[TheForge] FW: Didymium? I say "no way."

[Demon Buddha]

Mike Porter wrote:

> Why give away the slickest trick in my next book? Judging by the speed 
> of Gas Burners acceptance, someone more clever than me could come up 
> with a mathematical formula along the lines of "the more important the 
> information (I), the slower its acceptance (A), further modified by the 
> orneriness of people (O); this last is a highly variable factor. I'm not 
> sure just how the formula would work, but it would end up with an 
> average result closer to the speed of molasses in January than the speed 
> of light :-) I'm betting that my new book will be in print for at least 
> five years before most folks even start considering vision enhancement! 
> This subject is simply too important to sit on.


	Lessee...

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		A = ----------
                       I * O