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Posted by TFG on 22nd June 2005
I’m off to LA-LA land for a flurry of meetings. I might get to make a card room, but it’s doubtful, as I have non-card playing colleagues in tow. One thing is guaranteed, though — I will eat a Shack Burger tonight.
Dear Lord, please let The Shack still be there, and forgive me in advance for my gluttony.
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Posted by TFG on 22nd June 2005
Everybody reading this, stop and make an appropriate gesture of genuflection and mega-thanks towards Texas. The inventor of the microchip has passed:
DALLAS — Jack St. Clair Kilby died of cancer Monday at his home in Dallas almost 50 years after his idea for what is commonly known as the microchip revolutionized the way the world computes, calculates and communicates, ushering in the Information Age. He was 81.
His 1958 invention of the semiconductor shrank tons of complex circuitry to the size of a fingernail and enabled the development of personal computers, automated sprinklers, cellphones, microwave ovens and other staples of modern life.
What an amazing man. 60 patents, but he never bought a microwave (smart) and he still used a slide rule (genius). The whole article is under the Read the Rest button. I especially like this quote:
Unlike Noyce and Moore, Mr. Kilby never shared in the phenomenal wealth created by the microchip.
But, he said, “I don’t feel mistreated in any way. It’s not possible for one person to create a success like the integrated circuit. Many people are involved in that. Today, tens of thousands of people are still contributing to it.”
Hell of a guy, huh?
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