Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #06949
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: JVernonM@aol.com
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 16:47:01 EDT
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Tilden on PBS
In a message dated 10/20/99 4:32:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
mach50@netzero.com writes:
> HMM... The hobbyists seem to be the only people willing or able to
> expermint more with this tech. hobbyists are the only ones trying to
> get some tyoe of useful behivior out of these macines.
Yup, and yup.
> The patnet
> restricts the sale them for useful or profitable applications.
Nope. It expired some time ago. What it was, or what it restricted, is a
topic best left off the list. Ruffles to many feathers.
> It seems
> that if Mr. T told everyone about new circuits and tech, it might, in
> the end, be more profitabe to him, being the patnet holder.
Would be anyway, patent or no patent. If someone comes up with a multimillion
dollar design, honesty would dictate that the designer give Mr. T. his share
if it relies heavily on BEAM circuits. The same would apply to Wilf's
circuits or Terry Newton's circuits, or Craig Maynard's circuits. Mr. T.
doesn't ask for all that much anyway.
> Or the ony
> time this tech will flourish is when it becomes public dominon.
Perhaps that is why the patent was allowed to expire. It ain't like we got an
open dialogue going here!
See ya,
Jim
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/8281/beamart.html
6950 Wed, 20 Oct 1999 14:21:51 -0700 (PDT) [alt-beam] Re: Tilden on PBS "Beam@Sgiblab. Sgi. Com" "J. Parks" On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Phillip A. Ryals wrote:
> Anyway, they showed Stryder walking around, then they showed another
> Stryder-like bot that was about 3 feet tall. Now I know what I'm working
> toward building! That thing just rocked. But I haven't been able to find
> much info about it.
It sounds like you saw the mighty robot 'Roswell,' which can actually
stand about 5 feet tall with its legs extended. Unfortunately for me, it
was taken apart the whole time I was in Los Alamos. Ah, but next
time . . . next time . . .
-Jake
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