Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 12/25/24 6:30 AM, D wrote:

  On Wed, 25 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
 

On Tue, 24 Dec 2024 22:46:42 +0100, D wrote:
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On Tue, 24 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
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On Tue, 24 Dec 2024 15:21:51 +0100, D wrote:
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We will see. When the wife drags me on a trip to the US, we'll stay
for 2-3 weeks atleast and then there will be plenty of scouting.

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That's the condensed version. In '88 I spend from May to October
scouting out the US west of Texas. I'd already poked around the eastern
states extensively.  It's a big place :)

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This is the truth! And it will become bigger still, when Canada joins
the union! ;)

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To say nothing of Greenland. I'm surprised Denmark got its hackles up. A
cash sale versus pouring in a few billion kroner a year? It must have
something to do with Denmark's long history of losing real estate; they
want to hang on to the little they have.

 This is ridiuclous! Greenland is just losing them money, and should a war happen, they have _no_ capability of defending it either as one of the tiniest countries on the planet. They should sell it while they are ahead, or possibly bargain to sell the country, while retaining rights to oil and minerals, if that is why they are holding back. Maybe they expect hueg oil, gas and mineral findings? But if so, why haven't they exploited those?

   Denmark just decided to put a billion into Greenland's
   defense. That'll be the Danish portion. Trump's little
   ruse worked - and FAST.
   There have LONG been deals with the US mil ... numerous
   bases in strategic locations. This can be expanded (though
   kinda quietly for reasons of national pride).
   The Greenlanders themselves - sorry, but it IS a low-income
   proposition. Fish, some minerals, no transport, no infrastructure,
   no way to pull it together ......
   They'll have to wait until it all melts. Geologists say it
   will have a huge long lake in the middle. Prime post-warming
   real-estate ! Condos, hotels, mansions  :-)

I was surprised when I read the suicide rate in Greenland peaks in the
summer. I guess it's easier to stay drunk in the winter without the light
hurting your hungover eyes.

 Be careful! Sweden has been rumoured to be very fond of suicide, but I've heard that it is a modern myth, and that there aren't in fact that many more suicides per capita, compared with other countries.

   Maybe the threat of being hacked-up by Islamists in
   the streets has perked 'em up ? Nothing like a little
   danger to add value to life  :-)
   From what I can tell, for a good generation or so
   Sweden had become "Just TOO Boring" - everything
   was fair and safe and taken-care-of. This sort of
   'utopia' may NOT be so good for humans.
   "She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the
   sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her
   by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and
   star of many Norwegian møvies"   :-)

I think it was Ernest Gann who talked about flying transports in WWII and
refueling in Greenland. The fjords looked all the same; pick the wrong one and you were screwed.

   "Earth" it ... an insanely rough, brutal, depressing
   coastline. Not a place for humans. MAYbe after the
   Big Melt ......

Sounds reasonable! Did you know that the vikings had farms in greenland? I wonder how that was possible, since the only thing that changes the weather is cars. Hmm. ;)

   Yea, they DID have farms - and then there was a cold
   wave and they all starved.
   Today Eric the Red would own "Radical Red's Used
   Car & Truck Emporium"   :-)