tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post115478332447948070..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Boomsticks: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be first...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1154955062659611232006-08-07T08:51:00.000-04:002006-08-07T08:51:00.000-04:00This has nothing to do with this thread, however I...This has nothing to do with this thread, however I just saw this comment in today's ViaMichelin Newsletter<BR/>"...the [BMW] Z3, which is on the way to becoming a highly sought-after collector's item,..."<BR/>FYIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1154876322547859192006-08-06T10:58:00.000-04:002006-08-06T10:58:00.000-04:00Yeah, and their short general was from Corsica, an...Yeah, and their short general was from Corsica, and not even a "true" Frenchman.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05796690368588471378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1154843708903752042006-08-06T01:55:00.000-04:002006-08-06T01:55:00.000-04:00chauchat - hot cat? Cats are temperamental things...chauchat - hot cat? Cats are temperamental things.<BR/><BR/>I've found it ironic how many terms of warfare originated from the original French. Well, ironic in that with the exeption of some of the exploits of a short general, the French haven't seemed to come out on top a whole lot of the time, war-wise.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1154821766824871182006-08-05T19:49:00.000-04:002006-08-05T19:49:00.000-04:00I'm not going to get too deep into Sony's woes, bu...I'm not going to get too deep into Sony's woes, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax explains very well why betamax crashed. VHS was for a long time the inferior format.<BR/><BR/>It's tangential to the original argument and I regret bringing it up.Dr. StrangeGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349076338197668654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1154821236011418252006-08-05T19:40:00.000-04:002006-08-05T19:40:00.000-04:00Life for concealed snipers got considerably better...Life for concealed snipers got considerably better with smokeless powder, too.Jeffrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1154813346517211622006-08-05T17:29:00.000-04:002006-08-05T17:29:00.000-04:00Points well taken. People forget all the innovatio...Points well taken. People forget all the innovations the French contributed, from lots of artillery designes, ship designes, to the minie ball and smokeless powder. Still, can't get away from the fact that they are primarily famous for all the wars they've lost, from Versingetorix onward. Of course, we read a lot of history from the Brit side of things. That can't help if you want a more even handed view to come out.FHBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04261425729050948728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1154808597497414562006-08-05T16:09:00.000-04:002006-08-05T16:09:00.000-04:00No Betamax is exactly a tale of early adoption ......No Betamax is exactly a tale of early adoption .... before the technology is fleshed out and standards are in place - or in the case of the Chauchat, at least all of the design issues are understood.<BR/><BR/>The Whole HD-DVD battle is exactly the same. 2 groups with different design goals produce 2 different bits of technology. The one big difference today is that Sony is also a movie studio, so I don't think you will see too many of the other studios releasing films on Sony's format, as they did with Betamax.Zendo Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094772654735415974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1154793871809518872006-08-05T12:04:00.000-04:002006-08-05T12:04:00.000-04:00Come now, betamax isn't an allegory against early ...Come now, betamax isn't an allegory against early adoption, it's against corporate greed :)Dr. StrangeGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349076338197668654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1154790705984475802006-08-05T11:11:00.000-04:002006-08-05T11:11:00.000-04:00And Blu-Ray?And Blu-Ray?AnarchAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06447178964096399015noreply@blogger.com