<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:52 PM, spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net">spike66@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I pitched the notion to a group of aerospace engineers on 4 November 2011.<br>
Their unanimous response was "huh?" Followed by some quick calculations to<br>
show that yes it is theoretically possible, followed by what the hell<br>
difference does it make, what we can do 20 million years from now?<br>
<br>
Paper available on request, non-serious inquiries only please. There really<br>
is a pitch however, about 18 MB PowerPoint. Samantha, do you want to see<br>
it?<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Those engineers were confused because your pitch lacks sufficient examples of in-flight entertainment and similar amusing distractions. Perhaps you could spend a bit more time on the computational power in terms of modern metrics - like how many Blue-Ray DVD-equivalences you could store or how many Library of Congresses (LoCs) you can transfer from one side of the M-Brain to another each second. Whether you propose that the amount of speed (per conscious entity) is orders of magnitude faster than humanity is currently operating or opt instead for the 20 million years to one subjective hour so you don't get bored on the way... it's personal preference. It'd be the cruise of a lifetime... or several million lifetimes...</div>
<div><br></div><div>Definitely needs more marketing. Think in terms of 30 second adverts, then think in terms of 2 second adverts within the 30 second adverts for the really ADHD. :)</div></div>