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To: long-gone who wrote (51691)	4/18/2000 2:35:00 PM
From: russet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

Sharing of information is a form of education. Education allows us to do everything we do,...all the things you mentioned are possible because of education,...and as time goes on, and we share successes and failures, we get better at doing them. The internet brings education to the masses,...education many of them could never before acquire,...this is the same as what happened after the invention of the printing press in years gone by,...except the internet will allow us to progress even faster in the future, and educate far larger numbers of people, with far more knowledge, with much greater speed. These people will accomplish far more than we have been able to achieve. Too many under educated people, combined with human greed and a lack of resources cause the problems you speak of. Education and the pursuit of knowledge, instead of the pursuit of wealth and power at the expense of fellow human beings, can solve most of them,...but there will always be new problems to solve, hence more knowledge to learn. So in the future, the internet or some other exchange of information in some form of community will educate people to allow them to do the things you speak of. And then there is alcohol,........(gggggggggggg).

To: long-gone who wrote (51691)	4/18/2000 3:05:00 PM
From: IngotWeTrust	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

The internet has "mined" lots of ounces of ore. You are mistaken The internet has drilled MANY oil wells...if you count "knowing where to drill" as any ingredient of the drilling process. You are mistaken. The internet has planted MANY grains of wheat and corn simply by making weather data more available to all "wired" farmers. The internet has not only harvested a single amount of grain, but has spawned an ecommerce harvesting machine through the lastest tool, eMerge which connects buyers and sellers of "CATTLE" one of the most effecient "harvesting machines of corn and wheat" ever "invented."<g> The internet not only has baked a single loaf of bread, but it has provided the know how to make it for diabetics, people allergic to wheat or eggs. The computer, controlled by internet/lan networks have not only "soldered a pcb" but has turned them into an assembly line function, with each one visually inspected by the JDSU UltraTech scanners for accuracy in welding etc. Not only has the internet built a car, but it has built the prototype for each and every type part on each car or truck. That internet software company is called Three D Systems and photolithography. You see, the engineer in San Jose creates a new CAD CAM design for say the U-joint, emails it to the Engineering department in R&D up at Kansas City where said U-Joints are fabricated. KC sends it to a 3D lithography machine, which multi-step creates the new Joint within about 2 hours, and voila...there is a CONCRETE car part to try out, affecting re-tooling decisions within days instead of "customary months" in the pre-net days. RE: a bridge...you have me stumped on that one since I don't know squat about "building bridges" except with "worn out railroad flat-cars"...at least that is the way we do it out here on the claims<g> I suppose I could use the net to find a surplus of railroad flat-cars which have been newly retired...