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From: John Larkin on 13 Jun 2010 15:32 On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:25:13 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On 13/06/2010 19:11, John Larkin wrote: >> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:35:34 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax >> <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 13/06/2010 18:09, JosephKK wrote: >>>> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 01:13:24 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax >>>> <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 12/06/2010 23:43, Archimedes' Lever wrote: >>>>>> On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:20:49 -0700, John Larkin >>>>>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:44:13 -0700, Archimedes' Lever >>>>>>> <OneBigLever(a)InfiniteSeries.Org> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:22:39 -0700, John Larkin >>>>>>>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> There was/is concern over whether LEDs and microwave fets are allowed, >>>>>>>>> what with the arsenic in GaAs. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That is just silly. It is a crystal and is tightly bound. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you read the wording of the ROHS rules, that doesn't matter. It >>>>>>> also doesn't matter how little GaAs is in a product. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> John >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> So, in other words, they are *all* 'arseholes'. >>>>>> >>>>>> If that is the case, they need to all ban themselves. >>>>>> >>>>>> I should do stand up. >>>>> >>>>> Don't worry - the use of all these exotic metals are only a stopgap >>>>> until we can do it right with quantum dots etc using carbon, silicon etc >>>> >>>> We may not get there if there is no end of the anti-technology >>>> shilly-shallying. >>> >>> That just means it will be done by China, India etc. >>> Same way that the next people on the moon, and probably Mars, will be >>> Chinese not Americans. >> >> Excellent. They can have it. We've been to the moon and there's no >> obvious reason to go back. > >Too bad if there's a world He3 shortage and the Chinese have it all. The moon's surface is He3 at around 0.01 PPM concentration. Probably not worth the effort to extract and return it to Earth. Atmospheric helium is about 1 PPM He3. And you've gotta make fusion work for any of that to matter. >But still, unlike the USA I don't expect the Chinese to just give up >after the moon - on to Mars for them. But why? John
From: Archimedes' Lever on 13 Jun 2010 16:01 On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:35:34 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Same way that the next people on the moon, and probably Mars, will be >Chinese not Americans. Wanna bet? Put up a bet in Vegas, I'll buy in against it. You'll lose.
From: Archimedes' Lever on 13 Jun 2010 16:07 On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:04:08 -0500, Vladimir Vassilevsky <nospam(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > > >Paul Keinanen wrote: > >> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:35:34 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax >> <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>>That just means it will be done by China, India etc. >>>Same way that the next people on the moon, and probably Mars, will be >>>Chinese not Americans. >> >> >> Is that a problem ? > >Yes. Peoples are animals. They follow whoever attracts them with bright >toys. > >VLV I do not own a cell phone, a car, or an iPUD. No tattoos and no piercings, no bent perceptions. Humans are typically clic-edy-doo-da, follow-the-flock idiots. And that goes for damned near every last goddamned one of you. I am atypical. I too am damned. One of my differences is that I know that fact. Where have all the statesmen gone?
From: krw on 13 Jun 2010 16:15 On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:04:08 -0500, Vladimir Vassilevsky <nospam(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > > >Paul Keinanen wrote: > >> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:35:34 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax >> <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>>That just means it will be done by China, India etc. >>>Same way that the next people on the moon, and probably Mars, will be >>>Chinese not Americans. >> >> >> Is that a problem ? > >Yes. Peoples are animals. They follow whoever attracts them with bright >toys. So you're afraid of the "West" following the Chinese into space? We should be leading them into the abyss?
From: krw on 13 Jun 2010 16:16
On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:23:29 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On 13/06/2010 18:49, Paul Keinanen wrote: >> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:35:34 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax >> <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> That just means it will be done by China, India etc. >>> Same way that the next people on the moon, and probably Mars, will be >>> Chinese not Americans. >> >> Is that a problem ? >> >Only if you're American, it seems IOW, only if you have to pay for it. Exactly. |