Subj : Re: Miss.RvrDamBreach-Davenpt
To   : Barry Martin
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Thu Dec 05 2019 22:09:10

-=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 01-Dec-2019 11:36 <=-

 NB>>> And similarly for NYC, between Newark, JFK and LaGuardia... :)
 BM>> Probably just more of the 'hindsight is 20/20': if had known air
 BM>> travel would become so popular and the planes becoming so large they
 BM>> (possibily) would have allocated more room for airport expansion: the
 BM>> landing areas, terminals, and structures around in the landing paths.
 NB>> There probably wasn't any way of knowing how much things would actually
 NB>> expand, just like we've discussed about the expressway systems growing
 NB>> like Topsy and needing room that just isn't there... Or the proverbial
 NB>> statement by Bill Gates about what capacity a computer should have...
 BM> All true.  Part of the now-outdated thinking is back then didn't have
 BM> the capabilities nor the considerations.  Move stuff across the
 BM> country? By rail, of course!  IIRC the interstate system was more for
 BM> quick movements of troops and Joe Public got to travel as a side
 BM> benefit.

It wasn't just for troop movement... I think it was somewhat a vision
for needing to move large amounts of people/goods in the event of an
emergency, but not really thought of as a system for everyday travel
until it was well into development.... 

 BM> As for Bill Gates' alleged statement, seems like all of the
 BM> high-ranking people of the companies around then and now heavily into
 BM> computers made some statement about they (computers) will never be used
 BM> by the average consumer.

Hindsight is so much more accurate than cautious foresight.... ;)  But
the business computers obviously needed more capability than that
original small amount, even from early on.... :)
 
 BM>> Anchor a carrier in the Atlantic, run some ferries between the new
 BM>> floating airport and land....
 NB>> Now that's a creative concept....  ;)
 BM> Once in a while I come up with comething good!
 
Not sure how it would be implemented, though.... ;)

ttyl        neb

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