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Article #625127Re: Old tech (was Re: Microsoft's PDP-10s)
From: Quadibloc
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2018 14:39
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2018 14:39
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On Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 7:14:44 PM UTC-6, Michael Black wrote: > On Sat, 4 Aug 2018, Quadibloc wrote: > > On Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 12:56:53 PM UTC-6, Mike Spencer wrote: > >> There a smiths of both the present and recently past generations that > >> we regard more or less as demigods. > > If you think making swords like the Vikings made is hard, how about making violins > > like Stradivarius made? > I don't think that would sound so good made of metal. No, you have to use wood. Although some interesting results have been obtained through the use of carbon fiber, plastic, and even titanium. John Savard
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