Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science
From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 02/17/05
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:45:59 -0500
Lester Zick wrote:
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> Time, tide, and engineers wait for no man. Computers were made of
> vacuum tubes before transistors. Apparently they can be made of Tinker
> Toys. All engineers needed were the ideas of Turing and von Neumann.
> They didn't stand around waiting for QM to decide what it had which it
> still hasn't.
That is not the issue. The invention of transistors required the quantum
theory of solids.
High speed computers which operator in the megaflop range required
semi-conductor switchs. It cannot be done with tinker toys or vacuum tubes.
Bob Kolker
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