bob@cadovax.UUCP (Bob "Kat" Kaplan) (04/25/85)
From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) <1675@ut-sally.UUCP> > I am on the mailing list of an outfit called "Rex Research" which publishes > what it refers to as "InFolios" on pepetual motion and many other subjects, > such as the following: > [brief list of interesting and unusual technologies] > > I have no intention of buying any of their materials, but the catalog is good > for a few chuckles. Their address: > > Rex Research > P.O. Box 1258 > Berkeley, CA 94704 I don't know if I'll ever buy any of their materials either (I think $18 for a bunch of photocopied articles on Brian DePalma's N-Machine is a bit "pricey"), but without any further knowledge, I'd think twice before dismissing the catalog as being "good for a few chuckles." I'd encourage any free-thinking people to write to the above address and judge for themselves. -- Bob Kaplan "Just because I'm handsome doesn't mean I'm not intelligent."
wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly) (04/26/85)
> ... [brief list of interesting and unusual technologies] ...
You mean like "...spontaneous generation of acari insects..."
which was (to the best of my recollection) one of the catalog topics
mentioned? Indeed. Maybe they can give us a few pointers on turning
bat's blood to gold too ... :-)
By the way, the last I checked acarids were NOT insects...
-- Bill Ingoglywfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly) (04/27/85)
> but without any further knowledge, I'd think twice before dismissing the > catalog as being "good for a few chuckles." Right. Let's have a look at what our buddies at Rex Inc. have to offer in the way of enlightenment: > anti- and artificial gravity > permanent magnet engines > cold & flu cures Let me guess; these all have something to do with the following entry: > suppressed inventions I thought we'd finished the discussion of perpetual motion machines in this group. Perhaps we should start a new group: net.sci.gullible?? > aphrodisiacs If I read one more advertisement for Yohimbe bark and its ilk as so-called 'aphrodisiacs' I'll fwow up... > levitation > time camera (photographs of the past) If you actually believe there's something to this HOGWASH, I've got a bridge I'd like you to look at... > spontaneous generation of acari insects Gee, it's nice to see we've learned something the last 400 years or so. I've got news for you: animals come from the same place as people. If you don't believe me, ask your momma. And by the way, acarids are NOT insects. > transmutation Yeah, you just take a half cup of bat's blood, stir in some newt's toenails... No :-) needed. -- Bill Ingogly
terryl@tekcrl.UUCP () (04/30/85)
>>...... >>...... > aphrodisiacs >If I read one more advertisement for Yohimbe bark and its ilk as >so-called 'aphrodisiacs' I'll fwow up... Hear, hear!!! I just got a letter from the Stamford Research something- or-other saying that there was going to be a world-wide shortage of Yohimbe(sp?) and I'd better order my supply now. They only wanted something like $120 for a years supply of the stuff..........