Sujet : Re: xkcd: Good and Bad Ideas
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Groupes : rec.arts.sf.written rec.arts.comics.stripsDate : 08. May 2024, 10:30:13
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On Tue, 7 May 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 5/7/2024 5:21 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
xkcd: Good and Bad Ideas
https://xkcd.com/2929/
We would have lost WWII without leaded gasoline. The bombers and fighters both required 100+ octane gasoline which was only achievable using massive quantities of tetra-ethyl lead in those days.
Lynn
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Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2929:_Good_and_Bad_Ideas
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Lynn
This also misses the time aspect. Some ideas were good, and with time better options were invented. If those "bad" ideas would have been removed, things would now be a lot worse.
xkcd: Good and Bad Ideas
Re: xkcd: Good and Bad Ideas