05-19-2019, 01:03 AM
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We really need people smarter and harder working than I am.
...Elon Musk?
...Jeff Bezos, Burt Rutan and Richard Branson?
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Surely there are more that just the four. Maybe slowmover?
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05-26-2019, 11:40 AM
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We really need people smarter and harder working than I am.
Aside from being rich and missing deadlines, does he have anything in common with Elon Musk?
How do you guys currently feel about Jeff Bezos, Burt Rutan and Richard Branson?
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You're very welcome to keep Richard Branson!
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05-26-2019, 01:14 PM
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Bezos and Musk are on a different level from everyone else, IMO.
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05-26-2019, 03:17 PM
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Burt Rutan is on another level all by humself:
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Burt Rutan
Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan is a retired American aerospace engineer noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, energy-efficient aircraft. [ Wikipedia]
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05-30-2019, 01:37 AM
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Bezos and Musk are on a different level from everyone else, IMO.
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05-30-2019, 02:41 AM
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The Earth is flat!
From the perspective of four-dimensional beings!
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05-30-2019, 01:31 PM
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The Earth is flat!
From the perspective of four-dimensional beings!
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Earth-chan is 2D and she isn't flat.
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05-31-2019, 10:47 AM
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06-01-2019, 06:16 AM
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I hate Ohio.
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06-01-2019, 11:05 AM
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I once met some tourists from Ohio. No problem with them.
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My family and I lived "in exile" in Ohio for 23 years before we came to our senses and moved back to the east coast. I missed the surf and the sand and the sea breezes and the...
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