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Offline Mark M

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Historys biggest monster - and I bet you can't Name Him!
« on: December 01, 2006, 02:42:42 PM »
It's Thomas Midgley.
He was born in 1889 and died in middle age hung by his own hoist. dispite that his double legacy
will be with us forever!


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Re: Historys biggest monster - and I bet you can't Name Him!
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2006, 02:52:07 PM »
Very interesting, thanks for the post. I certainly seems to reinforce the theory of unintended consequences, which makes me a little sceptical of things like nanoparticle research.  :-\
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2006, 02:54:11 PM »
Bob,
As a big fan of the sci fi series Red Dwarf I've been worried about that for years - they lost a mile long space ship in a washing basket, cos the nano bots rebuilt it to the wrong scale!
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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2006, 03:32:51 PM »
Never trust a Bot I say.  :D
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Re: Historys biggest monster - and I bet you can't Name Him!
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2006, 03:37:06 PM »
Bob, thats the best moto I heard for a long time.
Can someone translate it into Latin, I can have a coat of arms made up....
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Re: Historys biggest monster - and I bet you can't Name Him!
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2006, 07:11:45 PM »
When I first read the post, I thought he committed suicide (rereading I realized it was an accident).

It brought to mind another guy who could fit into this category: Wallace Hume Carothers, the inventor of Nylon and Neoprene. He battled severe bouts of depression and used to keep a cyanide capsule on his watch chain so he would always be prepared in case he felt the need to end it all. One day he checked into a Wilmington, DE hotel and took it. He was once quoted as saying, "Nylon and Neoprene.. I suppose that's enough for a life's work." Chilling....
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Re: Historys biggest monster - and I bet you can't Name Him!
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2006, 12:53:28 AM »
Quote from: Mark M on December 01, 2006, 02:54:11 PM
Bob,
As a big fan of the sci fi series Red Dwarf I've been worried about that for years - they lost a mile long space ship in a washing basket, cos the nano bots rebuilt it to the wrong scale!

Yay Red Dwarf.
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« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2006, 06:21:40 AM »
Quote from: Mark M on December 01, 2006, 03:37:06 PM
Bob, thats the best moto I heard for a long time.
Can someone translate it into Latin, I can have a coat of arms made up....

"Nunquam fides a bot."  ;)
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