[NJARC] Interesting Sarnoff

Tue Jun 1 22:51:26 EDT 2010

Thanks to Al for posting one of Sarnoff's later comments on the implications
of the technological trends he observed in computing, miniaturization, and
materials R&D.  I used a couple of comments from 1964 in the Library,
wherein one of which he noted that by the end of the 20th century, people
would use handheld devices to communicate with anyone, anywhere, by sight,
sound, or written message.  Thanks to the short-term drawbacks of
unregulated telecommunications standards, the U.S. is a bit behind Europe
and Asia in this regard.  He also predicted access via keyboards to the
great libraries of the world in another speech, so it's not as if he
wouldn't have put 1 and 1 together if he made a speech to the American
Publishers Association.  You can find a number of interesting observations
in the one-volume compilation of his papers, Looking Ahead (1968); just
ignore the predictions in fields unrelated to the field he understood best,
communications.

Alex

From: Pete Malvasi <pmalvasi at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [NJARC] Interesting Sarnoff Quote

No he didn't. Got this one from his estate. 

Sent from my iPad

On Jun 1, 2010, at 12:36 AM, John Ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com> wrote:> 
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> Sarnoff totally missed the iPad.
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> From: Al Klase <al at ar88.net>
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> Sent: Mon, May 31, 2010 10:30:57 PM
> Subject: [NJARC] Interesting Sarnoff Quote
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> David Sarnoff, 1964: "The computer will become the hub of a vast network 
> of remote data stations and information banks feeding into the machine 
> at a transmission rate of a billion or more bits of information a 
> second. Laser channels will vastly increase both data capacity and the 
> speeds with which it will be transmitted. Eventually, a global 
> communications network handling voice, data and facsimile will instantly 
> link man to machine--or machine to machine--by land, air, underwater, 
> and space circuits. [The computer] will affect man's ways of thinking, 
> his means of education, his relationship to his physical and social 
> environment, and it will alter his ways of living... [Before the end of 
> this century, these forces] will coalesce into what unquestionably will 
> become the greatest adventure of the human mind."--from David Sarnoff by 
> Eugene Lyons, 1966.
> 
> -- 
> Al Klase - N3FRQ
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 04:56:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: RICHARD LEE <radiorich at prodigy.net>
Subject: [NJARC] Dates to remember
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Greetings fellow enthusiasts, Just some dates to remember;  Saturday 6/5 we
are hosting a vacuum tube sort/testing party 9am to 4pm. Pizza lunch
included. Meet at our Museum.
 Friday, June 11th, 7:30 PM NJARC meeting at Bowen Hall, Princeton. Tech
talk-radio alignment
Sunday June 13th, Annual HARPS Swap Meet, 9am to 4pm, Episcopal Church of
Suffern 65 Washington Ave. Suffern N.Y. 10901 See you there, Richard Lee
Pres. NJARC

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:34:08 -0400
From: "Ray Chase" <raydio862 at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [NJARC] majestic model 20 repair
To: "Thomas Lee" <thomas_v_lee at hotmail.com>,	<manny380sl at gmail.com>,
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Wow, what an adventure, sounds surprisingly familiar with a certain club 
members travails.
Ray
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Subject: Re: [NJARC] majestic model 20 repair

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