I consider Steven Spielberg to be a "first-rate director," don't you? If Minority Report didn't do it for you, I don't think anything Hollywood produces ever will.
While I'd *love* for this to turn out to be a realistic alternative to silicon, I remain somewhat skeptical. First, can diamond be doped? In order to make a MOSFET on the scale that is found in modern CPUs, we use N-type and P-type silicon as opposed to metal and silicon (MOSFET = metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor.) I don't know if bombarding diamond with arsenic or boron will work how it does with silicon. Second, can diamond be etched? It's quite a bit harder than silicon. I hate to rain on the parade, but everyone was hailing GaAs as the messiah at one point too.
Wealthy Canadians come to the United States for surgery. Why? They don't want to wait for months when they can afford to go to a nation where you can get surgery now. Capitalism will always be more efficient than socialism.
Texas - pop. 20,851,820 [census.gov]
Illegals - est. 700,000 [immigration.gov]
California - pop. 33,871,648 [census.gov]
Illegals - est. 2,000,000 [immigration.gov] Illegal info [immigration.gov]
While I agree that California is in bad shape due to the extensive government regulation of business that you mentioned above, I have to disagree about the illegal immigrants being a significant part of the problem. While Texas does not have quite as high a proportion of immigrants as California, the budget certainly does not have a 40 billion dollar deficit. I can't see how having twice the illegal immigrant population (proportionally) can account for those billions of dollars.
During WWI, pilots would signal the enemy if their machine guns jammed. Then it was considered the gentlemanly thing to do for the opponent to wait until the pilot had cleared the jam before resuming the dogfight.
Snoopy did no such thing. He was a merciless killing machine.
That Bloody Red Baron was in a fix
He'd tried everything But he'd run out of tricks Snoopy fired once, And he fired twice And that Bloody Red Baron Went spinning out of sight
Swing: Louis Armstrong - "The 25 Greatest Hot Fives and Sevens" [ASV] He's the guy that made jazz popular. The ASV remasters are probably the best quality, and it's a good place to start.
Big Band: Duke Ellington - "The Carnegie Hall Concerts January 1943" [Prestige] Duke is quite possibly the only musician of this century that people will still be listening to in 300 years.
Bebop: Charlie Parker - "Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Collection" [Rhino] Charlie Parker created "modern" jazz by developing a system of improvising harmonically over chord changes as opposed to melodically like Louis and the rest of the swing musicians.
Hard Bop: Sonny Rollins - "Saxophone Colossus" [Prestige] My personal favorite album.
Cool Jazz: Dave Brubek - "Time Out" [Columbia] "Take Five" off this album has become a part of American culture. Even people who don't listen to jazz are familiar with the tune.
Fusion: Miles Davis - "Bitches Brew" [Columbia] Miles heard Hendrix and tried to add his passion and energy to jazz. Many came after, but this was the first.
Avant-Garde: Ornette Coleman - "The Shape of Jazz to Come" [Atlantic] Indescribable.
World: Getz/Gilberto - "Getz/Gilberto" [Verve] Appeals to fans of all types of music. Most of the songs on this album have been covered so many times, they border on cliche. "Girl From Ipanema" can be heard at the grocery store.
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I challenge someone to name one band that has gone gold without an RIAA marketing push.
Nirvana - Nevermind on Sub Pop
I consider Steven Spielberg to be a "first-rate director," don't you? If Minority Report didn't do it for you, I don't think anything Hollywood produces ever will.
While I'd *love* for this to turn out to be a realistic alternative to silicon, I remain somewhat skeptical. First, can diamond be doped? In order to make a MOSFET on the scale that is found in modern CPUs, we use N-type and P-type silicon as opposed to metal and silicon (MOSFET = metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor.) I don't know if bombarding diamond with arsenic or boron will work how it does with silicon. Second, can diamond be etched? It's quite a bit harder than silicon. I hate to rain on the parade, but everyone was hailing GaAs as the messiah at one point too.
RTFA, that's why I linked it
Here's an example of why not to privatize
Wealthy Canadians come to the United States for surgery. Why? They don't want to wait for months when they can afford to go to a nation where you can get surgery now. Capitalism will always be more efficient than socialism.
Texas - pop. 20,851,820 [census.gov]
Illegals - est. 700,000 [immigration.gov]
California - pop. 33,871,648 [census.gov]
Illegals - est. 2,000,000 [immigration.gov]
Illegal info [immigration.gov]
While I agree that California is in bad shape due to the extensive government regulation of business that you mentioned above, I have to disagree about the illegal immigrants being a significant part of the problem. While Texas does not have quite as high a proportion of immigrants as California, the budget certainly does not have a 40 billion dollar deficit. I can't see how having twice the illegal immigrant population (proportionally) can account for those billions of dollars.
Wait... are we supposed to be the midget or the bikers?
Snoopy did no such thing. He was a merciless killing machine.
I feel much safer knowing the control is in my hands, than an arbitrary machine anyway.
And *I* would feel much safer knowing the control wasn't in your hands. Touche.
Swing: Louis Armstrong - "The 25 Greatest Hot Fives and Sevens" [ASV]
He's the guy that made jazz popular. The ASV remasters are probably the best quality, and it's a good place to start.
Big Band: Duke Ellington - "The Carnegie Hall Concerts January 1943" [Prestige]
Duke is quite possibly the only musician of this century that people will still be listening to in 300 years.
Bebop: Charlie Parker - "Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Collection" [Rhino]
Charlie Parker created "modern" jazz by developing a system of improvising harmonically over chord changes as opposed to melodically like Louis and the rest of the swing musicians.
Hard Bop: Sonny Rollins - "Saxophone Colossus" [Prestige]
My personal favorite album.
Cool Jazz: Dave Brubek - "Time Out" [Columbia]
"Take Five" off this album has become a part of American culture. Even people who don't listen to jazz are familiar with the tune.
Fusion: Miles Davis - "Bitches Brew" [Columbia]
Miles heard Hendrix and tried to add his passion and energy to jazz. Many came after, but this was the first.
Avant-Garde: Ornette Coleman - "The Shape of Jazz to Come" [Atlantic]
Indescribable.
World: Getz/Gilberto - "Getz/Gilberto" [Verve]
Appeals to fans of all types of music. Most of the songs on this album have been covered so many times, they border on cliche. "Girl From Ipanema" can be heard at the grocery store.