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[Yankee Traveler]

my mom said if you have nothing good to say, just write it on the sportshoop site … but I’m not gonna even do that

ok … she died decades ago, but I know what she meant

He was a football fan and in light of that....



Yeah...that's all I got.

 

[BigKen]

My mother was barely 5' tall. She was one tough SOB because she welded keels on liberty ships that were built during WWII. My father was pipefitter on those same liberty ships. I visited one the last one remaining in San Francisco and they took me all the way down to the bilge so I could see the work she did. They had removed all of the overhead asbestos wrap that my father and other men over 6' had to wrap after they finished the piping.

My father died at 52 of COPD and my mother of lung cancer at 78. They never once complained about the work they did. They were proud of being part of the war effort. The greatest generation indeed.

She said very little. Spoke French as well as she did English. She loved her Naragansett.

 

[realityball]

My mother was barely 5' tall. She was one tough SOB because she welded keels on liberty ships that were built during WWII. My father was pipefitter on those same liberty ships. I visited one the last one remaining in San Francisco and they took me all the way down to the bilge so I could see the work she did. They had removed all of the overhead asbestos wrap that my father and other men over 6' had to wrap after they finished the piping.

My father died at 52 of COPD and my mother of lung cancer at 78. They never once complained about the work they did. They were proud of being part of the war effort. The greatest generation indeed.

She said very little. Spoke French as well as she did English. She loved her Naragansett.

My pop was the toughest man I ever met … mass state police motorcycle cop in WMass when they had 2 cops out per barracks (county) patrolling when most towns didn’t have police depts. years before the Motorola radios … that meant breaking up barroom fights and pulling over suspicious a-holes alone in the middle of no-where … the stories, told to me by others were book-worthy
… but the toughest was my mom. She battled lung cancer from the early 60s and lived until 1980 and died at 51 with my dad dying 2 years later at 54 from a broken heart … too soft inside

but I gotta tell ya, although they were younger members of the “greatest generation” … that generation raised the worst generation, the baby boomers … the anti-establishment ‘heroes’ of the 60s to the mean anti-government f*cks of the new millennium…

I figure the greatest generation were busy partying from WWII (which they deserved) and spoiling their kids (who didn’t deserve it)…

 

[BigKen]

They were also the children of the great depression and never wanted their kids to be as hungry as they were.

Us Baby Boomers are the parents of the Gen Z. They are the parents of the millennials.

Our biggest failing was letting them play the original Nintendo games and giving them cell phones.

They followed our lead.........

 

[Southieinnc]

As a Baby Boomer I raised 3 millenials.
They would be great examples of any generation.
I have often been asked how I raised 3 such great kids.
My answer has always been, "I'm not raising kids, I'm training adults!"

 

[nefansince75]

They were also the children of the great depression and never wanted their kids to be as hungry as they were.

Us Baby Boomers are the parents of the Gen Z. They are the parents of the millennials.

Our biggest failing was letting them play the original Nintendo games and giving them cell phones.

They followed our lead.........

Similar words are spoken by every generation judging those following them. Those born in the late 1860's were probably thinking "I can't believe we're sending THEM to storm the beaches".

 

[nefansince75]

They were also the children of the great depression and never wanted their kids to be as hungry as they were.

Us Baby Boomers are the parents of the Gen Z. They are the parents of the millennials.

Our biggest failing was letting them play the original Nintendo games and giving them cell phones.

They followed our lead.........

 

[realityball]

They were also the children of the great depression and never wanted their kids to be as hungry as they were.

Us Baby Boomers are the parents of the Gen Z. They are the parents of the millennials.

Our biggest failing was letting them play the original Nintendo games and giving them cell phones.

They followed our lead.........

I always liked the older folks, but not any more, now that I’m one of them. And I know they’re lost, and maybe it’s me getting old, but I like the younger people more than my own generation … I guess I just don’t like my baby boomer generation … never did

 

[Southieinnc]

I always liked the older folks, but not any more, now that I’m one of them. And I know they’re lost, and maybe it’s me getting old, but I like the younger people more than my own generation … I guess I just don’t like my baby boomer generation … never did

Baby Boomers screwed up a lot of shit.
I was not one of them. I raised my kids differently and I like them.
Their friends hung around my house with my rules and some of them credir me for being a good influence.
I really do get along better with the younger crowd than the old folks.
I remember my friends at church thanking me for my scrifice - working with the teens.
My reply was it is no sacrifice, they are a lot more fun than their parents! (yes, I really said taht!)

 

[BigKen]

Baby Boomers screwed up a lot of shit.

well...............................

Semiconductors........we invented them and they have given every modern convenience a giant leap to today.......

AND............... AI Semiconductors are the size of a cell phone and need a nuclear power station to fully operate.

I was 32 when the first personal computer became available to the public (1982). Remember it? It was the Virgin. It came in a white box with purple lettering. Yep, Steve Jobs beat IBM, Dell, HP, and #2 Compaq. I worked for Fairchild Semiconductor in S. Portland, Maine. We didn't make our own chips, we shrank everyone else's so they could make smaller and more powerful motherboards and transistors and receivers.

 

[nefansince75]

well...............................

Semiconductors........we invented them and they have given every modern convenience a giant leap to today.......

I disagree. Almost no invention stands on it's own. Boomers evolved semiconductors from the work of previous generations.

 

[BigKen]

Boomers evolved semiconductors from the work of previous generations.

I'm sorry, but there were no digital electronics prior to the semiconductor. Of course, one can always back up every forward step of man's evolution to the discovery of how to make fire.

 

[YankeeRebel]

The history of semiconductors and the chip-making industry

 

[nefansince75]

I'm sorry, but there were no digital electronics prior to the semiconductor. Of course, one can always back up every forward step of man's evolution to the discovery of how to make fire.

The history of semiconductors and the chip-making industry

@YankeeRebel that's a great article. I'll point to Noyce, a founder of Intel, who was born before 1946 and definitely not a boomer. Boomers didn’t meaningfully contribute to semis until the mid-70s, and by then they were well developed, even pong was out by then.

 

[BigKen]

The history of semiconductors and the chip-making industry

Good article. Leaves out much of what happened.

The word semiconductor means anything that will fully or partially conduct electricity.

The author never mentions what the N and P elements are that cause a positive or negative force of energy. Those two elements are Arsenic (Pos) and Phosphorus (Neg). In the early 1980's both were ionized to create micron level semiconductors. The process was done in unit called the ION Implanter that could actually select single atoms and place them exactly where they needed to be placed.

The article talks about semiconductors being affected by Ionizing Radiation. What she didn't say was that semiconductors completely failed when exposed to radiation after a nuclear blast. In 1981 a Russian pilot defected to Japan with Russia's latest MIG 25, the fastest and most powerful fighter of its time. The U.S. as well as everyone else was kept from it because the Japanese didn't want to piss of the Russians. The U.S. Threatened to end all trade with Japan and they let us examine the MIG. Lo and Behold, the electronic were all tube operated. We got to talk to the pilot and the Russians had multiple fighter crashes after they flew jets through the areas where they tested nuclear bombs and missiles.

In late 1981, Fairchild engineers found that implanting raw silicon wafers before processing with Phosphorus would make all of the semiconductors impervious to radiation in any aircraft. We named the process RAD-HARDENING.

You are correct that semiconducting materials have been around for over 100 years. Electronic semiconductor chips have not.

One thing hat we do know......Gold is the best electrical conducting material on earth. The purer, the better. To this day, the best gold for electronics is the recycled gold from old electronics. Dump pickers are making millions from everything the rest of us toss in the garbage.

 

[Southieinnc]

One thing hat we do know......Gold is the best electrical conducting material on earth. The purer, the better. To this day, the best gold for electronics is the recycled gold from old electronics. Dump pickers are making millions from everything the rest of us toss in the garbage.

Actually, I have made money on this subject, having won a bet with an Electrical Engineering Technician. It pissed him off!

The superconductors i will put at the top of the list as a group, since they have zero resistance.

Superconductivity - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Table of Resistivity and Conductivity at 20°C (metallic elements)

Material	ρ (Ω•m) at 20 °C Resistivity	σ (S/m) at 20 °C Conductivity
Silver	1.59×10−8	6.30×107
Copper	1.68×10−8	5.96×107
Annealed copper	1.72×10−8	5.80×107
Gold	2.44×10−8	4.10×107
Aluminum	2.82×10−8	3.5×107

 

[nefansince75]

Good article. Leaves out much of what happened.

The word semiconductor means anything that will fully or partially conduct electricity.

The author never mentions what the N and P elements are that cause a positive or negative force of energy. Those two elements are Arsenic (Pos) and Phosphorus (Neg). In the early 1980's both were ionized to create micron level semiconductors. The process was done in unit called the ION Implanter that could actually select single atoms and place them exactly where they needed to be placed.

The article talks about semiconductors being affected by Ionizing Radiation. What she didn't say was that semiconductors completely failed when exposed to radiation after a nuclear blast. In 1981 a Russian pilot defected to Japan with Russia's latest MIG 25, the fastest and most powerful fighter of its time. The U.S. as well as everyone else was kept from it because the Japanese didn't want to piss of the Russians. The U.S. Threatened to end all trade with Japan and they let us examine the MIG. Lo and Behold, the electronic were all tube operated. We got to talk to the pilot and the Russians had multiple fighter crashes after they flew jets through the areas where they tested nuclear bombs and missiles.

In late 1981, Fairchild engineers found that implanting raw silicon wafers before processing with Phosphorus would make all of the semiconductors impervious to radiation in any aircraft. We named the process RAD-HARDENING.

You are correct that semiconducting materials have been around for over 100 years. Electronic semiconductor chips have not.

One thing hat we do know......Gold is the best electrical conducting material on earth. The purer, the better. To this day, the best gold for electronics is the recycled gold from old electronics. Dump pickers are making millions from everything the rest of us toss in the garbage.

Was all that to distract us from your claim that Boomers invented semiconductors?

 

[nefansince75]

Actually, I have made money on this subject, having won a bet with an Electrical Engineering Technician. It pissed him off!

The superconductors i will put at the top of the list as a group, since they have zero resistance.

Superconductivity - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Table of Resistivity and Conductivity at 20°C (metallic elements)

Material	ρ (Ω•m) at 20 °C Resistivity	σ (S/m) at 20 °C Conductivity
Silver	1.59×10−8	6.30×107
Copper	1.68×10−8	5.96×107
Annealed copper	1.72×10−8	5.80×107
Gold	2.44×10−8	4.10×107
Aluminum	2.82×10−8	3.5×107

You sir are wrong. I have a reliable source that says it's gold that should be at the the top!

 

[BigKen]

Was all that to distract us from your claim that Boomers invented semiconductors?

You win......feel better???

 

[nefansince75]

You win......feel better???

No, I just didn't understand why you posted that boomers invented semis when the concept started in the late 1700s and evolved from there, the keyword - evolved. That statement wasn’t a response to something else (unless I missed that part).