[Info-vax] [OT] Moore's Law dead within a decade

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 9/28/2013 7:30 PM, AEF wrote:
> On Saturday, September 28, 2013 7:25:48 PM UTC-4, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> AEF  <spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> I don't know just what you're getting at here, or how serious you are. Rega=
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>>> rdless: The speed of sound is relative to the medium through which it propa=
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>>> gates.
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>> So is the speed of light.  Light can't travel any faster than C, but you
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>> can put it through a medium that will cause it to travel slower than C,
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>> which is how lenses work.
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>> --scott
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>> --
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>> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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> But that's not really analogous. Sound _is_ the vibration of the molecules that make up the medium. That's not the case for light. But you are correct about how lenses work.
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> AEF
>

This discussion, and many others with many of the same
characteristics, is saying quite clearly that VMS is dead.

Are there any messages here from people needing help with
the O/S?  How about people people using applications in VMS.

Those who have VMS jobs are hanging on with both hands!

I miss it!