Locator: 48664B.
Note: every time you read a headline that says "XYZ Corp, Inc" is laying off hundreds of workers -- think this: many of those workers are software engineers no longer needed because of AI. Think about that. We'll eventually see articles along this line. Just remember: you read it here first. LOL.
Transistors: this past month I've been focused on semiconductors and transistors. I now understand everything. That was easy.
- Marconi and radio waves; okay;
- invention of vacuum tubes; okay;
- archaic computers that could do little; mostly novelties; okay;
- Fleming and the thermionic diode; okay;
- amplification; okay;
- telegraph relay; okay;
- Lee de Forest and the vacuum tube triode;
- the third filament, the grid; long distance telephone calls; okay;
- on/off -- determined by the voltage
- Boolean logic; okay;
- Boolian logic could be represented by electronic circuit diagrams; okay;
- ENIAC: 500 operations per second (Philadelphia)
- Los Alamos: ENIAC made the Manhattan Project possible
- 190 vacuum tubes: 1 one-bit computer
- lasted 116 hours, on average, before a bulb burned out
- this was key, how we jumped from light bulbs to transistors:
- aliens gave us semiconductors and transistors; okay;
- insert the Beatles here; okay;
- Steve Jobs invented the iPhone; okay;
- then Nvidia. End of history as we know it.
A musical interlude: I think it's time to learn "why 1965 changed music forever." LOL. By far, not my favorite YouTube video by a long shot, but it's great history. Link here.
- after midnight;
- I argue that 1969 was the best year ever for rock and roll music.
- the video above (link here) suggests that the "1969 era" began in 1965
- I can't argue
- Bob Dylan runs through the one-hour documentary.
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Back to the Bakken
A reader received an offer today: the details.
WTI: 462.98.
Active rigs: 29.
Two new permits, #41974 - #41975, inclusive:
- Operator: Koda Resources Operating
- Field: Fertile Valley (Divide County)
- Comments:
- Koda Resources has permits for two Amber wells, NENE 21-160-103,
- to be sited 1119 and 1154 FNL; and, 131 FEL.
