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To: TideGlider who wrote (2736)	5/28/1999 10:41:00 PM
From: Tom Swift	Respond to of 3795

What it comes down to, is that you can patent anything if you follow the rules. I have a Patent. It is worthless. I filed it for strategic reasons and it was granted. The really good ideas that I have had are all trade secrets -- patents require too much disclosure.

To: TideGlider who wrote (2736)	5/28/1999 10:50:00 PM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3795

I'm working on my own little rail gun here at home. A few misfires, but eventually I'll get my sights in on preferred targets in the States, lolol.

To: TideGlider who wrote (2736)	5/28/1999 11:27:00 PM
From: Marshall	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3795

I'm very into physics which is the pure base of science. Yes, I'm familiar with rail guns as well as the fuel cell cars but we're a long ways away on those cars. Imagine a wreck when you're carrying liquid hydrogen on board - it's the Hindenburg all over again. " isn't it easier to push a magnetic rod thru a coil than to turn a coil in a magnetic field?" Not necessarily, you must consider the mass of both parts as well as how the cooling is applied. In this case it would make far more sense to utilize some Cobalt or Neodymium magnets in the rotational part and cool the field coils. I ain't going to write his claim off until I talk to him as a very good friend of mine (now deceased) claims to have envisioned something similar but without the necessity of the superconductive coil. I haven't put any flowers on his grave for a while but buy being a veteran I suppose I owe him a visit. Who knows - perhaps we'll make a connection somehow.