Dr Wingnut

Day: April 27, 2005

  • Spring fever

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    As is predictable, the marathon weekend brought our first good weather.  Spring has come to Boston.This means six weeks of unpredictable weather with rain, just a chance of snow or frost and the annual Pothole Filling Frenzies and Muddle Puddle festivals.As they say on the Radio:“We can look forward to a 30% chance of 60…

  • Really?

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    There’s a big difference between making one tiny transistor and connecting a billion of them together to do a useful function.Gordon Moore, co-founder and chair emeritus of Intel, explaining why he is skeptical of the promises claimed for nanotechnology.  Infoworld 18 April 2005