Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 12/12/24 4:01 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:33:06 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

Nuclear ships were in fact tried, but the economics and regulations made
them not cost effective. At the time. The rather larger number of
expensive 'nuclear engineers'  required was a dominant factor.

 Nuclear subs had advantages and war toys aren't subject to economics. A
friend served on a nuke. His comment on the experience was Holy Loch,
Scotland was the only place in the world that could make being submerged
for up to three months look good.

   Armies have almost unlimited budgets/resources. If
   they want nuke ships/subs they can GET 'em.
   But COMMERCIAL operations - nope.
   Good, large, diesel/oil engines are still the
   solution for large commercial carriers.
   Saw an engine on some TV show ... it had a
   people-sized door at the base of each cylinder
   so you could climb in there and check/fix stuff.
   I *think* individual cylinders could be detached
   from the crank so, in theory, you could work on
   one while the engine kept running. That sounds
   very unpleasant though ....