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Old May 18th 06, 07:54 AM posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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In article ,
Donald Munro wrote:

William Asher wrote:
no it's cool. i'm more afraid someone is going to start arguing with me
whether you could have an i.q. above a pineapple and the best radar
money can buy and still run the QEII into a big iceberg.


Robert Chung wrote:
We have the best congressmen and senators money can buy and the president
ran the country into a quagmire.


Whats the going rate for a junior congressman ?


Apparently 'Duke' Cunningham had a written price breakdown for "favors."

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Old May 18th 06, 02:13 PM posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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On 17 May 2006 14:07:36 -0700, "Bill C"
wrote:

Sounds like you might be qualified for the greatest job ever suggested.
Robert Heinlein created the "Encyclopedic Synthesist" who's job would
be to stay current with the latest research and suggest, across fields,
things that might be useful and missed by specialists.


You evidently have missed the keynote lectures by technical futurists,
who try to do that kind of thing. The trick is to be specific enough
to actually help it happen.

My impression is their patron saint is Steve Jobs. Or maybe they just
hope he'll givethem money.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...
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Old May 19th 06, 07:15 PM posted to rec.bicycles.racing
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Curtis L. Russell wrote:
On 17 May 2006 14:07:36 -0700, "Bill C"
wrote:

Sounds like you might be qualified for the greatest job ever suggested.
Robert Heinlein created the "Encyclopedic Synthesist" who's job would
be to stay current with the latest research and suggest, across fields,
things that might be useful and missed by specialists.


You evidently have missed the keynote lectures by technical futurists,
who try to do that kind of thing. The trick is to be specific enough
to actually help it happen.

My impression is their patron saint is Steve Jobs. Or maybe they just
hope he'll givethem money.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

Thanks Curtis
I did miss it. I'll have to go do some looking.
Bill C

 




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