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imamartian

as annoying as they are, aren't they just engineering miracles? i've just seen one, looked a bit like a mini lancaster bomber, but with eyes printed on the ends of its wings... and with legs thinner than my hair and it could cling on to a window frame upside down, and fly..... is that not amazing.... we couldn't build anything like that could we?
 
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imamartian said:
you been here a short while a posted a lot... and in context that response is a bit short sighted...
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So unless someone has some kind of timeserved longevity they haven't got a properly valid viewpoint.

imamartian said:
we might want to fo many reasons.... medical, war..... space exploration... just advancing human engineering? many reasons really...
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Tell me precisely the vaue of creating a fly. What illness are you going to treat? How many passengers will it carry? How many would we need to glue together to make a bridge (presumably this bridge wouldn't need any feet or support since the flies will bey flying and thus carry it?)
 
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we might want to fo many reasons.... medical, war..... space exploration... just advancing human engineering? many reasons really...
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In the same reasoning that man might be able to emulate a bird flying?
That, as we know, is impossible. I understand your thought process and do find it fascinating, the same as a spiders web. Brilliant engineering.
 
imamartian said:
as annoying as they are, aren't they just engineering miracles? ... we couldn't build anything like that could we?
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totally agree imamartian......we could never create anything as amazing.
cantaloup63.....yes, you are just sounding a little cantankerous :confused:
 
cantaloup63.....yes, you are just sounding a little cantankerous :confused:
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It's his age and still waiting for you to add him as friend. :LOL:
 
cantaloup63 said:
imamartian said:
we might want to fo many reasons.... medical, war..... space exploration... just advancing human engineering? many reasons really...
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Tell me precisely the vaue of creating a fly. What illness are you going to treat? How many passengers will it carry? How many would we need to glue together to make a bridge (presumably this bridge wouldn't need any feet or support since the flies will bey flying and thus carry it?)
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ok maybe not a fly.... but maybe a bee? might be crucial in our survival? or as a weapon against mosquitos?

how many passengers? you're thinking our scale.....how many to make a bridge? again our scale.... i was thinking a different market to that !
 
Susiejb said:
cantaloup63.....yes, you are just sounding a little cantankerous :confused:
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Just got back from the pub and am knackered. My attampts at humourous sarcasm are obviously coming out all wrong. :oops:
Manana ;)
 
Just got back from the pub and am knackered. My attampts at humourous sarcasm are obviously coming out all wrong. :oops:
Manana ;)
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You can afford to go to the pub? You think that you attempted humour? :cool:
 
Susiejb said:
totally agree imamartian......we could never create anything as amazing.
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Maybe not today but micro-machines are coming. Think about it. A mere half century ago, the computer I'm using now would have filled a very big room and cost several million pounds. A computer in every house? Only a visionary or a fruitcake would have made that prediction. :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
 
Yes and no to that one Space cat.....yes of course the world is changing .....everything is becoming micro this and that......our first mobile phone almost filled the car :eek:
What I think we are unable to achieve though is the creative beauty of nature.....I don't suppose everyone stops to look into a flower or as I/M says ....to actually study an insect, but if you do, their beauty is quite stunning.
What we also cannot do is breathe life into something...... I think that nature will always win on that one :)
 
imamartian said:
engineering miracles........we couldn't build anything like that could we?
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Maybe not at the moment mate, but we'll get there! Quoting from Monday's local paper, I see that:

"Scientists have created the world's smallest electric motor - made from a single molecule.The microscopic motor is one nanometre across, about 60,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair".

So there you go mate. Your observation wasn't so far of the mark after all!
 
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