Snip. >Yes, it can exist but what do you "know" about it? If I say a thing is >large, how large is large? If I say this thing has a length of x' and >breadth of y' and an height of z' you know a lot more about it than if I >say it is "large". Not so much a matter of philosophy as a matter of >knowledge. Are you sure you are really adding to knowledge or are you merely quantifying :-). How does the measurement of art add to the knowledge base. Can you quantify the subjective feel of a boat in a paddlers "hands." Can a boat be fast, turn well and have good stability numbers and feel like a dog? I have had the experience of paddling in a Hida canoe on flat water and being very uncomfortable, but when the water got rougher the canoe became a thing of beauty and was solid and comfortable. At what point do the numbers stop adding to useful knowledge? On a separate note Speedo is mass producing bathing suits with a feature that supposedly creates a vortex that is meant to reduce friction and therefore, increase speed. When will you be incorporating features of this sort into your boats. I understand the patent that Speedo is using is owned by an engineer in Ottawa. Cheers, Robert *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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