News of "it" (back OT, believe it or not)

[Paul Perry]

At 01:26 PM 12/01/01 -0800, Barry L Klein  wrote:
>I think this is a really interesting phenomenon. Take
>a concept that initially seems science fiction and make
>it a given truth.  Then we all erupt with this mental energy
>to figure out how it is done.  

This happened with one of the early synth manufacturers..
one company rannounced the specs for their filters etc
(which were overstated by a couple of orders of magnitude)
and then another company tried to match them, in the meantime
far exceeding the specs of the REAL synth.
Tragically I cant remember the companies concerned 
(Arp and Aries I THINK) but someone here will know.

paul perry melbouren australia