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Well, like it or not, the dense humanity is there & will be there for a long, long time.
So how does your little propaganda spiel help?
Assuming it was intended to be helpful, that is...
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On Thu, 5/1/14, Ian Wood <
dawnhaven@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
Subject: Re: [TML] Oh god, it's real!
To: "
tml@simplelists.com" <
tml@simplelists.com>
Date: Thursday, May 1, 2014, 4:12 AM
how wonderful, we
have a technical device that wasnt needed before europeans
interfered wiht their lives.
malaria requires dense humanity for it to
flourish.
Something the Papuans know.
Ian
From: Richard
Aiken <
raikenclw@gmail.com>
To:
tml@simplelists.com Sent: Thursday, 1 May
2014 10:59 PM
Subject: Re:
[TML] Oh god, it's real!
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 4:22
AM, <
shadow@shadowgard.com>
wrote:
Some of you make recall years back when I requested that
someone
design an anti-insect (and possibly anti-bird/bullet) laser
goizmo
using Traveller rules...
Well, someone has done it in the real world
http://37.media.tumblr.com/747b469aa4b118347ad85e3c66c789e6/tumblr_n2r hq9dHjH1rhavdko4_r1_500.jpg
(from the Ultrafacts blog:
https://www.tumblr.com/follow/ultrafacts )
It seems
that the main objections to it working for it's intended
purpose (to kill malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa) are
the high cost - each $50 laser covers only a ~100 foot
radius - and need for reliable electrical
power. But the
per-unit price would like drop once production got going and
a small solar panel/battery seems likely to be enough to
provide it with power.
Of course, then you would
have the problem of people stealing the solar panel/battery
unit . . .
But for
zapping mosquitoes/gnats on your porch/patio, it appears as
if it would work just fine.
Hey! Maybe they could sell
them for commercial use, then use the income to install them
for anti-malaria use. E.g., the Newman's Own Profit
Model. :)
--
Richard Aiken
"Never
insult anyone by accident." Robert A.
Heinlein"A word to the wise ain't
necessary -- it's the stupid ones that need the
advice." - Bill Cosby"We know a little
about a lot of things; just enough to make us
dangerous." Dean Winchester
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