Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
Minutes of meeting of Chief of Naval Operations and staff:
CNO: “You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have? ”
Joe Doakes
Como Park
Hint: buy stock in armature companies.
The promise of linear accelerators is at least as great as the promise of lasers.
A linear accelerator system could launch hundreds of small satellites into low inclination LEO rapidly and at low cost.
The electrical engineer full employment guarantee. I like it!
By linear accelerators you’re thinking rail gun type, not klystrons, right?
This reminds me of a poster I have in my shop.
“Build it and demonstrate it. Words are easy. Engineering is brutal.”
“Build it and demonstrate it. Words are easy. Engineering is brutal.”
Still trying to get that jello mobile perfected, eh Emery?
Why do you hate Zappa so much?