Posted by Ron Flory (66.58.197.239) on December 21, 2002 at 01:05:35:
In Reply to: Who runs the show posted by John on December 20, 2002 at 18:12:49:
If the government is trying to suppress the information they would probably use the patent process for detecting such.
If the machine is brought to the public without a patent and of simple design, the public could build it and the technology would grow and be absorbed slowly. On the flipside, a big company could buy the patent and pay you hush money. They then could suppress it or develope the machine and technology into something wizbang and dump it onto the market, both of which have negative effects.
I prefer that it be public.
Just my 2 cents.