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| dsquire:
Hi guys Here is an interesting use of an old material Cheers :beer: Don |
| dawesy:
Wow. Now that's interesting. So many uses too. Good find. |
| Stilldrillin:
Now. That is interesting...... :thumbup: Those sort of things remind me, of the 1970's promises. How the silicone chip was going to transform our lives. Two day working week. A pleasure time society, with everything done for us........ Hmmm...... :scratch: Thanks for showing, Don! David D |
| AdeV:
--- Quote from: Stilldrillin on October 27, 2014, 05:00:24 AM --- Those sort of things remind me, of the 1970's promises. How the silicone chip was going to transform our lives. Two day working week. A pleasure time society, with everything done for us........ Hmmm...... :scratch: --- End quote --- You can't argue that the silicon chip (not silicone!) hasn't changed our lives totally. But not quite in the ways that people thought, that's for sure... If you have access to the BBC iPlayer, do a search for Horizon - there is (was, I assume it's still there) an episode from the 1970s regarding the rise of the computer/silicon chip; and, following it, a 30 minute debate with some "experts" about how the computer would revolutionise society. Two things in particular struck me about the debate - first, how they all got their predictions completely wrong.... and second, just how polite the debate was from the various sides. Much more civilised than the shouting matches that seem to be considered to be "debate" these days. |
| S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: AdeV on October 27, 2014, 09:32:40 AM ---Much more civilised than the shouting matches that seem to be considered to be "debate" these days. --- End quote --- You're wrong, and you're a grotesquely ugly freak. I think it depends on the debate though. There's always been plenty of rabid debates throughout history. There was a particularly rough one in the 1910s. I remember hearing that the team that won the nobel prize for graphine made their first batches by placing sticky tape on graphite blocks. At the time people were using it as an example of cutting edge science being accessible, but I think there was more to it than just sticky tape and graphite... |
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