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On 17 Oct 2004 00:58:25 GMT, Steelgtr62 wrote:
Meanwhile, as a beginning disruptive technology, the electric car...snip The flaw in your argument is that an electric car is a product, not a technology. Until a truly a disruptive technological breakthrough in electrical energy storage is developed, electric vehicles must suffer only incremental improvements. |
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"Bill Daniels" wrote
I still have an IBM PC XT that works as well as the day it was bought back in 1985. It just doesn't do anything useful in today's world. There is a Bendix T-12C ADF installed in my airplane. It has been there for decades and still works as well as it ever did. It just doesn't do anything useful in today's world. Well, maybe. In fact it allows me to legally shoot the approach into my home field. In reality, I shoot it with the panel LORAN and yokemount GPS - either of which is far more accurate and reliable - but for the sake of legalities the ADF must be there. In theory I am supposed to use it as the primary reference, but nobody can prove I don't. And thus my point - your IBM PC-XT does nothing useful because the regulatory climate is quite relaxed in personal computer use. Not so when it comes to panel-mount avionics in certified aircraft. I fully expect that the first-generation glass panel displays will still have significant value a decade from now (and maybe three decades) because the FAA acts as a massive brake on innovation. Michael |
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If there were more people flying they would load that brake harder and
eventually it would become politically inexpedient. Look at CB radio, the FCC decided it wasn't worth the candle. |
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