Diamonds a geeks best friend!

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Diamonds a geeks best friend!

Postby Camel toe joe » Wed Sep 24, 2003 4:52 pm

Hey guys check this article out very interesting read

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html

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Postby Chacal » Thu Sep 25, 2003 2:57 am

Beware of geeks bearing gifs...
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Postby Rule of Wrist » Thu Sep 25, 2003 11:48 am

That was a really interesting article... It goes into a little about what DeBeers has done, but in reality, if they released all of the supply of diamonds that they have, the price of a diamond would be about $50 per carat...

But they have perpetuated the image of diamonds and controlled the supply over the years to make a monopoly...

Haven't heard about diamond being used in computers before, but then I guess it makes sense...

The one I've heard about is a quantum computer that is designed on the molecular level and its operation is based on the principles in quantum theory... I don't fully understand it, but basically it's faster because the electrons can be in two places at once... pretty crazy...

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Postby Camel toe joe » Thu Sep 25, 2003 2:26 pm

it reminds me of stories of how the big time gas companies would take you out if you were to build a car that didn't run on gas...

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