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From: dsi@unccvax.UUCP (Dataspan Inc)
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Subject: Re: Is this serious?
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Date: Sat, 3-Aug-85 10:09:01 EDT
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    I hear that people put this 'computer' (electron) inertia
to good use. Instead of corrupting your computer programs, there are (not
strictly) devices such as 'klystrons' etc. Hmmmmmmmmmm?

    Not to flame, but this kind of garbageola is what is screwing our whole
country.  Will someone please calculate 1) the number of femtofarads that
an individual memory cell is composed of and 2) the mass of the charge and
3) calculate the inertia available to rip the little chip right out of the
board?

    If you've got a CPU running at 800,000 instructions per second, you 
should seriously contact 'That's Incredible' if you can stop the thing 
within 3 or 4 instructions of the desired instruction!!! What split
second timing!!! (Of course, using a mechanical switch connected to
the ~HLT pin or whatever).

    The posting itself is foolish.  The problem, though, is extremely
serious.

David Anthony
DataSpan, Inc