magazine really ****ed me off as they would
always convert casual estimates into precise metric units. For example,
the original text would say something like: "The bandit was 1000 feet
down the road according to a witness" and the Canadian version would
read "The bandit was 304.8 meters down the road according to a witness"
...so the context (an eyewitness estimate of distance) gets turned into
a precise measurement through idiotic conversion.

Cheers,
Alan


Most people have no concept of precision or significant digits. If the use
more numbers it must be more accurate right!