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Vacuum Tube Valley
On 09/25/2013 in Question
I work in silicon valley, as part of the semi-conductor industry. Yesterday, someone was telling me that he worked in computers in a third world country. I’m unaware of any concentration of software or hardware developers outside of the U.S. Can you tell me where he worked?
———- from Dennis Coffey of San Jose, CA
You haven’t heard of Vacuum Tube Valley? It’s just beyond the Ural mountains, in what used to be Tavlookastan, a region famous for beet and cabbage growing. Now, thanks to the collapse of the Soviet Union, private enterprise has spawned a computer industry, starting with the conversion of a few beet warehouses. Eventually, they hope to have assembly lines, chip manufacture, and injection molded plastics, but right now each computer is made by hand, using parts taken out of discarded answering machines and military surplus radar. The housing, or chassis, is made from metal plate. For industrial applications, they use stone.
You haven’t heard of Vacuum Tube Valley? It’s just beyond the Ural mountains, in what used to be Tavlookastan, a region famous for beet and cabbage growing. Now, thanks to the collapse of the Soviet Union, private enterprise has spawned a computer industry, starting with the conversion of a few beet warehouses. Eventually, they hope to have assembly lines, chip manufacture, and injection molded plastics, but right now each computer is made by hand, using parts taken out of discarded answering machines and military surplus radar. The housing, or chassis, is made from metal plate. For industrial applications, they use stone. Before the Internet
On 09/23/2013 in Question
I am a 26 years old and can’t remember what it was like to live without the Internet. Do you remember what it must have been like?
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Printer On/Off Switch
On 09/20/2013 in Question
My new laser printer has no on/off switch. On such a relatively expensive machine, why have they left off such a common and inexpensive feature?
--- Here's the answer from Dr. Science
Of the Prozac
On 09/18/2013 in Question
The prozac it?s a antidepressive drug. Is it on the drugstore or is it illegal, or the production gets over. In the USA.
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Red Hair and Tempers
On 09/16/2013 in Question
