Shoten,

Your first point was one of the things that came to mind - not only are military pilots exposed to things like (explosive) decompression, hypoxia, etc., they are continually tested in these environments. Similarly regarding the issue of "speed" - it shouldn't matter how fast your going to access a control or instrument.

As for your second point, I think that you are disregarding the issues of restrictive flight gear (straps, ejection seat tethers, anti-G vests and so on) coupled with poor placement of the ring which could make it impossible for a fully oxygenated person to engage the system.

myke

Argghhh... Mucked up the reference.

Thanx Graham for getting it right.

I know, let's tell them that the Earth is about to be destroyed and put them on a SpaceShip.

We could call it the "Ark 2".

Grub,

Very funny.

Reminds me of the Futurama "neutral" race which enraged Zap Brannigan.

Nicely put - I see the parent modded as Funny, if I had points, I would mark it as "insightful".

For the most part this is a puff piece with some mildly interesting comments (ie building adders & circuits using marbles is a nice image) - not as (yet another) soapbox for RMS to pontificate from.

myke

I have RTFA but nowhere does it explain how it works - just some vague notes on how data is crunched.

Does the display look like the picture in the Fortune Tech page, with actual 3D images that appear before other things around it?

If this is the case, then this is a major innovation. Why isn't it being reported anywhere else?

myke

I know that this sounds cheesy, but if you go by the sentiments of Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life", he was a rich man.

Thanx Dennis and godspeed.

myke

Brilliant!

There's the title for your book.

I don't think the parent is funny - it's appropriate.

Thanx Steve

Not me - I only watch the "Ocho"

Shouldn't it be "255" and not "265"?

Or Kzinti

Mod parent up.

You've hit exactly the issue that I was thinking about => in terms of total energy, a cow puts out a lot less heat than a tank.

Even a big freon tank wouldn't help as you still have to dump that heat energy somewhere.

Didn't a big, fat cartoon character say something about obeying the laws of thermodynamics?