[Uram-rejections] When did we lose touch with reality?

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 Perhaps you could clarify if you are talking about AR or the universe.



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> Subject: Re: When did we lose touch with reality?
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> On 19/09/2019 21:28, Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer wrote:
> > Up till about 1975, we radio hams were au fait with
> > all the electronic components of the world, and the
> > components in commercial applications, plod or army,
> > were pretty much the same as in our own gear.
> > 
> > We could obtain anything we needed from, say, RadioSpares.
> > 
> > Today, miniaturisation and integration have reached
> > such a stage that we are unlikely to understand
> > the chips fitted into our rigs even were we able to
> > get detailed info on them outside of an NDA agreement
> > (Yes, I know, the same mistake as AC current  :-)  )
> > and are extremely unlikely to find a supplier for
> > replacements.
> > 
> > When, then, did we lose touch with reality?
> > 
> I think reality departed in the late 70's .....for me anyway...
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