Nonsense.The first transistor, a point contact device, was perhaps the size of a thumb nail. It was surrounded by mechanisms to hold and tension the contacts, and the whole contraption might be called fist sized, but not the transistor.
You mean the intentional distortions of Kodachrome, and the poorly controlled edge sharpening of any chemical development process? Do you like Kodachrome's abysmal light-fastness (resistance to fading)? The fastest Kodachrome was 200 speed, only available from 1988 to 2007. Other than that, the fastest speed was 64. Digital cameras are routinely 1600 and faster. Kodachrome was unrealistically contrasty (which aided its popularity, but made it useless as a copy film.) Kodak daylight color transparency films generally were balanced for 5500 K, which produced cooler colors than (for instance) Ansco/GAF's 6000 K balance. Kodachrome was not a warm film. Do you also like the inability to compensate for light falloff at the edges due to lens limitations, which you can batch-correct in a digital workflow?
I suppose it's possible that the dyes in Kodachrome might have maintained a purer spectral response than digital systems do. It seems unlikely that a dye system designed in 1935 is better than today's Bayer filters, but I've never seen a comparison.
As far as analog audio is concerned, properly designed and used digital recording and playback is superior to any analog system, if accuracy is your goal. That "warmth" you might hear is response falloff at the highest frequencies (transformers are a bitch) and power line hum.
Direct from microphones and magnetic pickups, through a mixer board and to the cutting tool. No intermediate storage, no digitizing, analog all the way.
Alternately, make your vinyl record with a 3D printer. All sorts of silly strategies are possible.
The loudness war seems so silly. Volume compression is used to make your song the loudest when broadcast, and most radio stations have companders set to heavy compression, so that compression of the source is a wasted effort.
Eversource does this already, in fact it breaks down the charges even further: energy charge, distribution charge, transmission charge, stranded costs recovery charge, system benefits charge, meter chage, tax.
The scaling of power generation depends heavily on population density. Efficient transmission over long distances requires high voltages, and high voltages require voltage transformation at each end. Voltage transformation is lossy. Thus, centralized solar power plants don't make economic sense in rural areas.
On the other hand, population can't be too dense if you're using solar power. If you covered Manhattan with solar panels - actually blacked out the sky - you'd only generate about one third of what's needed at times of peak demand. Manhattan cannot run on locally generated solar power at any time in the foreseeable future.
L.A. is spread out, with several corridors of dense building. The "central city area" of downtown L.A. is actually pretty small, a roughly pentagonal area about 2 miles across. Musk's initial tunnel doesn't even go there.
L.A. already has subways; they have to be built with consideration for earthquakes. Likely they'll design for the worst quake expected over a typical 500 year period, and if there's ever a quake over magnitude 6 they'll shut it down for a day to inspect for damage.
Los Angeles already has an extensive bus system that works fairly well and also a limited subway - light rail system. If you want to go 20 miles without a car and have 2 or 3 hours to spare, that combined network is reasonable.
Musk's system looks likes it provides an alternative to the heavily congested I-495. I'd assume that once a car goes from, say, Culver City to Sherman Oaks, it's going to go further on surface streets to other destinations rather than a parking lot near the terminal. L.A. is very spread out and most places have just-barely-adequate parking, but new parking issues aren't likely to happen.
Expect this to be an expensive ride with demand pricing approaching $20 during morning and evening rush periods.
This is not a trivial task. Going to Sherman Oaks means going through the Sepulveda Pass, 1100 feet above LAX. Electric propulsion is going to add a significant burden to LA's already marginal power grid.
You obviously have no idea how difficult it is to test all features of a complex CPU with all data patterns and all instruction sequences under all conditions. Product releases would be delayed for years.
States require insurance on cars rather than drivers because of the hit-and-run problem. "Oh no officer, I didn't sideswipe 7 cars while speeding. Somebody stole my car." Of course, by using this technique states evade the principle of personal responsibility and all that it entails, but that's what is expected from government.
Uninsured motorists cost others money only if they cause damage with their vehicle and then avoid paying for the damage they've done, either due to poverty or otherwise avoiding responsibility.
Uninsured motorists who do no damage with their vehicle, or pay for damage if they do cause it, are heroes. They're not supporting the insurance industry, which is a parasite on humanity. They're acting in a brave manner, living rather than hiding behind the perforated shield of insurance. They are what humans should be, people who stand up against popular opinion and make their own path.
They live better lives because they have more money to spend or invest as they choose, and those people whose businesses they patronize are better off. Some of that money may even be spent keeping their cars in better running order. Responsible uninsured motorists save everyone money.
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Ripe olives or green olives?
Nonsense.The first transistor, a point contact device, was perhaps the size of a thumb nail. It was surrounded by mechanisms to hold and tension the contacts, and the whole contraption might be called fist sized, but not the transistor.
You only have to shoot the person who tries to seize your gun.
Recycling the materials used to make a solar panel does not imply that the recycled materials will be made into solar panels.
The common solar cells don't use lead, but if the wiring connecting the cells uses lead-tin solder, the solar panel contains lead.
You mean the intentional distortions of Kodachrome, and the poorly controlled edge sharpening of any chemical development process? Do you like Kodachrome's abysmal light-fastness (resistance to fading)? The fastest Kodachrome was 200 speed, only available from 1988 to 2007. Other than that, the fastest speed was 64. Digital cameras are routinely 1600 and faster. Kodachrome was unrealistically contrasty (which aided its popularity, but made it useless as a copy film.) Kodak daylight color transparency films generally were balanced for 5500 K, which produced cooler colors than (for instance) Ansco/GAF's 6000 K balance. Kodachrome was not a warm film. Do you also like the inability to compensate for light falloff at the edges due to lens limitations, which you can batch-correct in a digital workflow?
I suppose it's possible that the dyes in Kodachrome might have maintained a purer spectral response than digital systems do. It seems unlikely that a dye system designed in 1935 is better than today's Bayer filters, but I've never seen a comparison.
As far as analog audio is concerned, properly designed and used digital recording and playback is superior to any analog system, if accuracy is your goal. That "warmth" you might hear is response falloff at the highest frequencies (transformers are a bitch) and power line hum.
I have a copy of the mpeg audio standard. Kindly cite where the response hole is specified.
Direct from microphones and magnetic pickups, through a mixer board and to the cutting tool. No intermediate storage, no digitizing, analog all the way.
Alternately, make your vinyl record with a 3D printer. All sorts of silly strategies are possible.
The loudness war seems so silly. Volume compression is used to make your song the loudest when broadcast, and most radio stations have companders set to heavy compression, so that compression of the source is a wasted effort.
A normal spring-powered BB gun won't kill a squirrel.
Eversource does this already, in fact it breaks down the charges even further: energy charge, distribution charge, transmission charge, stranded costs recovery charge, system benefits charge, meter chage, tax.
Sorry, I made a mistake in my calculation. I compared possible solar power generation for Manhattan to record demand for all of New York City.
The scaling of power generation depends heavily on population density. Efficient transmission over long distances requires high voltages, and high voltages require voltage transformation at each end. Voltage transformation is lossy. Thus, centralized solar power plants don't make economic sense in rural areas.
On the other hand, population can't be too dense if you're using solar power. If you covered Manhattan with solar panels - actually blacked out the sky - you'd only generate about one third of what's needed at times of peak demand. Manhattan cannot run on locally generated solar power at any time in the foreseeable future.
Van Gogh set the art world on its ear.
L.A. is spread out, with several corridors of dense building. The "central city area" of downtown L.A. is actually pretty small, a roughly pentagonal area about 2 miles across. Musk's initial tunnel doesn't even go there.
L.A. already has subways; they have to be built with consideration for earthquakes. Likely they'll design for the worst quake expected over a typical 500 year period, and if there's ever a quake over magnitude 6 they'll shut it down for a day to inspect for damage.
Los Angeles already has an extensive bus system that works fairly well and also a limited subway - light rail system. If you want to go 20 miles without a car and have 2 or 3 hours to spare, that combined network is reasonable.
Musk's system looks likes it provides an alternative to the heavily congested I-495. I'd assume that once a car goes from, say, Culver City to Sherman Oaks, it's going to go further on surface streets to other destinations rather than a parking lot near the terminal. L.A. is very spread out and most places have just-barely-adequate parking, but new parking issues aren't likely to happen.
Expect this to be an expensive ride with demand pricing approaching $20 during morning and evening rush periods.
This is not a trivial task. Going to Sherman Oaks means going through the Sepulveda Pass, 1100 feet above LAX. Electric propulsion is going to add a significant burden to LA's already marginal power grid.
You obviously have no idea how difficult it is to test all features of a complex CPU with all data patterns and all instruction sequences under all conditions. Product releases would be delayed for years.
Why is Microsoft protecting drug traffickers?
The only answer that makes sense to me is that Microsoft is also engaging in the drug trade.
States require insurance on cars rather than drivers because of the hit-and-run problem. "Oh no officer, I didn't sideswipe 7 cars while speeding. Somebody stole my car." Of course, by using this technique states evade the principle of personal responsibility and all that it entails, but that's what is expected from government.
Uninsured motorists cost others money only if they cause damage with their vehicle and then avoid paying for the damage they've done, either due to poverty or otherwise avoiding responsibility.
Uninsured motorists who do no damage with their vehicle, or pay for damage if they do cause it, are heroes. They're not supporting the insurance industry, which is a parasite on humanity. They're acting in a brave manner, living rather than hiding behind the perforated shield of insurance. They are what humans should be, people who stand up against popular opinion and make their own path.
They live better lives because they have more money to spend or invest as they choose, and those people whose businesses they patronize are better off. Some of that money may even be spent keeping their cars in better running order. Responsible uninsured motorists save everyone money.
Uninsured car? No driver's license? Good luck getting that illegal alien to show up in court.
As opposed to Hillary, whose sellouts (a.k.a. speeches) are well documented. Foreign governments, Goldman Sachs, no problem!
You obviously don't know how to present your ideas in a positive and supportive manner.
Using "birth" as a verb is the mark of an illiterate.