I could just see a group of engineers standing before a 1940's computer with
bank upon bank of vacuum tubes , a labrith of wire and covering an area the
size of a basketball court and one saying something foolish like " Gee,
wouldn't it be great to have one of these in my house?" to coin a new term ,
Shall we think outside of the box?  at the pace of technology we will do
things in 10 years that are unthinkable today , maybe even tolerate others
or give someone credit for their hard earned efforts. Nah , probably not but
i bet dimes to donuts that we'll never lose another package in the mail or
maybe the Cubs will win the pennant. have a fine weekend everyone. Mark &
Peta  Bethke
Hollywood, Florida
-----Original Message-----
From: MR ART WEIL <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, October 16, 1998 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: DNA question -Reply -Reply
 
 
>Hi Marlo;-
>      If I remember correctly (and I rarely do), it was during the
>presidency of Tom Jefferson that a Senator stood and moved that the U.
>S. Patent Office be closed. He told us that it was obvious that,"---
>everything that  could be invented HAS been invented."
>     If you want to expand the market for our DNA breadbox, think
>about the numbers that would be sold overseas---to THEIR police
>departments, THEIR universities and high schools. The wisdom of the
>last few years suggests that:    If you build it---they will come.
>Tom Edison invented Waxed Paper. I wonder if he had any idea how it
>would be used.
>    Art
>