Comments on: Science Still Seeks a Rain-Making Machine (Jan, 1931) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/08/science-still-seeks-a-rain-making-machine/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:33:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: MrG http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/08/science-still-seeks-a-rain-making-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-1064801 MrG Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:22:45 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5043#comment-1064801 I remember a sci-fi story I read when I was a kid that involved a weather bureau in a future time when folks *could* control the weather. The bureau spent all its time trying to keep everyone from doing on their own and causing mass confusion -- telling them that if they wanted some particular sort of weather, they needed to contact the bureau so it could be handled in an orderly fashion. The punchline was: "Everybody does something about the weather, but nobody talks about it!" Cheers -- MrG / http://gvgpd.proboards.com I remember a sci-fi story I read when I was a kid that involved a weather bureau in a future time when folks *could* control the weather. The bureau spent all its time trying to keep everyone from doing on their own and causing mass confusion — telling them that if they wanted some particular sort of weather, they needed to contact the bureau so it could be handled in an orderly fashion.

The punchline was: “Everybody does something about the weather, but nobody talks about it!”
Cheers — MrG / http://gvgpd.proboards.com

]]> By: Morgan http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/08/science-still-seeks-a-rain-making-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-1064799 Morgan Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:14:08 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5043#comment-1064799 It's amazing how little changes in this field. There are still people claiming to be able to change the weather with similar gadgets. I'm guessing that the only thing that tower ever attracted was lighting. It’s amazing how little changes in this field. There are still people claiming to be able to change the weather with similar gadgets. I’m guessing that the only thing that tower ever attracted was lighting.

]]> By: Neil Russell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/08/science-still-seeks-a-rain-making-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-1059259 Neil Russell Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:58:26 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5043#comment-1059259 Wow, by the time he got through telling you his name was George Ambrosius Immanuel Morrison Sykes, there'd be plenty of time for rain to move in. Hard to be Ambrosius as a name though Wow, by the time he got through telling you his name was George Ambrosius Immanuel Morrison Sykes, there’d be plenty of time for rain to move in.

Hard to be Ambrosius as a name though

]]> By: Michael Patrick http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/08/08/science-still-seeks-a-rain-making-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-1059235 Michael Patrick Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:57:24 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=5043#comment-1059235 Dr. G. A. I. M. Sykes I'm always a little skeptical of scientists whose first name consist of more than 2 initials....... that said, the 1930's were an exceptional time to be a crackpot inventor. BTW, G.A.I.M. works out as an anagram for Magi .... coincidence? Dr. G. A. I. M. Sykes

I’m always a little skeptical of scientists whose first name consist of more than 2 initials……. that said, the 1930′s were an exceptional time to be a crackpot inventor.

BTW, G.A.I.M. works out as an anagram for Magi …. coincidence?

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