From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Aug 05 2005 - 11:36:30 PDT
Too late. next generation of Navy ships to run version
of Windows OS.
Blue Screen of Death on your threat radar would be
bad.
http://www.slothmud.org/~hayward/mic_humor/nt_navy.html
Rick
--- "bruce C. Beattie" <bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu>
wrote:
> Hi John,
> I don't think much of Gates either, but I would
> like to bring out a
> point. Think of computer chips
> that have millions of transistors the same way you
> think about a piece
> of heat treated metal which has been
> machined precisely to do a particular job. I know
> this is a stretch,
> but if the heat treatment isn't done
> properly then the molecules that form the steel
> arn't lined up exactly
> right, then the part will fail.
>
> In a similar way, the chip is manufactured with
> millions of transistors
> similar to those molecules and if
> they are lined up correctly and accurately, then the
> chip will perform
> it's job flawlessly.
>
> It took many years to figure out how to do the heat
> treatment process so
> that it was repeatable and
> reliable. The same goes for chip manufacturing.
>
> It also took a long time to learn how to make tubes
> that would perform
> reliably.
>
> My point is that all of these things have their
> value and play a very
> important part in supporting
> our weapons systems and communication. And if we can
> keep Gates away
> from making
> weapons systems, we will be much better off. It's
> not the chips, it's
> what he does with them,
> or maybe I should say what he does to them.... And
> that is really scarry.
>
> Bruce MVPA 23824
>
>
> J. Forster wrote:
>
> >Ron wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> My nephew is a "BIG" wheel at Microsoft. Mid
> 30s, mega smart, hangs with
> >>Mr. Bill. He was out visiting last summer with his
> brood, went into shock
> >>anytime he was not connected for periods longer
> than 2 hours. Had
> >>considerable trouble understanding why I spent so
> much time and money
> >>playing with my collection, versus doing something
> constructive, like
> >>learning machine language or typing messages in
> HEX decimal format since it
> >>is more 'precise'. [snip]
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Next time he shows up, ask him what kind of
> communications system he could
> >construct using fewer than 15 active elements per
> set. The answer is likely
> >none. Microsoft needs a billion or more transistors
> to even say 'hello'.
> >Virtually any WW II radio used fewer than 15 active
> elements (tubes).
> >
> >That was GOOD engineering, not brute force.
> >
> >-John
> >
> >
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