[TML] Personal Armor Noise was Re: Current USAF fleet

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 5/4/08 6:20 AM, "Knapp" <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Richard Aiken <raikenclw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 12:06 AM, Bruce Johnson
>>  <johnson at pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
>>> Hand made by a master craftsman with no time constraint: good.
>>> Hand made by a buncha apprentices with quotas to meet...not so much.
>> 
>>  Ever since Lord of the Rings came out, whenever I think of the
>>  "average medieval sword," I think of the scene where Saramon's
>>  creatures are making scimitars.
>> 
>>  --
>>  Richard Aiken
> 
> http://www.csiro.au/news/PerfectKilogramMediaRelease.html
> 
> This story would indicate to me that the very best modern things are
> still hand made and not mass produced. At the same time, I am sure
> that they are using machines to help but this is no line job, the
> masters are at work here!

That was my original point.  Using the *same* technology, the best
handcrafted will always be better quality than the best mass produced.

Interestingly, I found a major flaw with that article.  First they say they
want it "defined in terms of a fundamental constant of nature so anyone
anywhere can reproduce them".  Then talking about the sphere, they say "The
only people who can make [it] are our colleagues at CSIRO¹s ACPO".  Seems to
kind of defeat the point.