[WikiEN-l] Eternal Ephemeral

Thu Oct 30 22:24:32 UTC 2003

Ray Saintonge wrote:
> I certainly think that there is a place in an encyclopedia for the 
> offbeat and ephemeral.  ...
> In science and technology there are any number of attempts that might 
> have worked but were superceded by a more practical idea ...  the
> Collins International Telegraph Company scheme ... the 1920s plan to put a series 
> of floating airports as refueling stops across the Atlantic....

Hear, hear!  And don't forget the ideas that were superceded by a less 
practical but more politically expedient ones, such as the Nicaragua Canal.