gwion
wild colonial boy
Premium,ExMod 2001-08
join:2000-12-28
Pittsburgh, PA
1 edit | Do I have to give my thoughts again? Or...
... has everyone already heard my position on this concept? These Tesla wannabes are misdirecting time and resources that should go to future-proof technologies and deployment strategies, not the idle geek musings of a half-century ago. I wish my car doubled as a helicopter... great for rush hour...
I wish I could just buy a washing machine and do my dishes in it and scrub the floors... maybe I could find one I can crawl inside of and get a quick shower, too? After all, it's already there, and it connects to the "water-network"? And I have a dryer, why do I need a "hair" dryer, too?
I wish I could drive on the subway tracks, maybe Detroit can come up with something? I wish my water and gas lines came in on the same pipe, it would save a lot of space, and they could just "de-mux" 'em, as they come in?
Apologies to "Jack's Mother" for stealing her line, but I wish the walls were full of gold... I wish a lot of things...
That my power lines carried my broadband is not one of them.
[PS- great article...  Thanks.]
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amenite
The Soylent - It's People
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join:2002-11-21
Ridgewood, NJ
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1 edit | said by gwion  :
...I wish my car doubled as a helicopter... great for rush hour...
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It does sound wonderful, as long as you're the only one doing it. I can imagine hitting traffic, next thing you know there are 5000 heli-cars crashing into each other, raining debris and bodies on the expressway. Not so appealing in that scenario.
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RayW
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join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
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| said by amenite :
said by gwion :
...I wish my car doubled as a helicopter... great for rush hour...
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It does sound wonderful, as long as you're the only one doing it. I can imagine hitting traffic, next thing you know there are 5000 heli-cars crashing into each other, raining debris and bodies on the expressway. Not so appealing in that scenario.
I was reading an article on that a couple of weeks ago, and that was the reason stated for NOT having mass transit in the air. We do have the technology, just not the control.
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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| Excellent points, gwion!
(I wish my PDA were a cellphone and blackberry and FRS radio and VHF-marine radio and laptop and DJ mix console....)
When you think about it, there really is a LOGICAL REASON that UPS and Domino's drive different vehicles to your house--even if they both deliver things in cardboard boxes several times a week....
Calvoiper
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w2co
join:2003-07-16
Longmont, CO
|  reply to gwion
"I wish I could just buy a washing machine and do my dishes in it and scrub the floors... maybe I could find one I can crawl inside of and get a quick shower, too? After all, it's already there, and it connects to the "water-network""
Yes and they could feed the clean water through the sewer pipes too, who cares if the sewer pipes were not designed to carry clean water, the average consumer won't know the difference anyway. |
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