The Real State Of Affairs

[Ron Hubbard]

I had read somewhere recently that the real state of electronics
technology today is actually about fifteen years ahead of what
consummers are led to believe is "state-of-the-art." Is it true that
military and secret intelligence technology is actually far more
advanced than anything now available on the markets?

Ron

 

[krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz]

On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:32:09 -0800 (PST), Ron Hubbard <ryon@dslnorthwest.net>
wrote:

I had read somewhere recently that the real state of electronics
technology today is actually about fifteen years ahead of what
consummers are led to believe is "state-of-the-art." Is it true that
military and secret intelligence technology is actually far more
advanced than anything now available on the markets?

Unlimited buckets of money does tend to bring technology into the "useful"
realm a bit quicker than normal, but there aren't any major (where major ==
physics changing) hidden technologies around. Even government's piles of
money are dwarfed by industry, over the long term.

 

[Nobody]

On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:32:09 -0800, Ron Hubbard wrote:

I had read somewhere recently that the real state of electronics
technology today is actually about fifteen years ahead of what
consummers are led to believe is "state-of-the-art." Is it true that
military and secret intelligence technology is actually far more
advanced than anything now available on the markets?

Nope. It's only "fifteen years ahead" in the sense that they're willing to
buy stuff which won't be economically viable elswhere until fifteen years
from now.

The technology exists, and (mostly) you don't need any special clearance
to buy it; just large amounts of money.

E.g. I remember seeing 1 ns GaAs RAM in 1985. It cost >ÂŁ1000 for
16 *bytes*.

It's also quite common for military and aerospace applications to be well
behind the curve, e.g. due to a desire for a proven track record, as well
as the need for extended temperature range.

Back in 1985-86, I was seeing *new* designs with a Nova 4/C processor,
8-inch floppies and a VT220.

 

[Ron Hubbard]

On Nov 19, 6:59 pm, Nobody <nob...@nowhere.com> wrote:

On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:32:09 -0800, Ron Hubbard wrote:
I had read somewhere recently that the real state of electronics
technology today is actually about fifteen years ahead of what
consummers are led to believe is "state-of-the-art." Is it true that
military and secret intelligence technology is actually far more
advanced than anything now available on the markets?

Nope. It's only "fifteen years ahead" in the sense that they're willing to
buy stuff which won't be economically viable elswhere until fifteen years
from now.

The technology exists, and (mostly) you don't need any special clearance
to buy it; just large amounts of money.

E.g. I remember seeing 1 ns GaAs RAM in 1985. It cost >Ł1000 for
16 *bytes*.

It's also quite common for military and aerospace applications to be well
behind the curve, e.g. due to a desire for a proven track record, as well
as the need for extended temperature range.

Back in 1985-86, I was seeing *new* designs with a Nova 4/C processor,
8-inch floppies and a VT220.

Bummer...

Ron