at LBL. Then, a couple of years ago, I helped a friend (working at NASA - not a scientist) assemble some material on the topic. I haven't pursued enough to be entitled to an opinion re practicalities like... obscure alloy economics, tolerances - esp. tolerance of daily Joe Sixpack abuse of the "why do I Need to change the oil??' type.

Amazing though - presuming merely an honest 30% in the mentioned AMC test bed. But do you find it surprising that it wasn't enough to interest a (any) Corp in further pursuit?

As to your comment re the relevance of all this Other Stuff, to your IMO excellent XML analogy - guilty as charged. Still, the extrapolation fairly leaped to mind. (This mind). And I do realize that, in a meeting to relate present IT strategy to what seems to be coming down the pike:

One obviously can't subpoena the CIEIO to explain his parachute, or why it is that - the rate of Temp hiring has increased exponentially, and the temps are engaging in Gladiatorial combat during their two 8-minute coffee breaks per shift, and ...

Yes, we live in a Complete World\ufffd - only off or ex-work. This I have recognized. (And acted accordingly.)


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