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It all started with Shockly (sp?) & Co. building better bombs. The first disruption was putting the transistor in something as stupid as a radio. Seems to me th
by spinlock 12y ago
It all started with Shockly (sp?) & Co. building better bombs. The first disruption was putting the transistor in something as stupid as a radio. Seems to me that society's always been more interested in the stupid consumer application of impressive technology.
- Turing_Machine 12y agoRadios are "stupid"? I can assure you that people who lived in remote areas found radios that could run off batteries for extended periods very useful indeed (for that matter, people who live in remote areas now find them useful).