Thursday, February 16, 2012         So, what's Out Proctor on
this topic??                  Till the next time, folks,
whenever that may be.     1. Hmmm. If we’re going ‘Out Procter,’
maybe our Folk from Elsewhere come from places like Iain M.
Banks’ ‘post-scarcity’ worlds? With abundant resources, it might
take the edge off keeping up with the neighbours – newer, better
models could lose their importance. Combined with stable
technology and forms that are fit for purpose, an ‘aircraft’
might have a working life way beyond our own conceptions. In
such a scenario, visiting craft could have a manufacturing span
that covers immense ages and widely diverse origins.      Vallee
used to use the argument that technology always changes – Model
Ts juxtaposed with modern BMWs. He could be right and yet
saucers and spherical objects could reach their technological
peak of form and function to the extent that only physical
*tweaking* remains. This could conceivably explain why, despite
the individual differences, there’s