From: Epijk@aol.com
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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 09:42:15 EDT
Subject: Re: Ritchie Electronic Compass
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In a message dated 4/7/2002 6:05:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
hapgoodm94@alum.darden.edu writes:

<<<...Would you have spoken as loudly against the ability of the transistor 
to replace tube technology...>>>

I can't speak for Hamid, but based on his clear intent, I think it is safe to 
say that he wuold not have spoken similarly about transistors, because, 
unlike the perpetual motion machines which abound in experimental aviation, 
transistors violate neither the laws of physics nor those of economics. The 
cost of producing the first few transistors was astronomical. The economies 
of huge scale production and the advent of dedicated production technology 
brought the cost into the range we have come to expect. Same applies to the 
technology in the SFS stuff. Start selling millions of the things and the 
cost of the associated components will also plummet.

Jack Kane
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