IBM is still the top dog in computing research.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmGsbd4_Oas>

On 11/27/22 11:11, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
> IBM is still the top dog in computing research.
>
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmGsbd4_Oas>

I see some Veritasium videos waiting over at the right, so it wasn't
entirely a waste of time.

corvid <bl@ckb.ird> wrote in news:tm0nl0$s0b$1@gioia.aioe.org:

> On 11/27/22 11:11, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
>> IBM is still the top dog in computing research.
>>
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmGsbd4_Oas>
>
> I see some Veritasium videos waiting over at the right, so it wasn't
> entirely a waste of time.
>

Yeah, sure... they have a grip on reality... maybe.

Did you actually watch the video?

On 11/28/22 19:59, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
> corvid <bl@ckb.ird> wrote in news:tm0nl0$s0b$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>
>> On 11/27/22 11:11, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
>>> IBM is still the top dog in computing research.
>>>
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmGsbd4_Oas>
>>
>> I see some Veritasium videos waiting over at the right, so it
>> wasn't entirely a waste of time.
>>
>
> Yeah, sure... they have a grip on reality... maybe.
>
> Did you actually watch the video?

I did! The disclaimer hinted that the video was meant only for
entertainment! Their go-to punctuation mark after every sentence didn't
impress me that much! Bang! I spotted several other videos from that
same channel, all of which appeared to be aimed at Skybuck!

Veritasium had something about electrical power not traveling
quite the way we think it does. One thing that stuck with me from that
one was an explanation that power lines are high overhead so that the
large air gap between them and the earth prevents energy from being lost
into the ground. Is that so? I thought it was just the more cost
effective place to put them.

On Monday, November 28, 2022 at 9:24:04 PM UTC-8, corvid wrote:

> Veritasium had something about electrical power not traveling
> quite the way we think it does. One thing that stuck with me from that
> one was an explanation that power lines are high overhead so that the
> large air gap between them and the earth prevents energy from being lost
> into the ground. Is that so? I thought it was just the more cost
> effective place to put them.

Yeah, air is a lot less electrically conductive than soil; AC magnetic
field generates eddy currents in soil. Plants aren't entirely devoid of
conductivity either, and big AC power trunks usually have defoliant applied
(annually?) to their pathways.

corvid <bl@ckb.ird> wrote in news:tm44vk$1n4m$1@gioia.aioe.org:

> On 11/28/22 19:59, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
>> corvid <bl@ckb.ird> wrote in news:tm0nl0$s0b$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>>
>>> On 11/27/22 11:11, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org
>>> wrote:
>>>> IBM is still the top dog in computing research.
>>>>
>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmGsbd4_Oas>
>>>
>>> I see some Veritasium videos waiting over at the right, so it
>>> wasn't entirely a waste of time.
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, sure... they have a grip on reality... maybe.
>>
>> Did you actually watch the video?
>
> I did! The disclaimer hinted that the video was meant only for
> entertainment! Their go-to punctuation mark after every sentence
> didn't impress me that much! Bang! I spotted several other videos
> from that same channel, all of which appeared to be aimed at
> Skybuck!
>
> Veritasium had something about electrical power not traveling
> quite the way we think it does. One thing that stuck with me from
> that one was an explanation that power lines are high overhead so
> that the large air gap between them and the earth prevents energy
> from being lost into the ground. Is that so? I thought it was just
> the more cost effective place to put them.
>

They do leak across the insulators to the grounded towers. They
are eleveated because of the abilty of high voltages to arc across a
span. Think of increased air conductivity in heavy fog or rain.
They also need to be separated from each other. Then, there is the
corona effects and Ozone generation.

That article you mention turned me off on ever watching anyhting
they produce, because just from the title alone I feel that they are
pure clickspam bullshit.

Anthony William Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in
news:2e9ce3bf-d7f0-4f46-8b0a-ddc1fd953978n@googlegroups.com:

> Really big power links are high voltage DC, and that doesn't
> generate eddy currents.
>
> The cost of AC/Dc conversion has gone down a lot in recent years,
> and lower power links may be moving over to DC too.
>

They need to be kept high and away from ground because they WILL arc
at specific distances at Megavolt values... not good!

All main grid generator to grid generator links of any legnth should
be DC interties.

We just have to get us and the world back on the efficiency bandwagon
instead of this, if it works (even inefficiently), don't 'fix' it
mentality.

Did you even check out the processor video?

Anthony William Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in
news:1778e269-4ac1-4650-97a7-b517bb9bf706n@googlegroups.com:

> On Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 11:04:32 PM UTC+11,
> DecadentLinux...@decadence.org wrote:
>> Anthony William Sloman <bill....@ieee.org> wrote in
>> news:2e9ce3bf-d7f0-4f46...@googlegroups.com:
>> > Really big power links are high voltage DC, and that doesn't
>> > generate eddy currents.
>> >
>> > The cost of AC/Dc conversion has gone down a lot in recent
>> > years, and lower power links may be moving over to DC too.
>> >
>> They need to be kept high and away from ground because they WILL
>> arc at specific distances at Megavolt values... not good!
>
> Many of the 500kV DC links are sub-sea cables. You don't have to
> rely on air as the only possible insulator.
>>
>> All main grid generator to grid generator links of any length
>> should be
> DC interties.
>>
>> We just have to get us and the world back on the efficiency
>> bandwagon in
> stead of this, if it works (even inefficiently), don't 'fix' it
> mentality.
>>
>> Did you even check out the processor video?
>
> No. I'm easily bored, and videos usually bore me silly. And if IBM
> really still were the top dog in computer research - if they ever
> ever were

Not been keeping up then, eh?

Before they sold the division to Hitachi, IBM was the king of write
density on a hard drive platter. Very advanced physics and "computer
research" went into their win in that realm. Perpendicular magnetic
recording made it possible for the drive densities and volume sizes
we see today.

And quantum computer research as well.

And now these optical switches.

That bores you? OK, sure.

>- Phil Hobbs would probably still be working for them.

I am reasonably sure he would / will / has found this interesting
and or informative. Single photon emmitters and detectors, etc.
Or very likely was already aware, because I am sure he gets Photonics
and other top optical realm publications.

On 11/29/22 04:01, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
> That article you mention turned me off on ever watching anyhting
> they produce, because just from the title alone I feel that they are
> pure clickspam bullshit.

IBM's hallowed name was the clickbait used to trick me into watching a
crummy lightspeed CPU video.

Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng

Anthony William Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in
news:56f81bca-1125-466b-9ac8-73e4d1e4aa35n@googlegroups.com:

> But they didn't discover the "very advanced physics". Giant
> magnetoresistance and colossal magnetoresistance fell out of
> academic research
>

That is not the type of recording mode I mentioned... at all.

I mentioned perpendicular magnetic recording, which ALL hard drive
makers now use.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular_recording>

Anthony William Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in
news:56f81bca-1125-466b-9ac8-73e4d1e4aa35n@googlegroups.com:

> Lots of people are active in quantum computing. IBM doesn't stick
> out.
>

Actually, recently... they do.

corvid <bl@ckb.ird> wrote in news:tm5jr2$1u8c$1@gioia.aioe.org:

> On 11/29/22 04:01, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
>> That article you mention turned me off on ever watching anyhting
>> they produce, because just from the title alone I feel that they
>> are pure clickspam bullshit.
>
> IBM's hallowed name was the clickbait used to trick me into
> watching a crummy lightspeed CPU video.
>
> Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng
>

Nice try. Don't be a chump... oops... too late.

On 11/29/2022 15:19, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 11:49:26 PM UTC+11, DecadentLinux...@decadence.org wrote:
> ....
>> And quantum computer research as well.
>
> Lots of people are active in quantum computing. IBM doesn't stick out.

I really don't understand what quantum computers are all about,
definitely not a replacement to "normal" computers. But IBM do
get in the news from time to time with that, so they must be
at least keeping up.

>
>> And now these optical switches.
>>
>> That bores you? OK, sure.
>
> It does. IBM is great at telling people how clever they are. Like all organisations that have enough money to spend big on blue sky research they do have their moments, but not all that many of them. Their public relations people don't let that inhibit them.

The video was boring but skimming through its boring explanations
(like how a normal transistor works, things all of us have been through
in our childhood) gets you to that optical equivalent I just did not
know was at all viable. Seems the are making progress.

Then IBM have done their fair share in normal computing research,
like defining the power architecture during the 80-s. The rest of
the computer architectures have yet to catch up, most of them by
quite some stretch.

On 11/29/22 11:08, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
> corvid <bl@ckb.ird> wrote in news:tm5jr2$1u8c$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>
>> On 11/29/22 04:01, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
>>> That article you mention turned me off on ever watching anyhting
>>> they produce, because just from the title alone I feel that they
>>> are pure clickspam bullshit.
>>
>> IBM's hallowed name was the clickbait used to trick me into
>> watching a crummy lightspeed CPU video.
>>
>> Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng
>>
>
> Nice try. Don't be a chump... oops... too late.

The video didn't make me go "Wow".
These do better to demonstrate what IBM can do.

IBM in atoms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_%28atoms%29

A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCX78-8-q0

Anthony William Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in
news:9e3ca2a5-b141-4231-8310-df9a38aa6528n@googlegroups.com:

> On Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 6:06:17 AM UTC+11,
> DecadentLinux...@decadence.org wrote:
>> Anthony William Sloman <bill....@ieee.org> wrote in
>> news:56f81bca-1125-466b...@googlegroups.com:
>> > Lots of people are active in quantum computing. IBM doesn't
>> > stick out.
>> >
>> Actually, recently... they do.
>
> Or say they do.
>

It's all about the Qbits. Everyone started out small. As in low
number.

Now things are stepping up. IBM is right there at the forefront too.

<https://youtu.be/Szw0KwbKowI>

corvid <bl@ckb.ird> wrote in news:tm6elo$1is$1@gioia.aioe.org:

> On 11/29/22 11:08, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
>> corvid <bl@ckb.ird> wrote in news:tm5jr2$1u8c$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>>
>>> On 11/29/22 04:01, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org
wrote:
>>>> That article you mention turned me off on ever watching anyhting
>>>> they produce, because just from the title alone I feel that they
>>>> are pure clickspam bullshit.
>>>
>>> IBM's hallowed name was the clickbait used to trick me into
>>> watching a crummy lightspeed CPU video.
>>>
>>> Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng
>>>
>>
>> Nice try. Don't be a chump... oops... too late.
>
> The video didn't make me go "Wow".
> These do better to demonstrate what IBM can do.
>
> IBM in atoms
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_%28atoms%29
>
> A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCX78-8-q0
>

<https://youtu.be/Szw0KwbKowI>

On Wednesday, 30 November 2022 at 09:26:25 UTC, DecadentLinux...@decadence.org wrote:
> corvid <b...@ckb.ird> wrote in news:tm6elo$1is$1...@gioia.aioe.org:
> > On 11/29/22 11:08, DecadentLinux...@decadence.org wrote:
> >> corvid <b...@ckb.ird> wrote in news:tm5jr2$1u8c$1...@gioia.aioe.org:
> >>
> >>> On 11/29/22 04:01, DecadentLinux...@decadence.org
> wrote:
> >>>> That article you mention turned me off on ever watching anyhting
> >>>> they produce, because just from the title alone I feel that they
> >>>> are pure clickspam bullshit.
> >>>
> >>> IBM's hallowed name was the clickbait used to trick me into
> >>> watching a crummy lightspeed CPU video.
> >>>
> >>> Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective
> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng
> >>>
> >>
> >> Nice try. Don't be a chump... oops... too late.
> >
> > The video didn't make me go "Wow".
> > These do better to demonstrate what IBM can do.
> >
> > IBM in atoms
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_%28atoms%29
> >
> > A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCX78-8-q0
> >
> <https://youtu.be/Szw0KwbKowI>

One of my contemporaries at university was very much
involved in the development of GMR disc drives at IBM.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Parkin
https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/spintronics/

John

John Walliker <jrwalliker@gmail.com> wrote in
news:046ce50d-b6aa-461a-8556-04e68ecbe9acn@googlegroups.com:

> On Wednesday, 30 November 2022 at 09:26:25 UTC,
> DecadentLinux...@decadence.org wrote:
>> corvid <b...@ckb.ird> wrote in
>> news:tm6elo$1is$1...@gioia.aioe.org:
>> > On 11/29/22 11:08, DecadentLinux...@decadence.org wrote:
>> >> corvid <b...@ckb.ird> wrote in
>> >> news:tm5jr2$1u8c$1...@gioia.aioe.org:
>> >>
>> >>> On 11/29/22 04:01, DecadentLinux...@decadence.org
>> wrote:
>> >>>> That article you mention turned me off on ever watching
>> >>>> anyhting they produce, because just from the title alone I
>> >>>> feel that they are pure clickspam bullshit.
>> >>>
>> >>> IBM's hallowed name was the clickbait used to trick me into
>> >>> watching a crummy lightspeed CPU video.
>> >>>
>> >>> Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective
>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> Nice try. Don't be a chump... oops... too late.
>> >
>> > The video didn't make me go "Wow".
>> > These do better to demonstrate what IBM can do.
>> >
>> > IBM in atoms
>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_%28atoms%29
>> >
>> > A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie
>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCX78-8-q0
>> >
>> <https://youtu.be/Szw0KwbKowI>
>
> One of my contemporaries at university was very much
> involved in the development of GMR disc drives at IBM.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Parkin
> https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/spintronics/
>
> John
>

Cool stuff. I always thought the leader would be Seagate, but they
did nowhere near as much research and did not have the resources IBM
did/does. So they were followers not leaders. But they made the
first drives (under a different name) and I have always used them.
But now I have had several IBM drives (back then). And always
followed it. They held records in lineal write density and other
aspects for years.

On 11/30/22 01:26, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
> corvid <bl@ckb.ird> wrote in news:tm6elo$1is$1@gioia.aioe.org:
...
>> IBM in atoms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_%28atoms%29
>>
>> A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCX78-8-q0
>>
> <https://youtu.be/Szw0KwbKowI>

Dr. Hobbs should let IBM know that Quantum Computers are fiction and
they don't really work.

corvid <bl@ckb.ird> wrote in news:tm935u$la0$1@gioia.aioe.org:

> On 11/30/22 01:26, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:
>> corvid <bl@ckb.ird> wrote in news:tm6elo$1is$1@gioia.aioe.org:
> ..
>>> IBM in atoms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_%28atoms%29
>>>
>>> A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCX78-8-q0
>>>
>> <https://youtu.be/Szw0KwbKowI>
>
> Dr. Hobbs should let IBM know that Quantum Computers are fiction and
> they don't really work.
>

That must be why so many companies are working on them.
You're a putz. The boy and his atom has more on the ball than you do.