Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Mon, 16 Dec 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

On 12/15/24 5:06 PM, D wrote:

  On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
 

On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:40:04 +0100, D wrote:
 

On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
 

On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 23:16:57 +0100, D wrote:
 

Fascinating! Thank you for sharing!

 I never saw one but there were also ELF transmitters.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_low_frequency
 I think some of the frequencies are still in use but nobody is talking.
Imagine what it would be like if humans could directly perceive the sea
of electromagnetic radiation we live in.
 One project I turned down was a botanist with a theory that trees
communicated via electromagnetic waves. The idea hasn't gone away.
 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-
trees-180968084/
 There is evidence that EMFs do affect trees though.
 https://ehtrust.org/electromagnetic-fields-impact-tree-plant-growth/
 Sometimes for the better?
 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14519600-500-forest-grows-tall-

on-

radio-waves/
 It reminds me of when RF heat sealers were introduced. The folklore
suggested that women working around them either became sterile or
amazingly fecund. Humans love their stories.

 Shouldn't it be quite easy to prove? I mean EMF:s can be measured and
plants can be measured and analyzed?

 Prove? Urban legends are not susceptible to proof.

 True! Why let proof get in the way of a nice conspiracy! ;)
 

Latency would be huge, but that never stopped me with my 9600 modem, and
for talking like this, is not a problem. Downloading massive amounts of
data would be painful though.

 Years ago I played around with amateur packet radio. 9600 was possible
with more sophisticated hardware but the local club never made it past
1200. It was usable. Part of my introduction to Linux was it supported AX.
25.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AX.25
 I still have the TNC but interest in it dropped off rapidly. For that
matter many people who used 2 meter handitalkies left when cheap
cellphones came along.  There still is some interest in HF digital modes
but the ham population is aging out.  There still is a lot of ham support
for Linux.
 https://sourceforge.net/projects/kb1oiq-andysham/

 This is sad. I've heard that cheap chinese radios (Baofeng?) are popular. I also feel as if this field is perhaps regulated to death? I think in some countries there are free bands, but I'm not sure.
 Personally, if it was unregulated, I'd at least be curious! But now, with tests, and loads of stuff to study, I'd never do it only to scratch a mild itch.
 Same for me with guns. If they would be unregulated, I'd definitely buy a gun! Now with all the licenses, testing, competition requirements, safe storage laws etc. I can't really be bothered. =(
 Only way is to 3d print or build something myself.

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 Move to the USA  :-)

You can bet your sweet little ass that this is my long term plan. I do have family commitments which keep me in europe though. My father I think would not be interested in moving to the US at his age. But once he passes, I and the wife are finally free to move.

 We have guns out the ass - most people have
 several. You can have an arsenal out of a
 'Terminator' movie. Yep, there IS some abuse,
 but - pop corrected - doesn't seem THAT much
 worse than the UK. Almost all abuse is from
 GANGS, not Joe Citizens. Any downsides are
 compensated by personal rights/autonomy/defense
 issues.

Nothing that bothers me. If you delve down into the statistics, and look at who shoots who, and where they enjoy shooting each other, you quickly realize that there's about as big a chance in the US of experiencing gun violence as in europe, unless you insist on going straight to the ghetto and provoking the first drug dealer you find, in which case it's your own fault.

 But then the UK/EU isn't INTERESTED in individual
 and citizen rights/power/safety any more, is it ?
 Power to THE STATE - and NOBODY else .......

This is correct. The EU is hellbent on becoming a new socialist federation. Once the EU gets full taxation powers, it's game over. The EU politicians have set themselves up as a new nobility. They get lifetime pensions after 1 or 2 terms in office, they get a huge part of their salaries tax free, they get free business travel, taxi, free apartments, and of course, legal immunity. I cannot for the life of me imagine how come the public hasn't rebelled at the revolting life styles and benefits they have awarded themselves. And they then have the stomach to complain and call entrepreneurs "greedy".

 "But it was all right, everything was all right, the
 struggle was finished. He had won the victory over
 himself. He loved Big Brother.”

I'm a long term optimist, so I guess the saying goes "over my dead body". ;)