Re: [ATM] PPPP

[Kevin MIchael Zabbo <chaosopher23@yahoo.com>]

Don't use water, it can freeze.  I suggest using
either a light mineral oil or an alcohol-based
flotation medium and recirculate the fluid, of course.

The only problem I see with the alcohol base is that
the fluid level will go down by a couple of ounces an
hour (or a few 12-oz increments every hour) depending
on how many people at the star party consume it.

Kevin of Eastern Iowa
Seeker of the Darkness

--- Mike Lockwood <melockwo@uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Mel Bartels wrote:
> > Let the scope's weight push the water back into
> the reservoir, then use the
> > reservoir to raise the scope back up to starting
> point.  A perpetual motion
> > drive!  I hereby claim patent on this in behalf of
> the ATM list.
> 
> Great idea.  I will refer to it as the "perpetually
> peeing platform 
> patent", or the "PPPP".  I will grant the trademark
> of the name of the 
> device (just "PPP") to the ATM list. :)
> 
> Those with patent experience and the "creator"
> (that's the name under 
> which Dann's messages show up in my email program -
> kind of spooky) 
> please keep hashing out the details of the patent
> language... as a 
> practice exercise.  Don't forget to write
> applications for countries 
> outside of the US.  No, I am not volunteering to
> proofread them, but I 
> have found patent applications to be a highly
> effective cure for 
> insomnia, even in the middle of the day. :)
> 
> Seriously, I'm not mocking Dann (poking a little fun
> at his email 
> address, though) - I actually like the idea of a
> very simple platform. 
>   A friend of mine was going to do something similar
> with an inner 
> tube for some cheap tracking.  I just thought it was
> amazing how much 
> legalese the post generated, and I had to make a
> joke.
> 
> However, I do think there are some serious
> challenges to be overcome. 
>   Once those have been addressed, I'd like to see a
> one-hour unguided 
> exposure taken through a scope sitting the PPP. 
> That will tell the tale.
> 
> 	My sarcastic post for the month,
> 	Mike Lockwood
> 
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