Comments on: 200 years of technology http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/10/02/200-years-of-technology/ Fearlessly dispensing political, legal and economic analysis (and some whimsy) since 2002 Fri, 25 May 2012 04:13:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rafe Champion http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/10/02/200-years-of-technology/#comment-321514 Rafe Champion Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:26:46 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=5967#comment-321514 Times are tough when you have to comment on your own post but an addition to the text might not be noticed at this stage. What about the story that the CSIRO had to decide circa 1950 whether to put serious resources into rainmaking or computers and they went for rainmaking? The index to the big book does not have rainmaking and I don't have time to read a lot of text. Anyone out there a full bottle on that bit of history? Times are tough when you have to comment on your own post but an addition to the text might not be noticed at this stage.

What about the story that the CSIRO had to decide circa 1950 whether to put serious resources into rainmaking or computers and they went for rainmaking?

The index to the big book does not have rainmaking and I don’t have time to read a lot of text. Anyone out there a full bottle on that bit of history?

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