Hi Jisbond: I heard a story about a Scotsman from long ago who was supposedly sheltering in a cave.
Legend has it he felt like giving up whatever it was he was trying to do; when he noticed a spider trying to spin a web.

Again and again, the spider tried to swing across a gap in the rock to get his web made. Robert the Bruce was inspired not to give up.

Story has it that Colonel Sanders was told 'no' 1001 times before he found acceptance for his Kentucky fried chicken recipe for commercial application. They say if you haven't collected a lot of 'no's; you haven't tried much in entrepreneur activity!

At 3M Innovation they have a 'dumb-idea tolerant' culture; they expect that the really good million-dollar ideas will be accompanied by a creative process so lateral as to deliver many also-rans.

If you didn't have some really good-dumb ideas (Japanese have formalised an art of that: really useless inventions called: 'Chindogu' or something!); the 3M company might think you're not being creative enough!

Don't see why anyone shouldn't think up ideas and try them. Useful to get plain-talking response from Alex; better than if he misled me on his opinion!

• Dolphin, DNA is only 3-DIMENSIONAL MOLECULE - alexander - November 17, 2001 - 15:01 UTC
  • DNA moves through space and time... - luis_hamburgh - November 17, 2001 - 15:17 UTC
    • Luis, you mixed everything. - alexander - November 17, 2001 - 16:15 UTC
      • did you confirm that measurement - carefuluniverse - November 17, 2001 - 18:12 UTC
        • :) - luis_hamburgh - November 17, 2001 - 18:26 UTC
          • Careful Universe is_ both _Spartacus and Caesar - carefuluniverse - November 17, 2001 - 21:37 UTC
        • The name of the textbook: "Junior Physics" by A.V. Peryshkin - alexander - November 17, 2001 - 20:21 UTC
          • Stop picking on the old ladies - luis_hamburgh - November 18, 2001 - 00:20 UTC
            • Luis, I love that. - alexander - November 18, 2001 - 14:57 UTC
              • Oh NO! He called my bluff! :) - luis_hamburgh - November 18, 2001 - 19:34 UTC
                • One out of 3 problems for 7 grade solved correctly. - alexander - November 19, 2001 - 22:29 UTC
                  • D'oh! - luis_hamburgh - November 19, 2001 - 23:42 UTC
      • Major league failure - luis_hamburgh - November 17, 2001 - 18:24 UTC
        • Huge gaffe -- correction - luis_hamburgh - November 17, 2001 - 18:29 UTC
          • Luis, you try to argue about what you don't understand. - alexander - November 17, 2001 - 20:34 UTC
            • Perhaps - luis_hamburgh - November 18, 2001 - 00:27 UTC
              • PLease don't discourage Alex, Luis - dolphin - November 18, 2001 - 04:22 UTC
                • You missed the point... - luis_hamburgh - November 18, 2001 - 05:02 UTC
                  • No-brainer? "AMERICANS LOVE NO BRAINER"?!! - alexander - November 18, 2001 - 15:26 UTC
                    • Americans love simplistic humor, so there's hope for you, yet - luis_hamburgh - November 18, 2001 - 19:44 UTC
                      • You forgot who was first in space. Typical for american - alexander - November 19, 2001 - 21:57 UTC
                        • Pick & choose - luis_hamburgh - November 19, 2001 - 23:51 UTC
                          • Not only Yurij Gagarin. Practically ALL space records. - alexander - November 20, 2001 - 17:11 UTC
                            • Pale Blue Dot - luis_hamburgh - November 21, 2001 - 00:54 UTC
                            • You forgot to mention Mir - pmartin - November 22, 2001 - 02:04 UTC
                              • Did the hare stop for water halfway thru the 400 meter dash? - luis_hamburgh - November 22, 2001 - 05:52 UTC
                                • You have the tortoise and the hare reversed - pmartin - November 22, 2001 - 18:54 UTC
                                  • Mir was sour grapes, Part 2 ('Beta') - luis_hamburgh - November 23, 2001 - 08:06 UTC
                                    • I will concede numbers (2)& (4) - pmartin - November 23, 2001 - 20:50 UTC
                                      • Fair enough - luis_hamburgh - November 23, 2001 - 21:40 UTC
                                        • Truce. (nt) - pmartin - November 23, 2001 - 23:10 UTC
                                    • Luis, Soviets never had moon landing program. - alexander - November 24, 2001 - 00:27 UTC
                                      • Alex, are you ever right about anything not formulaic? - luis_hamburgh - November 24, 2001 - 05:26 UTC
                    • This dialogue is unfortunate - harvey1 - November 20, 2001 - 16:01 UTC
                      • Good idea. We can yell and yell - but not much points in that. - alexander - November 20, 2001 - 17:16 UTC
    • 'I suggest you find him quickly' - jisbond - November 17, 2001 - 19:23 UTC
  • Physical DNA looks like twistor-space 'DNA' - dolphin - November 18, 2001 - 04:12 UTC
    • Where did you publish and what do specialists say? - alexander - November 18, 2001 - 15:42 UTC
      • I published here. - dolphin - November 20, 2001 - 07:14 UTC
        • Well, those symmetries of DNA do not seem to require >3D. - alexander - November 20, 2001 - 17:37 UTC
          • That is a kind answer - harvey1 - November 20, 2001 - 19:10 UTC
• presenting good arguments - jisbond - November 17, 2001 - 19:18 UTC
  • Re: Alan - luis_hamburgh - November 17, 2001 - 19:46 UTC
    • Alexander's name calling - jisbond - November 17, 2001 - 20:03 UTC
      • Sit. . . stay. . . speak! - luis_hamburgh - November 17, 2001 - 20:14 UTC
        • With all due respect - jisbond - November 18, 2001 - 03:29 UTC
          • Maximum density - luis_hamburgh - November 18, 2001 - 04:43 UTC
            • question was genuine - jisbond - November 18, 2001 - 04:53 UTC
              • I agree we should try to be polite, but... - luis_hamburgh - November 18, 2001 - 05:05 UTC
                • Good to hear that you agree. - jisbond - November 18, 2001 - 05:12 UTC