Re: Not for the hamfisted

On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:08:09 GMT, in
<dZvij.76974$c_1.67132@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "platypus"
<monotreme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Eiron wrote:
platypus wrote:
Champ wrote:

I found it boring and tedious - what is the point of the vid?

I found it fascinating. You have no sense of history. Without
vacuum tubes, there'd be no radio, no television, no amplification,
no rock and roll, no internet, no mobile phones etc.

You have no sense of history. The semiconductor diode was invented in
1874, the FET in 1925, the LED at about the same time.

Thermionic valves are more romantic.

Yeah, and pink paint may be more (or less) romantic than black, but I
still wouldn't want to watch either of them drying.


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