Planetoids

Melon balls from a camouflaged cantaloupe.

Dung beetle candy.

They're from Andre', Arnold, GHW Bush, and Pee Wee Herman.

C'mon Tippy .... they're almost the same color as your cat.

Ed Weldon

When my kid makes 'em (cause I used to haul them in to work for holidays) he uses bourbon saturation levels that won't actually let the powdered sugar remain undissolved, so yeah - gray.

Stickey, too - but no one minds

My bosses boss went by muttering "this is a three ball meeting"

Drag me down the hall far enough.....

Pellets, please

Raptors do not puke

They are called "pellets" and are "disgorged" not "puked".

Politically correct avians!

Sometimes...sometimes not

I still find it extraordinary they came out of the fins....

Nothing else to do?

In between solving ALL the problems of the world we occasionally goof off a bit.

So happy goofing, whatever that may be!

May I know what World problems are You solving right now, or more easier question: what problems You have solved till now, gurudevi?

If I have such means that are at disposal of US citizens, (like no trouble getting government Grants or donations from big companies) there would be much less problems to solve by now.......

I am trying to patent (or atleast fill Patent Application) new kind of Wind and Solar Power stations (and dozen or two others), but even if I am countryman of great engineer Nikola Tesla, I cannot find my Mr. Westinghouse..........

I contacted them, but they did not even answered my mail :-((

I contacted INTEL, who is gratest buyer of >>green<< energy, but they are not interested at all! Obviously they invested heavily into contemporary >>green<< Power Stations, and now appearance of much cheaper PSs that would produce much cheaper electricity would make their investments obsolete.........

Any advice what shall I do?

Regards from Zagreb, the capitol of Croatia, Europe!

- to define the solution to all the world's problems is not the same as to implement the solution to all the worlds problems.

If I have such means that are at disposal of US citizens

Ah, but if it were that easy....

that would produce much cheaper electricity would make their investments obsolete..

Even the home owner has this fear.

I fear in any country getting from idea to marketplace is very hard.

Sir Edignan, it depend on actuall idea, wether it is just inovation or radicaly new. Some inovation are not ecconomic to introduce if benefits are not substantiall, and surely not if implementation cost more that positive difference produced.

In time when everyone look for some source of >>green energy<< that is also cheap to produce, I would need just to demonstrate that it works and produce that much cheaper electricity. In fact, just from describing advantages to some companies, I got request for Proforma Invoice, and if I had thing patented, I would start selling Production Licenses to all countries very fast.

Unfortunately my computers are at they top performances on bare minimum required by software for virtuall prototyping, so I need to replace them, and software is also expensive (SC TETRA is being rented for 15 000 US $ per year, for instance) so even if total amount need not be greater than 100 000 US $, which is big amount for me, it is price of better middle class car in US, so surely any company in good standing would be able to invest that much....? Of course, if there would be plenty of money then really top of the line computers like HP ITANIUM2 INTEGRITY RX5670BTCO or SUPREDOME could be bought, and regular HDs replaced by much faster SSD drives, then WACOM Graphire or Cintiq LCD graphic tablets could be bought and so on, but for present situation strong configuration compatible with software for simulation would be enough, even if this would not cheap either.

Anyhow, most important thing is to find investor that would recognize benefits and understand that this has to work, because whole is made out of allready invented parts (if we drop out my turbines to shorten time to make prototype), only nobody has put those parts together in that particular way.........

But, those people that would understand do not have money, and those who have money (at least here) do not understand what is it all about :-((

Those who have money and get glimpse of how much money can be earned become greedy and want to take patents away from me, to which I cannot consent......

To produce my Windpower stations one has to be just mechanic able to screw things together and perhaps solder a bit, and only part that cannot be made at home would be electricity generator.

In regard to production, I have one factory that produce three phase motors and generators ready to start production as soon as I apply for patent and it would be sure that nobody invented such thing before, because that way they would be able to sell generators as part of complete product, and of course much more motors as well......

So I have it all planed out, and I just need small investor that would have understanding and enthusiasm to help the World while geting rich in process.........

In that regards US citizens are in drastically better position than citizens of Croatia, and because donations and grants are tax deductible in twice bigger amount, it is a way to save money that would othervise go to State Treasury, and rich people are hard parting with their (specially if earned) money. So they are seeking to whom to give grants, or so I was told by some US citizens...... Here government tax grants more than regular profit :-((

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So a middle class US car costs $100,000 according to you!!!

I am sure that many US citizens will be most happy to tell you that you are completely wrong by probably by around 5:1 or even more........!!! maybe in 10 to 20 years you will be right!!! Or earlier if the bottom drops out of the US Dollar......

Henrik14,

you have to stop your unsubtle advertising here, few of us are interested in your ideas. None of us will give you money (or anyone else either)......

As I have said before, if your ideas are at all interesting and full of value, then the world will come to you. If they aren't doing that, something is wrong with your ideas.

But this is definitely the wrong place to keep pushing your ideas. You just P**S everybody off each time........

Remember, you need a stupid man with a lot of money, here on CR4 you only have clever men with no money, OK?

Please take notice of the (dozens of) hint(s) you have been given....

Refine your product with the resources you have or give up, there is little other choice.....

Thanks in advance for listening to me....but do please take this friendly advice to heart as CR4 is NOT seen by the CR4 Admin as the place for such advertising either......remember that.

Also, do not try and be rude to me (as you already have in the past) either just because I give you some friendly advice.

Rudeness to anyone here is also something that CR4 Admin is not happy about either......have a good day and I wish you well in your endeavours.

Dear coleague,

I realy dont have habit to be rude to anyone and I try to be as polite as possible. Unfortunately English is not moy native language, so perhaps sometime I write something that could be understood in a way that is far from intended. Since English is not Your native language either, perhaps this is why misunderstanding is more probable.......

In any case, I profoundly apologize if You find Yourself offended, as this was never my intention.

Maybe You are more informed than me about US middle class and cars they are buying, but I hope You would agree that even in Germany there are cars that cost that much and cars that cost much more?

Next, You keep misinterpreting my intentions and obviously dont get my message correctly, and as usuall there is little understanding from people who have money for those who have not. I dont agree that I need stupid and rich investor like You say, as such would not understand what I am talking about.

Last, I had impresion (sorry if that is my misunderstanding) that CR4 is place where Engineers help other Engineers, and that is why I keep asking for help here.

Now kindly explain to me how do You imagine that World would come to me if my ideas are good, if I cannot reveal them before they are patented, and I need money to patent them?

Sorry that I cannot take Your advice, because hardware I have is old and on bare minimum of requirements stated by application builders, and still more offten under required minimum. I would not quit either as I would rather be dead, because if I quit, what would I do and live for?

It would be much more productive if my coleagues, including You, take positive approach instead of negative one, as IMHO, from negative approach we can get only NO results instead of solution to problem.

I keep addresing CR4 members because I believe that my inventions would benefit the World, and would also bring more workplaces for engineers as well.......

On other hand, I see that some quietly take my proposed projects and work on their realization, without even asking permision and much less offering some compensation for originator of idea.

So perhaps I should stop giving solutions to world problems for free and mind my own business like You suggest....:-((

I came to CR4 expecting to give and get support, but it seems I met only misunderstanding, negative attitudes and plain jealousy, for which I am teribly sorry.........

Regards from Zagreb, the capitol of Croatia, Europe

Marijan Pollak, IT SA/SE 1st. Class, Instructor and Team Leader (retired)

Stop advertising here please.

Stop pestering us for finance please.

Learn to use the free spelling checker, your "Engish" will look far better.

Don't play the injured CR4 colleague either because I tell you correctly what you are doing wrongly.

remember, as long as you are trying to get money from us, you are not a colleague of any sort.....

There are plenty of "suckers" on the internet to use, very few (if any) here!!

I bet you have not got even one "Red Cent" from any CR4 people......and you never will either......eg.you are just wasting every one's time......including yours....

Good day.....

Sorry, I never used CR4 spelling checker but one from GOOGLE Toolbar that have disappeared, probably because I downloaded EXPLORER #8.

Okay, if this would put your heart in right place, I would use the CR4 spelling checker from now on! Just kindly take note that this spelling checker is not 100% complete nor correct, as it has no word >>Toolbar<< for instance, and many more words.......

I don't see why You underlined >>You<< in my sentences? I am writing it with capital letter to show You respect, as is custom in my country, and how I was teached when I learned English.

No wonder I made mistakes when You upset me the way You do...... However, I have seen much worse writing and You complain only about MY English :-(( I must say that so far people only commented how my English is good, and for You neither spelling nor grammar is correct :-((

Anyhow, why don't You try to understand what I am writing instead of nitpicking about my spelling of words?

If something look ridiculous to You, then perhaps I did not explain it properly or I could not give explanation because it would reveal whole idea before it is patented, which I cannot afford to do.

Since I have made small prototypes and things work as expected, I say that >>ridiculous<< things with confidence. I also put my good name and reputation on line asking man who called me scammer to just enable me to prove that my system work as I described, and if it would not work, how can I earn any money?

Naturally, I would explain to Investor(s) all details and show my prototypes, after they sign NDA, that is......

You seems to not read what I write, as You keep repeating I am advertising something and begging for money, while I am asking for help in finding Investor, and naturally must at least describe benefits or advantages of my ideas..........

Since this is so, I would have to start ignoring any posts coming from You, as it seems that we cannot understand each other, or at least You cannot understand me.

Regards,

Marijan Pollak, IT SA/SE 1st. Class, Instructor and Team Leader (retired)

For your information, the word "you" in English is only spelt with a large "Y" when beginning a sentence.....your English teacher taught you wrongly......which is why I marked it as wrong.....

You also wrote "No wonder I made mistakes when You upset me the way You do". Blaming someone else for your mistakes shows a weak (childish?) intellect. Stay responsible for yourself at all times, its good for your character....

All I am asking is that if you would be so nice as to not "Push" your products/inventions here and to use a simple spell checker that will help you considerably in being correctly understood by others who are also as not so proficient in English (CR4 is a world wide read blog). I personally can read and usually work out what you meant......but when words are spelt wrongly, others may not be able to look those words up and understand them....try and understand that.....

You protest and protest all the time. You seem to have forgotten that this blog is not for you anyway, it was started by someone else for completely different reasons, you could be accused of being rude by many people here for "Hijacking".......not good.

I am personally leaving this blog, as you have ruined what was a nice easy fun thing with your appalling manners (and spelling!)

Please be aware that if I personally see you trying to "drum up business" for your invention(s) on CR4 again (which I am certain is against CR4 rules if I remember correctly), I will be reporting you to the admin.....I will just let them deal with it and you as they see fit.....in a worse case situation, you might even be completely banned. Is it worth the risk to you?

So do not bother "ranting" further here against me, as by the time you read this, I will be gone from this particular blog for good. Sad, because it was good and funny until you showed up....

Please also remember that any emails you may send to me of an unfriendly nature will of course also be immediately reported to the admin as well.....you have now been warned.

No more chances, except to be nice to your fellow CR4 members and to follow the rules....and be one of the CR4 people that we all gladly read and work with, just like the rest of us.....

Have a great weekend.

Why did You not invite me to mourning?

I would told You my countryman was having excelent fate because he was having chance to materialize his dreams, where most of us have no such luck......

He also had Mr. Westinghouse to support and finance him, then Mr. Morgan (even if that last was just goofing with Tesla), so I would exchange my fate for his, >>at drop of hat<< as You Americans say.......

Time would show full extent of his genius, and his only misfortune was that he has had nobody that he could talk to and be understood.........

So, You deliberately mentioned Jupiter to mislead seekers for answer, or it was just first association You had?

I hope next time riddle would have some usefull implementation when solved........

Did You know that in South American continent they have find similar balls made of stone, from 1/2" to 1 meter in diameter (and perhaps bigger but there was no referent on pictures) in hundreds of places in jungle, and so round that even woth contemporary technology we would be hard put to produce them?

Still nobody know what use or purpose they may have had.........

Regards from Zagreb, the capitol of Croatia, Europe!

It's amazing what lint balls can spawn

Well, the subject was kind of hijacked. What are you going to do? Someone with his own agenda can break into any topic when ever he wants. Just the way CR-4 works. The up side is that this forum does allow us to freely present viewpoints that others don't agree with and lets other participants freely post counterpoints. I'm not discouraged at all.

Ed Weldon

I usually enjoy the tangents; it's just interesting how far afield a topic can stray.