Bramblethorn
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Plot bunny for y'all
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I should have patented this instead of writing a story about it
I should have patented this instead of writing a story about it
Bramblethorn
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I should have patented this instead of writing a story about it
Fun thing - if they actually did try to patent the basic idea of a wank-powered charger (as opposed to some detail of the engineering), the existence of your story could be used to torpedo it. I remember somebody once tried to patent a waterbed only to find that the idea had already appeared in a Heinlein story.
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It just dawned on me that the entire planet could be powered by 14 year old boys! I think I was at 6 times a day back then....
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almost the definition of a constant velocity machine...
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Robert Heinlein first described a water bed in "Stranger in a Strange Land"; there is no earlier record in the literature describing such a device. He based the idea on one of his experiences in the military; at one of the stations he was based at there was an outdoor swimming pool, and he would float around at night, looking at the moon. The company which first introduced the waterbed was called the "share-water bed company"; given that sharing water is a central theme in "Stranger in a Strange Land", the connection seems easily made. It is widely believed that Heinlein should be credited with the invention of the water bed.
That plot bunny is hilarious. I would have believed it to be an April Fools gag. It brought a shot of happiness into my day. Thanks for that.
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Robert Heinlein first described a water bed in "Stranger in a Strange Land"; there is no earlier record in the literature describing such a device. He based the idea on one of his experiences in the military; at one of the stations he was based at there was an outdoor swimming pool, and he would float around at night, looking at the moon. The company which first introduced the waterbed was called the "share-water bed company"; given that sharing water is a central theme in "Stranger in a Strange Land", the connection seems easily made. It is widely believed that Heinlein should be credited with the invention of the water bed.
That plot bunny is hilarious. I would have believed it to be an April Fools gag. It brought a shot of happiness into my day. Thanks for that.
>MC
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You may enjoy the NT News. They have some great headlines: http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/only-...er-up-my-clacker/story-fnk2tg5d-1226744991457
