On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 06:05:56AM -0600, blackcat wrote:
> 0000000000000000000
> I admit Vasile that I am not judging the design so much as his
> philosophical approach.  For better or worse, over 54 years I have
> become very cynical when hearing about yet another " miracle design  
> " [1]
> by someone who claims to be friendly and open, yet always is in "stealth
> mode" and obsesses about someone stealing the design.
> 
> If he builds the damn thing and it works, I will kiss his feet.  If he
> makes exciting claims for years and nothing happens, I want to kick his
> damn butt.
> 
> [1] Many times I have sat on a plane next to an "inventor' who wanted to
> tell me about how he would change the world.  Except if he told me  
> any details,
> then he would have to kill me.

I've decided that when I come down with some sort of mental illness
involving delusions of grandeur I'm going to politely tell people about
my minor interesting ideas that could be of minor benefit to a small
section of some obscure industry...

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