I think he and his wife were in the $150k-$200k area for at least 3-4 years before "retiring."
But, even so, if you add in $1500/month for mortgage (which will pay a pretty big loan), your in the $45k/year range, which is quite a bit more but not an obscene amount, but is a good salary (considering it must be after taxes).
Just to back this up more (sorry), you can actually read about how the semiconductor industry works.
They share a certain amount of information with reports, generated by input from a large number of companies, which supply resources through assignees to this organization.
What is this organization?
ITRS - International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
I agree with your point, but the same could be for the point made in the FA:
In the early 1900s, companies had their own electrical generation capability.
I'll bet that some of the reasons were:
* There was no grid, or it was not stable enough * The grid could not keep up with demand * If there was a problem, the electricity provider would take too long to come fix the problem
Of course, if there was a problem with the on-site electricity, the in-house, on-site could address it quickly.
Of course, the contact lens, or goggles, protect your eyes by absorbing the appropriate frequency (or frequencies for multi-laser safety goggles).
The potential effectiveness would depend on the power in the beam, or pulse, of laser light.
If the beam has sufficient power, it can melt the contact lens or even goggles. The mJ pulses mentioned above could most likely be absorbed by a physically small lens, maybe even an appropriately tinted contact lens.
Continuous wave (CW) beams are a different matter, although it is unlikely a "joker" could keep a CW beam aimed at a single point on you eye for more than a fraction of a second.
There was a book written on this guy, about 4 years ago:
The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession by Chandler Burr
While not a technical book, it does cover the mass-spectrometer-in-your-nose thing at some level. It's a good read, as it covers the guy, his idea, the fairly radical nature of the idea, and it's fairly small effect thus far (up to the point the book was written).
Based on your explanation, I believe you are referring to EDFA (erbium-doped fiber amplifier) technology, of which one important piece is the fiber (duh).
Actually, EDFA has been primarily used to optically amplify the C-band (about 1525-1565 nm), eliminating the O-E-O step. Typically, the erbium (in the doped fiber) is pumped into a more meta-stable state at 980 nm, which can then be stimulated to emit (amplify) with c-band photons.
[From a guy that works for a company that makes the test equipment for functional testing of active elements that, eventually, go into these types of networks.]
Cleveland appears to be the usual tech^H^H^H^Hsausage-oriented midwest city.
Here, we *get* to watch "Adventure Divas" (whatEVer) on one PBS station and "European Rail Journeys" ("this beatiful span was built in 1927 and is the 12th longest, blah, blah, blah") on the other.
A search of PBS.org turns up nada in April for both WVIZ and WEAO/WNEO.
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I think he and his wife were in the $150k-$200k area for at least 3-4 years before "retiring."
But, even so, if you add in $1500/month for mortgage (which will pay a pretty big loan), your in the $45k/year range, which is quite a bit more but not an obscene amount, but is a good salary (considering it must be after taxes).
LS
Just to back this up more (sorry), you can actually read about how the semiconductor industry works.
They share a certain amount of information with reports, generated by input from a large number of companies, which supply resources through assignees to this organization.
What is this organization?
ITRS - International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
http://www.itrs.net/
You can read the latest report (no NDA required!): http://www.itrs.net/Links/2008ITRS/Home2008.htm
More specifically, the 2008 Update Overview: http://www.itrs.net/Links/2008ITRS/Update/2008_Update.pdf
The reports are reworked from the ground up, every other year (odd years), then just a relatively minor refresh on the even years.
So, with just a little time, you can actually read the roadmap used (more or less) by all silicon semiconductor companies (IDMs, Fabs, you name it).
L. Scrub
I believe that many/all undersea cables are mapped.
Ships/captains plying international waters must have up-to-date info. If they damage a cable that is on the maps, they are responsible.
See the great WIRED article from Neal Stephanson on the laying of FLAG:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_pr.html
OK, it's an article from 1996, but it's one of the best WIRED articles (and looong) ever (back before they were owned by Conde Nast)
L. Scrub
I agree with your point, but the same could be for the point made in the FA:
In the early 1900s, companies had their own electrical generation capability.
I'll bet that some of the reasons were:
* There was no grid, or it was not stable enough
* The grid could not keep up with demand
* If there was a problem, the electricity provider would take too long to come fix the problem
Of course, if there was a problem with the on-site electricity, the in-house, on-site could address it quickly.
Sound familiar?
LS
Of course, the contact lens, or goggles, protect your eyes by absorbing the appropriate frequency (or frequencies for multi-laser safety goggles).
The potential effectiveness would depend on the power in the beam, or pulse, of laser light.
If the beam has sufficient power, it can melt the contact lens or even goggles. The mJ pulses mentioned above could most likely be absorbed by a physically small lens, maybe even an appropriately tinted contact lens.
Continuous wave (CW) beams are a different matter, although it is unlikely a "joker" could keep a CW beam aimed at a single point on you eye for more than a fraction of a second.
JP
There was a book written on this guy, about 4 years ago:
The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession by Chandler Burr
While not a technical book, it does cover the mass-spectrometer-in-your-nose thing at some level. It's a good read, as it covers the guy, his idea, the fairly radical nature of the idea, and it's fairly small effect thus far (up to the point the book was written).
ls
Voting machines may be much tougher, but there's another little detail.
Compare the price of the average Diebold ATM with the average price paid for the voting machines. Then see how much tougher it seems.
JP
Micron makes DRAM.
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Ummm, mostly correct.
Micron also makes flash, but it is a small portion of their revenue.
In fact, Intel just partnered with them to increase Intel's access to flash product. The new company is called IM Flash:
http://www.micron.com/news/corporate/2005-11-21_n
scrub
Thanks.
Based on your explanation, I believe you are referring to EDFA (erbium-doped fiber amplifier) technology, of which one important piece is the fiber (duh).
Actually, EDFA has been primarily used to optically amplify the C-band (about 1525-1565 nm), eliminating the O-E-O step. Typically, the erbium (in the doped fiber) is pumped into a more meta-stable state at 980 nm, which can then be stimulated to emit (amplify) with c-band photons.
[From a guy that works for a company that makes the test equipment for functional testing of active elements that, eventually, go into these types of networks.]
Since I couldn't locate the presented paper online and was too busy working a booth to attend the presentation, I have a Dumb Question:
What is EBDA fiber? Where could I find out more?
Thanks,
Linuxscrub
OT - Also the LOC was a key player during the early years of patents and copyrights.
Cleveland appears to be the usual tech^H^H^H^Hsausage-oriented midwest city.
Here, we *get* to watch "Adventure Divas" (whatEVer) on one PBS station and "European Rail Journeys" ("this beatiful span was built in 1927 and is the 12th longest, blah, blah, blah") on the other.
A search of PBS.org turns up nada in April for both WVIZ and WEAO/WNEO.
Oh, well.
Everyone else lucky enough to watch, enjoy.
linuxscrub