Machina Dynamica

Geoffkait,
Have you ever tried daisy-chaining? Beats your low tech/high concept pretzels and springs. Guaranteed. Or your money back. Costs a bit more than $24 or $69, though.

Keep talking Geoffkait -- very impressive. We're getting a real education here. Springs, pebbles, pretzels and flying saucers. Low is high -- a great concept.

You know, that's why I like the forums. They give the opportunity to struggling vendors with great ideas to get ahead with some free advertising. You might eventually want to think about going into politics. You got what it takes. Low is high, high is low, take your pick, and if you don't like them apples I have some oranges over here ...

Geoff is a genius. If I could live with myself, I would do the same thing. He simply has cashed in on something that people obviously want. (some people) I really don't see the need to bash him. I don't believe in what he sells, but, a perceived improvement might give some people what they can't find otherwise. To them, its just as real.

" If I could live with myself, I would do the same thing.... I really don't see the need to bash him. "

Interesting.

I suppose it all boils down to what one can live with or not.

I try to resist the urge to "bash" in that I believe two wrongs do not make a right. Obviously, I am not always successful when it comes to MD/Geoff. Something there brings out my dark side I suppose. At least GEoff seems to have a sense of humor, so that helps.

I once compared his products and business (favorably) to cigarettes in that no physical harm results. At least there is none known. Although some unexpected things often do happen when science fiction is involved now, don't they? If that bothers you, just stick to the "low tech" stuff I suppose. Personally, invisible forces that affect sound makes me a little nervous.....

Csontos,
I didn't want to debate the value of written history.
also, I am impressed by your ability to detirmine personality via a few audio posts.

Again, people often ridicule what they don't understand
or
what goes against "conventional" wisdom
That is the ONLY point I am trying to make.

"Again, people often ridicule what they don't understand
or
what goes against "conventional" wisdom"

No doubt.

The thing is there are a lot of highly educated and smart people including many engineers and other technically adept people on this site and in this hobby, so its not like you are dealing with uneducated people here that do not understand technology, for the most part. An open mind towards what might be possible goes along with that. So in all fairness, the "they don't understand" argument can only go so far here. One has to accept that some things fall into the realm that can only be designated as "nonsense". The burden lies on the purveyor of nonsense to make people understand why what they propose is not nonsense, not on others to accept nonsense as something other than what it is. The response to nonsense is often not a positive one. Nor should it be I would think.

A lot of (good) science fiction is able to get people to envision how things that would not seem possible or appear to be nonsense might in fact be possible. Bad science fiction tends to be less successful at achieving the suspension of disbelief or leap of faith needed. Bad science fiction might still be regarded as good fantasy though.

My opinion of MD is that it is bad science fiction, but maybe good fantasy. Its more in the "Lost IN Space" camp than "Star Trek". No monsters in rubber suits quite yet though!