Comments for Modern Mechanix http://blog.modernmechanix.com Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:06:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on TWO-WHEEL ANTIQUES by duaine http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/23/two-wheel-antiques/#comment-1069533 duaine Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:04:12 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/23/two-wheel-antiques/#comment-1069533 Great to see picture of 1917 cleveland. I used to own one. Regretfully, I had to sell it to buy a home in about 1978. still hate having to part with it! Great to see picture of 1917 cleveland. I used to own one. Regretfully, I had to sell it to buy a home in about 1978. still hate having to part with it!


]]> Comment on HORSE OF STEEL RUNS ACROSS FIELDS by Il ReteGiornale - la Tua Voce in Rete» Cultura » Fascisti su Marte: Il Cavallo d’Acciaio Corre Attraverso i Campi http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/12/04/horse-of-steel-runs-across-fields/#comment-1069532 Il ReteGiornale - la Tua Voce in Rete» Cultura » Fascisti su Marte: Il Cavallo d’Acciaio Corre Attraverso i Campi Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:11:10 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/12/04/horse-of-steel-runs-across-fields/#comment-1069532 [...] HORSE OF STEEL RUNS ACROSS FIELDS (aprile 1933, Popular Science)    “Un cavallo MECCANICO che trotta e galoppa su piedini in tubi di  acciaio, con un motore a benzina, prodotto recentemente da un inventore italiano. Con questo cavallo, dichiara, i bambini possono essere educati  alla guida. Si dice che il Dobbin di ferro può galoppare con altrettanta facilità lungo una strada o attraverso i campi. Il suo design ricorda i tentativi degli inventori, prima dei giorni dell’automobile, di imitare la natura e produrre un destriero meccanico in grado di tirare un vagone.”    “A MECHANICAL horse that trots and gallops on steel-pipe legs, under the impulse of a gasoline engine, is the recent product of an Italian inventor. With this horse, he declares, children may be trained to ride. The iron Dobbin is said to canter along a road or across a rough field with equal ease. Its design recalls the attempts of inventors, before the days of the automobile, to imitate nature and produce a mechanical steed capable of drawing a wagon.” via blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/12/04/horse-of-steel-runs-across-fields/ [...] [...] HORSE OF STEEL RUNS ACROSS FIELDS (aprile 1933, Popular Science)    “Un cavallo MECCANICO che trotta e galoppa su piedini in tubi di  acciaio, con un motore a benzina, prodotto recentemente da un inventore italiano. Con questo cavallo, dichiara, i bambini possono essere educati  alla guida. Si dice che il Dobbin di ferro può galoppare con altrettanta facilità lungo una strada o attraverso i campi. Il suo design ricorda i tentativi degli inventori, prima dei giorni dell’automobile, di imitare la natura e produrre un destriero meccanico in grado di tirare un vagone.”    “A MECHANICAL horse that trots and gallops on steel-pipe legs, under the impulse of a gasoline engine, is the recent product of an Italian inventor. With this horse, he declares, children may be trained to ride. The iron Dobbin is said to canter along a road or across a rough field with equal ease. Its design recalls the attempts of inventors, before the days of the automobile, to imitate nature and produce a mechanical steed capable of drawing a wagon.” via blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/12/04/horse-of-steel-runs-across-fields/ [...]


]]> Comment on Mechanical Flying Goose Decorates Radiator Cap by Neil Russell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/mechanical-flying-goose-decorates-radiator-cap/#comment-1069530 Neil Russell Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:23:59 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7929#comment-1069530 I love the way this site jogs my memory. I had to look up the image to confirm it, but I remembered the Wills Sainte Claire using a flying goose as a hood ornament. Significant of nothing, but it's nice when a synapse resumes firing! I love the way this site jogs my memory.
I had to look up the image to confirm it, but I remembered the Wills Sainte Claire using a flying goose as a hood ornament.
Significant of nothing, but it’s nice when a synapse resumes firing!


]]> Comment on WHAT YOU WILL WEAR TOMORROW by katey http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/06/30/what-you-will-wear-tomorrow/#comment-1069529 katey Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:44:34 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7917#comment-1069529 They didn't miss the mark on EVERYTHING... 'disposable' clothes are almost here, as the average casual clothes are only worn for one or two years. Vents are common in performance sports wear. And elasticized clothes- including 'one size fits all' clothes- are everywhere. Shoes with shock absorbers? Also common. They didn’t miss the mark on EVERYTHING… ‘disposable’ clothes are almost here, as the average casual clothes are only worn for one or two years. Vents are common in performance sports wear. And elasticized clothes- including ‘one size fits all’ clothes- are everywhere. Shoes with shock absorbers? Also common.


]]> Comment on Octopus Wrestling Is My Hobby by really? i mean, really? « pg 48 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/18/octopus-wrestling-is-my-hobby/#comment-1069528 really? i mean, really? « pg 48 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:40:31 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/18/octopus-wrestling-is-my-hobby/#comment-1069528 [...] An early article on octopus wrestling appeared in a 1949 issue of Mechanix Illustrated. [...] [...] An early article on octopus wrestling appeared in a 1949 issue of Mechanix Illustrated. [...]


]]> Comment on Mechanical Flying Goose Decorates Radiator Cap by Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/mechanical-flying-goose-decorates-radiator-cap/#comment-1069527 Toronto Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:56:45 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7929#comment-1069527 Stan - Lee Valley Tools has some great book reprints - a lot from Popular Mechanics Press - that are real hoot to read. Stan - Lee Valley Tools has some great book reprints - a lot from Popular Mechanics Press - that are real hoot to read.


]]> Comment on THINKING MACHINES ARE GETTING SMARTER by StanFlouride http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/thinking-machines-are-getting-smarter/#comment-1069525 StanFlouride Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:26:31 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7924#comment-1069525 One of the first computer games I played back in the 1980s was checkers and it had the same obnoxious warning about losing in 5 moves. I assume that beyond that the possible variations is too large a number to make that claim. I eventually figured out how to beat the damn thing (probably took 100 games!) and then, as long as I stuck to the same set of moves I always one. One of the first computer games I played back in the 1980s was checkers and it had the same obnoxious warning about losing in 5 moves. I assume that beyond that the possible variations is too large a number to make that claim.
I eventually figured out how to beat the damn thing (probably took 100 games!) and then, as long as I stuck to the same set of moves I always one.


]]> Comment on Auto Fuel From Cow Manure by UDAY MALODE http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/30/auto-fuel-from-cow-manure/#comment-1069524 UDAY MALODE Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/30/auto-fuel-from-cow-manure/#comment-1069524 Dear Sir We have 26 cows for milking on farm house.We wish to produce autofuel from manure. Kindly forward process details with flow digram and complete plant setup. Emai is: uday_malode@rediffmail.com Regards Uday Malode 00919767726318 India Dear Sir
We have 26 cows for milking on farm house.We wish to produce autofuel from manure.
Kindly forward process details with flow digram and complete plant setup.
Emai is: uday_malode@rediffmail.com

Regards
Uday Malode
00919767726318
India


]]> Comment on Mechanical Flying Goose Decorates Radiator Cap by StanFlouride http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/mechanical-flying-goose-decorates-radiator-cap/#comment-1069523 StanFlouride Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:15:50 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7929#comment-1069523 LOL @ the Minnesota joke- though a more appropriate winged creature would be the state bird: the mosquito. I think this would be neat up until about 20 mph and then it would look like it was taken out by Dick Cheney. Charlie- I look forward to seeing a lot more from this 1932 version of Make.com, the list of plans on the cover is quite impressive LOL @ the Minnesota joke- though a more appropriate winged creature would be the state bird: the mosquito.

I think this would be neat up until about 20 mph and then it would look like it was taken out by Dick Cheney.

Charlie- I look forward to seeing a lot more from this 1932 version of Make.com, the list of plans on the cover is quite impressive


]]> Comment on Bottoms Up! by StanFlouride http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/bottoms-up/#comment-1069522 StanFlouride Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:02:29 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7931#comment-1069522 I can see why they'd want to do this for winter storage at a field that got a lot of snow, probably just seasonal. I am surprised though to see so many sport planes in 1940. I'd have thought it more of a post-war hobby. I can see why they’d want to do this for winter storage at a field that got a lot of snow, probably just seasonal.
I am surprised though to see so many sport planes in 1940. I’d have thought it more of a post-war hobby.


]]> Comment on If Ruptured… by jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/if-ruptured/#comment-1069521 jayessell Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:38:06 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7927#comment-1069521 He looks like Dr. Cyclops from the motion picture of the same name. He looks like Dr. Cyclops from the motion picture of the same name.


]]> Comment on If Ruptured… by Paul http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/if-ruptured/#comment-1069519 Paul Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:31:47 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7927#comment-1069519 He looks like a cross between Dr Evil and Harold Lloyd. He looks like a cross between Dr Evil and Harold Lloyd.


]]> Comment on THINKING MACHINES ARE GETTING SMARTER by Paul http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/thinking-machines-are-getting-smarter/#comment-1069518 Paul Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:24:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7924#comment-1069518 I've always preferred the archaic term 'robot brain' over 'computer'. It's just cooler somehow, living in a society filled with robot brains. :D I’ve always preferred the archaic term ‘robot brain’ over ‘computer’. It’s just cooler somehow, living in a society filled with robot brains. :D


]]> Comment on Bottoms Up! by John M .Hanna http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/bottoms-up/#comment-1069513 John M .Hanna Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:53:21 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7931#comment-1069513 Its opening day at the Launchpad McQuack Museum. Its opening day at the Launchpad McQuack Museum.


]]> Comment on THE CURE FOR STAMMERING by Lalit http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/08/the-cure-for-stammering/#comment-1069512 Lalit Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:26:33 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/08/the-cure-for-stammering/#comment-1069512 all guys, Please mail me at celalit@gmail.com all guys,
Please mail me at celalit@gmail.com


]]> Comment on Mechanical Flying Goose Decorates Radiator Cap by Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/mechanical-flying-goose-decorates-radiator-cap/#comment-1069511 Firebrand38 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:25:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7929#comment-1069511 No, something tells me they would stick with the Spirit of Ecstasy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_Ecstasy No, something tells me they would stick with the Spirit of Ecstasy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_Ecstasy


]]> Comment on Mechanical Flying Goose Decorates Radiator Cap by Torgo http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/mechanical-flying-goose-decorates-radiator-cap/#comment-1069510 Torgo Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:29 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7929#comment-1069510 If Rolls-Royce was made in Minnesota, this would be the hood ornament. If Rolls-Royce was made in Minnesota, this would be the hood ornament.


]]> Comment on If Ruptured… by Torgo http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/if-ruptured/#comment-1069509 Torgo Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:57:31 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7927#comment-1069509 This ad brings a new meaning to the word "creepy." This ad brings a new meaning to the word “creepy.”


]]> Comment on If Ruptured… by katey http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/if-ruptured/#comment-1069508 katey Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:24 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7927#comment-1069508 Yep "ruptures" were the old way of saying "hernias"... And back when men did a lot more heavy lifting, they were much more common yet there was no easy surgical solution... so one had to wear a special belt to hold your insides in. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19933/19933-h/images/pic56.jpg Their wives, on the other hand, often suffered from "fallen wombs" from their many childbirths, and had to prop their uturi up with equally awful looking devices, such as: http://www.mum.org/pessary2.jpg Yep “ruptures” were the old way of saying “hernias”… And back when men did a lot more heavy lifting, they were much more common yet there was no easy surgical solution… so one had to wear a special belt to hold your insides in. http://www.gutenberg.org/files...../pic56.jpg

Their wives, on the other hand, often suffered from “fallen wombs” from their many childbirths, and had to prop their uturi up with equally awful looking devices, such as: http://www.mum.org/pessary2.jpg


]]> Comment on FUN with QUICKSILVER by Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/12/fun-with-quicksilver/#comment-1069507 Firebrand38 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:53:42 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/12/fun-with-quicksilver/#comment-1069507 jayessell: That's giving him too much credit. These idiots think that they're so slick...."How can I dye mercury red?" I'm tempted to tell them to drink mercury and they'll excrete Red Mercury. Idiots. jayessell: That’s giving him too much credit. These idiots think that they’re so slick….”How can I dye mercury red?” I’m tempted to tell them to drink mercury and they’ll excrete Red Mercury. Idiots.


]]> Comment on FUN with QUICKSILVER by jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/12/fun-with-quicksilver/#comment-1069506 jayessell Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:27:38 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/12/fun-with-quicksilver/#comment-1069506 Maybe he's seen the new Star Trek movie once. Maybe he’s seen the new Star Trek movie once.


]]> Comment on If Ruptured… by Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/if-ruptured/#comment-1069505 Firebrand38 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:31:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7927#comment-1069505 You guessed wrong, he's selling his Magic Dot system later found by the FTC to be fraudulent www.ftc.gov/os/annualreports/ar1930.pdf (just do a search for either Homan or Magic Dot within the pdf) He invented stuff for the support and repair of hernias and groin ruptures http://www.google.com/patents?id=XAB5AAAAEBAJ&printsec=drawing&zoom=4 http://www.google.com/patents?id=2jBKAAAAEBAJ&printsec=drawing&zoom=4 You guessed wrong, he’s selling his Magic Dot system later found by the FTC to be fraudulent http://www.ftc.gov/os/annualreports/ar1930.pdf (just do a search for either Homan or Magic Dot within the pdf)

He invented stuff for the support and repair of hernias and groin ruptures

http://www.google.com/patents?.....038;zoom=4

http://www.google.com/patents?.....038;zoom=4


]]> Comment on If Ruptured… by Eamonn http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/if-ruptured/#comment-1069504 Eamonn Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:00:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7927#comment-1069504 What the hell is this selling? I'm guessing either something about torn ligaments or adult diapers. What the hell is this selling? I’m guessing either something about torn ligaments or adult diapers.


]]> Comment on THINKING MACHINES ARE GETTING SMARTER by scud http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/thinking-machines-are-getting-smarter/#comment-1069503 scud Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:11:40 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7924#comment-1069503 The methods they view as smart have been more or less abandoned by scientists years ago. Today computers are fast enough to check all possibilities in a game, but this is not the way to go for smart or intelligent computers. Checking every possibility and selecting the best is used only to compare with other methods (if they found the best answer). For checkers it would be more like... q-learning maybe? They call their machines smart/intelligent and today some people also call them so - but computers are now as far from AI as they were 50 years ago. They may be autonomous, they may be fast, they may even learn - but they are not smart or intelligent. Maybe in another 50 years... The methods they view as smart have been more or less abandoned by scientists years ago. Today computers are fast enough to check all possibilities in a game, but this is not the way to go for smart or intelligent computers. Checking every possibility and selecting the best is used only to compare with other methods (if they found the best answer). For checkers it would be more like… q-learning maybe?

They call their machines smart/intelligent and today some people also call them so - but computers are now as far from AI as they were 50 years ago. They may be autonomous, they may be fast, they may even learn - but they are not smart or intelligent. Maybe in another 50 years…


]]> Comment on Two-Wheel Skate by Abi http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/11/two-wheel-skate/#comment-1069502 Abi Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:06:58 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/11/two-wheel-skate/#comment-1069502 with a bit of creativity and a quick trip to academy, one could easily fashion these out of inline skates parts (axle, spacer, wheel) and a hiking cleat attachment (stabilicer). Or, if you haven't got the time, just take two wheels off of a TRS model aggressive inline skate. All that requires is a screwdriver. with a bit of creativity and a quick trip to academy, one could easily fashion these out of inline skates parts (axle, spacer, wheel) and a hiking cleat attachment (stabilicer). Or, if you haven’t got the time, just take two wheels off of a TRS model aggressive inline skate. All that requires is a screwdriver.


]]> Comment on FUN with QUICKSILVER by Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/12/fun-with-quicksilver/#comment-1069501 Firebrand38 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:06:26 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/12/fun-with-quicksilver/#comment-1069501 jayessell: Because he's cleverly trying to fabricate phony Red Mercury to sell it to someone more stupid than he is. asie is quite the grifter, I'll bet he's seen The Sting over a hundred times! jayessell: Because he’s cleverly trying to fabricate phony Red Mercury to sell it to someone more stupid than he is. asie is quite the grifter, I’ll bet he’s seen The Sting over a hundred times!


]]> Comment on Mechanical Flying Goose Decorates Radiator Cap by Slim http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/mechanical-flying-goose-decorates-radiator-cap/#comment-1069500 Slim Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:40:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7929#comment-1069500 Nothing says class like a goose on your radiator cap. Nothing says class like a goose on your radiator cap.


]]> Comment on FUN with QUICKSILVER by jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/12/fun-with-quicksilver/#comment-1069499 jayessell Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:05:36 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/03/12/fun-with-quicksilver/#comment-1069499 asie... <b><i>WHY?</i></b> asie…
WHY?


]]> Comment on Mechanical Flying Goose Decorates Radiator Cap by Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/mechanical-flying-goose-decorates-radiator-cap/#comment-1069498 Firebrand38 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:40:43 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7929#comment-1069498 Jari: Even Jamie Hyneman knows that geese don't quack. Jari: Even Jamie Hyneman knows that geese don’t quack.


]]> Comment on THINKING MACHINES ARE GETTING SMARTER by LightningRose http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/thinking-machines-are-getting-smarter/#comment-1069497 LightningRose Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:27:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7924#comment-1069497 The Zonolite insulation advertised on page 4 likely contains asbestos. Oh joy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermiculite#Controversy_over_health_risks The Zonolite insulation advertised on page 4 likely contains asbestos. Oh joy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V.....alth_risks


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