[Milsurplus] Re: 20 Years into the Future

[telegrapher at att.net]

There is a big flap in Arizona concerning the AIMS test which has to do 
with testing kids before they can graduate.  A lot of the parents and 
kids want to be able to do their math with handheld calculators rather 
than use the one in their head.  So what would he do if the battery went 
dead in his handheld?  Tell the teacher he needs to reschedule the test? 
  get a life people!

And we worry about who is going to maintain our radio collection?  Ha! 
They won't know how to open the lid or take it out of the case.  grumble 
grumble.....  NO code.  I'm not going to get started on this one.

Larry
W0OGH


Brad Latta wrote:

> Now we all know how the evolution of modern
> electronics was accelerated; WWII. The development of
> television, crt imaging, monostable multivibrators
> (which eventually led to modern computing), blocking
> oscillators,the magnetron (remember, EVERY modern
> microwave oven has one of these!) etc, the list goes
> on, these basic circuits which were developed by
> engineers & scientists of WWII are still being used
> today. So who is going to invent & develop new
> electonic & radio technologies today that will still
> be used more than 50 years later? If we lower our
> standards of education, where will all research &
> development go? To China? If you took away their
> computer, how would the youth of today be able to
> mathematically compute & design anything??
>                                            Brad
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