Posted by Vector viper (205.162.15.2) on May 01, 2003 at 00:00:54:
In Reply to: Re: Matthew 24:35 posted by Darren on April 30, 2003 at 07:55:13:
: : You have to careful of extreme simplicity-assume everyone has
: : tried the really easy stuff already. However, odd combinations
: : of 'easy' things in the right combination...remember, even
: : if Bessler found the answer, doesn't mean there
: : aren't better ways!
: : Viper
: Viper,
: You hit the nail right on the head... many simple ideas were tried and then Stevin came along and basically chiseled this idea into marble... "you don't even have to try anymore, OU is a proven impossibility so therefore, logically, you don't even have to test any future designs, they will never work" That'e shen the more complicated designs started to appear... and today we have things like aether, coldfusion, and sub-atomic bubbles.
: Guess what? Stevin was wrong. It *is* very simple. Embarassingly so.
Ok, embarass me :*)
Viper
: Darren