Sunday, December 03, 2017
Speaking of car-planes
American Radio History has added several issues of an Australian radio mag from the 20s. The viewpoint and the schematics aren't notably different from USA in that era. Both are different from England, because English electronics was WAY ahead of the colonies in clever and elegant circuitry.
The May 24 issue has a view of the year 2000. It goes wrong in all the usual ways because the author understands technology better than human nature; but this future view blows some of the technical laws as well.
1. Underground power main: Oops.
2. (gray) "The shower is just as cold." In fact the 2000 shower is MORE likely to be cold, because individual water heaters for each faucet were much more common in 1924. Now only a few expensive "green" houses use flash heaters.
3. (red) War was declared but "Certain Rays were brought into operation" and the warring countries immediately decided to arbitrate. We've got the Certain Rays now, but we don't use them to stop wars. We use them to create wars everywhere except Saudi and Israel. Author didn't anticipate the infinite evil of USA STRONG and Soros.
4. This year's wool clip was basically zero. Author neglected Graybill's Law, which was already perfectly well known in 1924. Well-known in fucking 1200 AD, for that matter. Australia is coal for China, nothing else.
5. Concentrated nutrition in pills. Perpetual idiotic dream of techies. Now we know for sure why it's idiotic. Digestion happens when the enzymes and bacteria WORK on the food. If the nutrients aren't contained in fibers and tissues, the enzymes and bacteria don't WORK and no nutrition reaches the bloodstream.
6. (brown) The car-plane. Natch. Takes our hero from Melbourne to his workplace in London in 45 minutes. Here the author didn't even consider the laws of electronics. In his London workplace he was able to send checks electronically to the rest of the world. Why couldn't he do the same in Melbourne?
7. (blue) In his London office he sends and receives electronic checks, which are robo-signed on paper in the various destinations. This is a BACKWARDS step from 1924 telegraphic communication. You could already send and receive money by Western Union without the need of signatures. The telegram carried a question that required a verbal pass-response. Now, after losing Western Union for several decades, we've returned to Western Union with "advanced" iPhone money transfer methods.
8. Finally, he flies back to Melbourne after working a half-day in London, accomplishing all the necessary work for the week. Forgot Parkinson's Law.
1. Underground power main: Oops.
2. (gray) "The shower is just as cold." In fact the 2000 shower is MORE likely to be cold, because individual water heaters for each faucet were much more common in 1924. Now only a few expensive "green" houses use flash heaters.
3. (red) War was declared but "Certain Rays were brought into operation" and the warring countries immediately decided to arbitrate. We've got the Certain Rays now, but we don't use them to stop wars. We use them to create wars everywhere except Saudi and Israel. Author didn't anticipate the infinite evil of USA STRONG and Soros.
4. This year's wool clip was basically zero. Author neglected Graybill's Law, which was already perfectly well known in 1924. Well-known in fucking 1200 AD, for that matter. Australia is coal for China, nothing else.
5. Concentrated nutrition in pills. Perpetual idiotic dream of techies. Now we know for sure why it's idiotic. Digestion happens when the enzymes and bacteria WORK on the food. If the nutrients aren't contained in fibers and tissues, the enzymes and bacteria don't WORK and no nutrition reaches the bloodstream.
6. (brown) The car-plane. Natch. Takes our hero from Melbourne to his workplace in London in 45 minutes. Here the author didn't even consider the laws of electronics. In his London workplace he was able to send checks electronically to the rest of the world. Why couldn't he do the same in Melbourne?
7. (blue) In his London office he sends and receives electronic checks, which are robo-signed on paper in the various destinations. This is a BACKWARDS step from 1924 telegraphic communication. You could already send and receive money by Western Union without the need of signatures. The telegram carried a question that required a verbal pass-response. Now, after losing Western Union for several decades, we've returned to Western Union with "advanced" iPhone money transfer methods.
8. Finally, he flies back to Melbourne after working a half-day in London, accomplishing all the necessary work for the week. Forgot Parkinson's Law.Labels: Alternate universe, skill-estate
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