[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] THIS IS COOL ... (but not real)
Larry Wittig
t.light at verizon.net
Tue Jun 9 19:31:12 PDT 2020
If you're going to fly once you get to the sight, whay not just fily to
yhr sight. Or just adapt a helicopter.
On 6/9/20 8:33 AM, jjrudy1 at comcast.net wrote:
>
> A quote I have always liked:
>
> *Arthur C Clarke* was a brilliant futurist and writer, but he is
> probably most widely known for the third of his famous three laws,
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from *magic*."
>
> These so-called laws are:
>
> 1.When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is
> possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something
> is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
>
> 2.The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture
> a little way past them into the impossible.
>
> 3.Any sufficiently advanced technology
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology> is indistinguishable from
> magic <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_(supernatural)>
>
> John Rudy
>
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> *From:* LCTG <lctg-bounces+jjrudy1=comcast.net at lists.toku.us> *On
> Behalf Of *George Gamota
> *Sent:* Monday, June 8, 2020 11:32 PM
> *To:* 'Paul Garmon' <paul.garmon at gmail.com>; 'Lex Computer Group'
> <lctg at lists.toku.us>
> *Subject:* Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] THIS IS COOL ... (but
> not real)
>
> Other crazy ideas, a universal translator or video phone. Only in
> sci-fi movies
>
> *From:* LCTG <lctg-bounces+ggamota=stma-llc.com at lists.toku.us
> <mailto:lctg-bounces+ggamota=stma-llc.com at lists.toku.us>> *On Behalf
> Of *Paul Garmon
> *Sent:* Monday, June 8, 2020 11:25 PM
> *To:* Lex Computer Group <lctg at lists.toku.us <mailto:lctg at lists.toku.us>>
> *Subject:* Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] THIS IS COOL ... (but
> not real)
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 10:37 PM Allan Sherman <allanpsherman at gmail.com
> <mailto:allanpsherman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Here is an article from 2017 debunking this and similar proposals:
>
> https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/27/16203096/traffic-gyroscopic-vehicle-concept-ridiculous-ideas-video-watch
>
> Yup. Of course, a private company sending rockets (and people) into
> space also sounds ridiculous, no?
>
> Well, there are a few places (besides DisneyWorld) that do have some
> mildly "futuristic things":
>
> * How New York's Roosevelt Island Sucks Away Summer Trash Stink :
> NPR
> <https://www.npr.org/2017/07/26/539304811/how-new-york-s-roosevelt-island-sucks-away-summer-trash-stink>
> * Roosevelt Island Tramway - Wikipedia
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Island_Tramway>
> * has a song ;-> Eleanor Friedberger - Roosevelt Island - YouTube
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4h51YBt2lA>
>
> Oops, just realized that I sent this to the wrong email addr on the
> last try:
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: *Paul Garmon* <paul.garmon at gmail.com <mailto:paul.garmon at gmail.com>>
> Date: Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 10:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] THIS IS COOL ...
>
> Hi,
>
> We'll call the last one "SimCity fights a building fire?" [see: The
> Sims 1- Cooking Fire - YouTube
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fZM0u336Qw>]
>
> Just to say... if the building had a sprinkler system and you had a
> pandemic to kill off traffic, then this is all moot.
>
> Yes, does seem like an "artist's rendering". Personally, this makes
> much more sense, just bring nozzles and water hoses up, and maybe just
> hook over a railing or something? For rescues, sure, drones could just
> tote something like an enclosed airplane slide tube up and have
> escapees latch it onto something. Far simpler means something that
> works, yes?
>
> * DJI R&D head dreams of drones fighting fires by the thousands in
> 'aerial aqueduct' | VentureBeat
> <https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/20/dji-rd-head-dreams-of-drones-fighting-fires-by-the-thousands-in-aerial-aqueduct/>
> (note the part of the article about a "computer glitch" being
> responsible for Notre Dame fire is one of those stupid reporting
> errors: there was a glitch in that the fire alarm may have
> reported the fire in the wrong location -- the fire itself seems
> likely caused [though still unknown?] by improper disposal of
> smoking materials [cigarettes], which probably smoldered for a
> long time, at least if you subscribe to Occam's razor!
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor#:~:text=Occam's%20razor%2C%20Ockham's%20razor%2C%20Ocham's,friar%20William%20of%20Ockham%20(%20c.>)
>
> The idea that big vehicles could somehow travel over traffic has been
> around for a while, but delicately on two wheels like a stunt driver?
> I'm not convinced. Here's one from a few years back you've probably seen?
>
> * Elevated Bus That Drives Above Traffic Jams - YouTube
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vVlBe94dCs>
>
> Paul
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 10:07 PM David Wiederspahn
> <dwiedertoo at gmail.com <mailto:dwiedertoo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> If you look at the last frame of the video when it stops, it is
> clearly a CGI (Computer Generated Image). If you replay the
> video, you can see other indications of it being CGIs, especially
> in the pedestrians. An interesting concept but I don't see how it
> would work, at least the part of a severely top heavy load
> balancing on line contact while making dynamic turns. I guess a
> massive, vertical axis gyroscope could manage it but, while an
> interesting concept, I don't think it would be ultimately
> practical. If the hovering drone part could work, why not just
> fly it to the fire?
>
>
> David Wiederspahn
> 1 Leonard Ave #3
> Cambridge, MA 02139
> 617-520-4756
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 9:49 PM George Gamota <ggamota at stma-llc.com
> <mailto:ggamota at stma-llc.com>> wrote:
>
> But is it real or just a proposal on a drawing board?
>
> *From:* LCTG <lctg-bounces+ggamota=stma-llc.com at lists.toku.us
> <mailto:stma-llc.com at lists.toku.us>> *On Behalf Of
> *jjrudy1 at comcast.net <mailto:jjrudy1 at comcast.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, June 8, 2020 9:18 PM
> *To:* Lex Computer Group <LCTG at lists.toku.us
> <mailto:LCTG at lists.toku.us>>; Jason Feightner
> <jf8ner at hotmail.com <mailto:jf8ner at hotmail.com>>; Judy Mir
> <judithmir at me.com <mailto:judithmir at me.com>>; Janice and Harry
> Tagen <janicetagen at metrocast.net
> <mailto:janicetagen at metrocast.net>>
> *Subject:* [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] THIS IS COOL ..
>
> This is unbelievable!!
>
> John Rudy
>
>
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