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Inventor of GMR Bids To Shake Up Storage, Again
Nrbelex writes "Stuart S. P. Parkin, an I.B.M. research fellow largely unknown outside a small fraternity of physicists, thinks he is poised to bring about a breakthrough that could increase the amount of data stored on a chip or a hard drive by a factor of a hundred. This is the man who pioneered exploiting the giant magnetoresistance effect in the 90s, causing disk storage to jump ahead of the Moore's Law curve. If he proves successful in developing 'racetrack memory,' he will create a universal computer memory, one that can potentially replace DRAM and flash memory chips, and make a 'disk drive on a chip' possible. It could begin to replace flash memory in three to five years, scientists say."
The moral zeitgeist of the pre-WWII world was much more accepting for anti-semitism than it is today. Just read the works of otherwise well respected and much revered people that lived in the 19th/early 20th century and you can find examples of anti-semitism that was apparently common. Starting from Boleslaw Prus to the catholic church. Henry For was merely more vocal about it than others I guess.
Everyone should be judged according to the time they lived in. Darwin isn't judged negatively because he believed in the superiority of white men either, because that was the commonly accepted view of his age.
When someone thinks about the founding fathers of the USA, they have held a lot of ideas that seem barbaric to us, but they are judged by the moral zeitgeist of their time. There shouldn't be an exception done about anti-semitism in this matter.
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say
It may surprise you to know that the "burn in hell" mythology isn't a Jewish idea. That was a christian innovation.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Not correct. The whole hell of fire concept also known as Ghenna is of Jewish Origin. See The article on this in the Jewish Encyclopedia.
> You know, I always thought Godwin's Law was a little tongue-in-cheek until today.
Godwin's law is usually applied to conversations that turn to Hitler that should have no relation to Hitler.
In this case Henry Ford's anti-semetic writings and remarks happened at the same time in history as WWII. Hitler certainly knew about Ford and his writings, and Ford claimed to know all about the 'hidden masterminds' behind starting the war.
I'd say it is appropriate to bring up Hitler in this discussion of Henry Ford, and in no way invokes Godwin's law.
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