Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unccvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcnc!unccvax!dsi From: dsi@unccvax.UUCP (Dataspan Inc) Newsgroups: net.arch,net.micro Subject: Re: Is this serious? Message-ID: <261@unccvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 3-Aug-85 10:09:01 EDT Article-I.D.: unccvax.261 Posted: Sat Aug 3 10:09:01 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 02:33:58 EDT References: <2264@amdcad.UUCP> Organization: UNC-Charlotte Lines: 22 Keywords: foolishness Xref: linus net.arch:1444 net.micro:10096 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