re: Feedback from web surfers is the problem.

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Success_Machine — 2/11/2004 5:21:53 AM (archived)

They have the attention span of mayflies and prefer graphics and metaphors to numbers. It's no accident that my V1.0 skyhook simulator doesn't output any really meaningful numbers. No one who sees it would be able to, or take the time, to interpret it. And if I dumbed it down, it would be seen as somehow inaccurate or erroneous.

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Australia about to outdo Canada for World's Tallest Structure - Success_Machine - 2/10/2004 8:19:09 AM
- I'll believe it when the Aussies actually start assembling it. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 2/10/2004 2:51:57 PM
  - I will believe it when it is complete and running according to plan. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/10/2004 3:05:28 PM
    - re: I'll believe it when the environmentalists let them build it. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/10/2004 4:31:05 PM
- how about the space elevator for a record to break all records .. (n/t) - Daniel - 2/10/2004 1:29:51 PM
  - re: ARMXER Orbital Skyhook might actually become reality someday - Success_Machine - 2/10/2004 2:17:00 PM
    - In my opinion, a tether reacing up to an orbiting station is impossible, ever. Of course, I have been wrong before, and I may be wrong on this. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/10/2004 3:07:24 PM
      - re: Maybe an educated person such as yourself can help me out here - Success_Machine - 2/10/2004 3:47:53 PM
        
        Write out the definitions of both and make it clear which one you are talking about. (n/t) - DFM - 2/10/2004 5:07:16 PM
        
        re: So a clear concise definition of one isn't enough? - Success_Machine - 2/10/2004 5:19:06 PM
        
        Use whatever works best. Ask for feedback from web surfers. (n/t) - DFM - 2/10/2004 5:36:17 PM
        
        re: Feedback from web surfers is the problem. - Success_Machine - 2/11/2004 5:21:53 AM

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