On May 12, 10:20 pm, Exhibitionist <ro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 12:01:06 -0700 (PDT), johnI
> <johniwanis...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> scribbled the following on a napkin:
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> >On May 12, 1:47 pm, Mark Morrison <bl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> On Sun, 11 May 2008 22:08:43 +0200 (CEST), John Iwaniszek
>
> >> <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> >My life is one failed home-built trebuchet after another. How many
> >> >Americans can say that?
>
> >> Why are you failing when medieval man succeeded ?
>
> >my guess is that I am a bit ahead of medieval man
>
> http://andypsionfan.users.btopenworld.com/trebindex.html
I think I am ahead of this guy, as well.
One thing I would dispute is that a treb is gravity powered. It is
really human powered where a team of serfs is hitched to a giant rope
and lashed in the direction the captain wants the the rope pulled.
The energy from the turnips, moldy bread, and weak ale the serfs call
"nouvelle cusine" is then stored in the giant suspended weight by
taking advantage of the phenomenon of gravity.
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