OT:techology

8 Mar 2005

...
   cheerfully build their own computer out of sand and
bamboo on a desert 
island given a proper vacation, or who've memorized the arcana of all 
mechanical and electrical technology in the last 100 years, or whom

 Hmm  sand and bamboo  how would you do that  ?... 
Well, my first thought is that sand is SiO_2, so you could try to reduce 
it to silicon and make transistors.

On the other hand, it's probably easier to use it like a 'fluid' and have 
full bamboo containers for '1's and empty ones for '0's or something.

...
    Well I
tust visible techology as compared to hidden or controled techology. 
Good point. I object to using anything that I don't fully understand. 
Since I am not clever enough to understand modern PCs, I guess I'll never 
use one.

-tony

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