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Lola

01-11-2001, 10:01 PM

WOW! 
Thanks Carol great photos. 
 
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Lola

01-11-2001, 10:09 PM

Should we TRV it to see what it is? 
 
 
Mystery Invention 'Ginger' Has Tech World Buzzing 
 
By ERIC AUCHARD, Reuters 
 
NEW YORK--A planned book about a mysterious invention said to be more important than the World Wide Web and capable of generating fantastic riches has gripped a down-on-its-luck technology industry in need of a miracle. 
Harvard Business School Press is said to have paid $250,000 for a book detailing "IT," a device code-named "Ginger" that is set to be unveiled next year by millionaire inventor Dean Kamen. 
In a statement issued Thursday, Kamen, 49, declined to reveal much on the device other than saying: "While our projects are in the development phase and have client confidentiality requirements, it is impossible for us to comment further." 
Details of the machine are contained in a book proposal by journalist Steve Kemper, a freelance writer for publications such as Smithsonian, a popular scientific magazine for which the author profiled Kamen in 1994. 
Inside.com, the Web site of the recently launched media gossip magazine, was first to report the story on Tuesday. 
Much of what is known about Ginger is what it's not. 
The invention is said to take just 10 minutes to assemble using simple tools. Ginger machines may cost less than $2,000 a piece when they debut in 2002, Inside.com said. 
With headlines bristling with news of the end of the personal computer era and the destruction of many dotcom businesses, the technology industry has redoubled its irrepressible search for the next big thing. 
Technology leaders like as Apple Computer Co. (AAPL.O) co-founder Steve Jobs, Amazon.com (AMZN.O) founder Jeff Bezos and top venture capitalist John Doerr are said to have been enthralled by a demonstration of a prototype device and to have invested millions of dollars. 
Investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston expects that IT can generate more in its first year than any start-up ever, which would make Kamen richer than Bill Gates within five years, according to details of the proposal reported by Inside.com. 
Jobs reportedly predicts cities will be built around the machines. Bezos calls the product "revolutionary". Kamen claims it will transform social institutions and shake billion-dollar companies. None of those involved, including the publisher, the literary agent or the backers, would comment on the story. 
Kamen, who lives in a house of his own design perched on a hill outside of Manchester, New Hampshire, invented the first portable insulin pump in the 1970s. 
For 20 years, Kamen has been at work creating several innovative healthcare and technology products at DEKA Research and Development Corp. in Manchester. The secretive company has more than 150 employees, a spokeswoman said. 
"We are proud of our record of introducing many breakthrough products and we continue to work on numerous products at any given time," Kamen said in a statement issued in response to the attention generated by the book offer. 
Among his Kamen's recent inventions was a wheelchair capable of climbing stairs. He organizes a high school robotic invention competition that attracts more than 10,000 student participants each April to Walt Disney World's Epcot Center. 
Kamen was named for a National Medal of Technology award by the White House in November for his invention of the insulin pump, joining the inventors of fiber optic cable, the computer pointing device and data storage equipment. 
 
 
 
 
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Chagyah

01-12-2001, 08:33 AM

On 1/11/01 6:00:12 PM, Kimberly Snow wrote: 
>Is there anyone who is 
>familiar with Californian 
>Petroglyphs (specifically from 
>the Death Valley/Mojave 
>deserts) who might know what 
>the round object is on this 
>rock? (before I add it to my 
>target pile...) 
>Kimberly 
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.................It is a Indian prophecy regarding the coming of the dimpled Titlelist (golf ball) ...symbolic of the driving away of the game.....the wasteful use of water resources.......and the (sob) $ 150.00 greens fee !!!!!!!!! 
 
Shalom ! 
Lavi Chagyah 
> 
>

wildfire

01-12-2001, 09:42 AM

On 1/12/01 8:33:19 AM, Lavi Chagyah wrote: 
>.................It is a Indian prophecy 
>regarding the coming of the dimpled 
>Titlelist (golf ball) ...symbolic of the 
>driving away of the game.....the 
>wasteful use of water 
>resources.......and the (sob) $ 150.00 
>greens fee !!!!!!!!! 
 
Funny... I thought it was Barney Rubble's bowling ball? (And to think what people 1000 years from now will be saying about us.) 
 
<img src="http://www.psitech.net/images/sig_light.jpg"> The English drive on the left side of the road, just like in California.

ex-animo

01-12-2001, 01:36 PM

Well I know even less than the other posters on this. But I see no reason to let ignorance shut me up.... 
 
It could be something quite deep and symbolic. But honestly it might just be the guy liked the design. 
 
When you do your session on it I'd sure be interested. 
 
Gene

Deleted User

01-12-2001, 01:41 PM

The circular part means that one can only cook seven tortillas at a time on a round griddle. 
 
It is placed on the rock to show you that antelopes will steal your tortillas if you cook them on griddles instead of in beehive ovens. 
 
The Philosopher Strikes (Out?) Again!

snow

01-12-2001, 02:02 PM

On 1/12/01 1:41:28 PM, Nick Besse wrote: 
>The circular part means that 
>one can only cook seven 
>tortillas at a time on a round 
>griddle. 
> 
>It is placed on the rock to 
>show you that antelopes will 
>steal your tortillas if you 
>cook them on griddles instead 
>of in beehive ovens. 
> 
>The Philosopher Strikes (Out?) 
>Again! 
> 
 
hehe. (you all have sooo helpful. :) ) 
 
Kimberly

Deleted User

01-14-2001, 02:11 PM

On 1/12/01 2:02:01 PM, Kimberly Snow wrote: 
>On 1/12/01 1:41:28 PM, Nick Besse wrote: 
>>The circular part means that 
>>one can only cook seven 
>>tortillas at a time on a round 
>>griddle. 
>> 
>>It is placed on the rock to 
>>show you that antelopes will 
>>steal your tortillas if you 
>>cook them on griddles instead 
>>of in beehive ovens. 
>> 
>>The Philosopher Strikes (Out?) 
>>Again! 
>> 
> 
>hehe. (you all have sooo helpful. :) ) 
> 
>Kimberly 
> 
> 
> 
One thing to remember: tortillas were MUCH thicker in those days. They didn't have lots of meat to stuff into them. So they took a while to cook. (Not to mention the heat conductance through thick stone griddles!) 
 
The trick is to cook tortillas on griddles every day for three or four days, while doing tasks elsewhere. Then on the next day you lay out the tortillas and act like you are going to cook them, but forget to light the fire. Let the antelopes steal your tortillas. 
 
You do this for several weeks, until fall approaches and you need to store meat for the winter. Do the usual routine, but on the final day you hide, and when the antelope come to steal the tortillas, voila! Corn-fed antelope. 
 
Mmmmm, mighty tasty. 
 
The beehive oven's advantage is when you are low on corn and can't spare any to the antelope. Corn has a moderate supply of essential oils, but antelope is fairly lean. Unless it is corn-fed, of course. 
 
Philosophers Prefer Chocolate to Corn-Fed Antelope... But Who Doesn't?

johnm

01-14-2001, 02:31 PM

It is a cross section of the Lotus root demonstrating that there were vegetarians even in Anasazi culture. 
 
John M. 
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Cathie

01-15-2001, 06:51 AM

Kimberley... this could mean "holding in one place..." either animals or the people were staying in one place.... Cathie