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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.
THATS why I never throw anything away!
One day its going to pay off big!
Starsucks
was probably worth more than the money, by a long shot.
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
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
playboy did something similiar, I'd be all set.
Can you please return your copy of the magzine to the library?
The reward has been claimed and there is nothing for you to profit off of now.
On a slightly related topic... He said he's using the $10k to pay for his daughters weddings. I want to know where they are getting married and how I can afford a wedding for 5k or less :)
one flight for two from UK to Las Vegas: $1600
two disposable cameras with processing: $30
two bottles of champagne: $200
shotgun wedding from Elvis with the works: $350
pocketing the leftover money to spend on geek toys: priceless
Want to improve your Karma? Instead of "Post Anonymously", try the "Post Humously" option.
Me: That stash of magazines under my bed... It's not what it looks like!
Dad: Well, I hope not. Because it looks like you're masturbating to a 35-year old copy of Electronics magazine!
(Credit due to bash.org.)
how I can afford a wedding for 5k or less
A marriage license cost is minimal. Cost to have someone wed you is minimal. Local church would more than likely be happy to have you wed there. All of this for under $5k. I've done it. However from experience I can say that the real expense is the bride and then their is not much one can do about that...
I'm a virgo and on Slashdot. Coincidence? Yes.
My wedding (04/30/05):
2000$ - Gazebo (sp?) and reception hall, including catering for 65 guests.
250$ - Cake
350$ - DJ
850$ - Pictures
500$ - Wedding Bands
150$ - Ordained Minister
650$ - Flowers
We still have to get wine for the reception, as well as dole out money for the rehearsal dinner. But other than that, it's under 5k - and you can even cut things that we didn't, like use silk flowers for 250$ instead of $650... etc....
There are other little expenses I didn't include. Like the invitations - we made them ourselves, probably to the tune of 100$ or so in paper/ink/stamps/envelopes etc...
So yea, maybe I'll come in at 6k once it's all said and done. But you can do it for under 5. All you really need to do to get it under 5 is to have a smaller "party"....
Karnal
I have Hardcore Pornstars issue 1 (Willamette on cover, Jan. 1970) in pristine condition and in its original shrinkwrap. I thought you might be interested.
Wait -- you said "dual core processors," not "Hardcore Pornstars." Nevermind.
Letter
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.
My little site.
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.
Actually, the fortunes are created because of this. If every kid who ever bought Action Comics #1 or any of those old comics still had his copy, they'd all be hardly more than a novelty collector's item (like an issue of TIME from the same period). The same goes for baseball cards, etc. The very fact that these things are now seen as "valuable investments" and saved means that, most likely, they never will be.
"Honey, why do you keep all that old junk?"
"... I keep you, don't I?"
95% of the industry today tends to use MicroSoft Wedding 2005, however, and last I checked, the Home version was around $5K. As recently seen on Slashdot, they recently pulled their Homo version, though -- I dunno which one you might be needing.
While many argue that the GFWL is more flexible and robust than MS Wedding (such as compatibility with gdivorce and gabortion and the equivalent open standards), many girls actually tend to like the lock-in of MS Wedding. That is often the largest setback many men see, but they are often happy to get a license at all -- especially those on Slashdot.