tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post4329105350887558810..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Telescope Mirrors, Washing Machines and Our Philosopher KingsSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-24936158991338784032012-08-25T12:11:31.966-04:002012-08-25T12:11:31.966-04:00Great analogy re: function of a (truly) free marke...Great analogy re: function of a (truly) free market. Which we haven't had in many, many years. <br /><br />RegTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-41326239467997666532012-08-25T10:52:29.000-04:002012-08-25T10:52:29.000-04:00Heh - you got that right. What do they say? "...Heh - you got that right. What do they say? "Lie down and take it for the Queen"? <br /><br />But to be serious a minute, I've <i>heard</i> that the toilet law actually came from the toilet manufacturers, who were getting hammered by different states proposing different standards, and they didn't want to stock 20 different tank sizes. So they asked Uncle Sugar to make one "law to bind them all". <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-60563812944656031882012-08-25T10:18:27.857-04:002012-08-25T10:18:27.857-04:00Brought to you by the same faceless autocrats who ...Brought to you by the same faceless autocrats who demanded 1 gallon flush toilets that need 2 flushes to do the job completely. LED bulbs, thermostats set at 82 in the summer, and 62 in the winter, smart meters for "your" energy consumption, removing any pesticides that are truly effective, going after the manufactures of legal products for extortion money, letting me know that THEY are smarter than I am so I should just lay back and relax, it will only hurt a little. Who elected these pinheads, and why are they commpelled to interfere in my buisness. HalfElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02835121762417884144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-86562112261262052622012-08-25T04:43:06.434-04:002012-08-25T04:43:06.434-04:00It's been said, but not nearly often enough, t...It's been said, but not nearly often enough, that "one consumer is an idiot; a million consumers is genius." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-27107671677017406222012-08-24T22:17:37.599-04:002012-08-24T22:17:37.599-04:00Yep, I used to grind my own mirrors back in high-s...Yep, I used to grind my own mirrors back in high-school, over 40 years ago.<br />Took me a couple of times to get the silvering correct, but after I learned how to do it, I could also recoat them when the got damaged.<br />MANY hours spent walking around the bench the blank was on, and keeping the compound "just right".drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com