The best discussion of the entire problem that I know is in Mc Caffrey's All the Weyrs of Pern.
David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Andrew Gray <andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk> wrote: > 2009/5/7 Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com>: > >> Certainly not zero. Perhaps 10%? Neither textbooks nor wikipedia are >> normally designed to give a total soup-to-nuts explanation of how to >> do something. > > Ha. > > [[Wikibooks:Constructing an Industrial Civilisation from Scratch]]. > > ==Chapter 1: on flint nodules== > > (...) > > ==Chapter 307: smelting copper== > > (...) > > ==Chapter 87,823: the basics of nuclear fission== > > (...) > > I love it as an intellectual exercise, but the plausible *utility* of > the whole thing might be open to question! > > -- > - Andrew Gray > andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
