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To: O. H. Rundell who wrote (27986)11/21/1997 5:36:00 PM
From: E. Charters  Respond to of 35569
 
Brutal Empiricism is what they use on the X files when they run out of episodic plot twists to get Scuzzy in bed with Molduh. It was also the method England used to keep her colonies in check. It failed in India because of the Rupee would not stretch far enough to get back to London. (It was called Rupee-Peruvian inelasticity or Rama LLama Ding Dong)(It failed in the New World too.)

If the they think true figure is 30 then there is a principle in science that allows for an infinite multiplication of methodologies. This guarantees there will be an economic solution. The trick is getting to it before eternity comes. This can be short circuited by driving at high speed through dense traffic jumping out and asking the first person... how do you get platinum out of tiny little grains of insoluble material without spending more than the platinum in the rock? This method known as the taxi-screech-and-beg-method is sufficiently random that is overcomes all prejudicial blind alleys and will reach a solution fastest. It helps to do this when you are dead drunk, as no rational person could do it sober. A sober idiot is employed to write down the replies however.

Asking every schoolchild in america how to do it by telling the teachers federation "it is a problem in science that will most benefit mankind if answered," is a good one. the chances of finding a genius who is too dumb to not answer is excellent given the numbers. Of course you have to know the answer is correct when you hear " can't be done, the Volvinksy principle forbids it."

They actually tried that with a number of things including cold fusion in 1968 a principle of palladium cathodes that had been noticed since the 30's (they emit neutrons and trap alpha particles in the sponge.) My class put forth as I recall the suggestion to use a high pressure high density liquid at high temp (plasma) to further trap and compress the alphas. The teacher countered with "but how do you keep the plasma from melting the electrode." I knew at once but in all those years have never answered. Do you know?

Care to help poor IPM?



To: O. H. Rundell who wrote (27986)11/21/1997 5:58:00 PM
From: ddl  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 35569
 
That's my question too.. where the hell is it. I get out and find out everything DIED on some damn assays.
WHERE'S THE G.D. EXTRACTION VERIFICATION FROM BD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HELLLLOOOOOOOOOOO LEE-----OILY----ANYBODY THERE - KNOCK KNOCK - YOUR SHAREHOLDERS ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE ANSWER!!!!
ps: they probably salted the tests and got caught!! Ha Ha Ha Ha ouch that hurts when I laugh. - ouch 0ouch



To: O. H. Rundell who wrote (27986)11/22/1997 1:50:00 AM
From: GlobalMarine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 35569
 
"With the information in hand, management will proceed to now
test the more than 30 recovery methods immediatally available to determine which one might be best."

from Lee Furlong, Nov 19, 1997 message to Frank.

Given that it took about a year to evaluate the last recovery process and conclude it was uneconomic, does this mean it will take some 30 years to evaluate the rest of them?