----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: Service bureaus (Was: Tek 4051 firmware listing
Perhps you could explain how human knowledge is advanced by palying
baseball (or any other similar sport).
-tony
Fixing and preventing sports related injuries. Pro athletes tend to get hurt
and have the cash and/or insurance to get some great cutting edge treatment
(and research) that eventually trickles down to everyone. If there is a need
and money to be made somebody will figure out why something gets damaged,
how to prevent it, and how to fix it so you can go back and break something
else. I guess sports and war provide enough information about head injuries
for engineers to design helmets worn by bike riders (for example) so they
can get to work and be productive without smashing their brains if they fall
off the bike.