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Moore's Law Original Issue Found
Daemon writes "BBC News reports that a copy of the original issue of Electronics magazine in which Moore's Law was first published has been found under the floorboards of a Surrey engineer's home. David Clark had kept copies of the magazine for years, despite pleas from his wife to throw them away." Intel, it seems, has its bounty fulfilled.
That's going to be one hell of a return on investment for him.
Blessed be he who reads this post, Cursed be he who tells my boss.
I would auction them off at Christies with a starting Bid of 10K , let Intel fight for them as im fairly sure they could be worth a fair bit more than intel is offering as a colection and if not then intel gets them for 10 grand.
Cough or he could do the moral and ethical thing of giving them to the local library for nothing
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Imagine how many fortunes have been burned or tossed out on landfill because of whiny mothers tossing out old comics and magazines.
when there are umpteen copies in libraries all over the world? It is not as if only ONE copy survived!
"When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail." - Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)
except, spiderman #1 wouldnt be worth a dime (well it would be worth less than it is-being #1 it has to be good for something) if a bunch of moms hadnt thrown them out. same goes for any magazine.
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... to my fiancee! She has been driving me nuts to get rid of my comic book and playboy collection, but just think about how happy she would be with $10,000! (Notice I say she, I would never see a dime...)
Causing that kind of media frenzy about how they were right once fourty years ago is priceless. Great job on some PR firm's part.
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Here's a serious answer to your semi-serious question: spend $50 on a justice of the peace.
For us, the cost of the marriage license included having a judge perform the marriage (I think: it was 14 years ago, now, and some of those trivial details are starting to fade.). We went out to a nice restaurant with my parents and friends, afterwards. Total cost was under $200.
If you do it right, this will be your first and last marriage, so you want to do it right. Just remember that spending money, having a big party, having fancy clothes, and all that expensive jazz, has nothing to do with ``doing it right.''
Your wedding celebration may be the last wedding you'll ever have, but it's just the first of many celebrations you and your wife will have together.
See what I've been reading.
I actually do tend to save hobby/technical magazines. Some because how to articles are still useful years later. So I am not surprised this magazine was kept around, even with the limited circulation at the time.... (I wonder if there is any connection between being a tchie, and being a packrat...)
Almost every Harvard student was High School Valedictorian- After a year of college, half are in the bottom of the class
Actually, it is remarkable how much you get for free if you never throw stuff away.
I often think "I could sure use [semi-obscure gadget] now..." and then remember "Hey, didn't I put [corresponding gadget] in [some place] [some] years ago?"
I think saving "useless" stuff is wise management of resources (unless the cost of storage space exceeds that of buying the things anew).
Keep something long enough and it will eventually be worth $10,000 to someone.
-- Boycott Shell