I watched the video when it first hit the list and found it interesting, as I would any complex industrial process.
I've seen another crystal film that was available a few years ago as a file, but can't find the reference. The people who can't believe people ever worked under those conditions with those primitive (today) tools need some historical perspective on the rate of technical change. My grandfather grew up before automobiles. My father grew up before jet planes. I grew up before computers, and worked with them as they changed. And the 'S' curves keep coming . . . [See "Rise of the Robots."] One other thing - the comments contained one about the matter-of-fact presentation being so different from what passes for explanations of technology on TV today. I'd quote it, but I couldn't find it in the comments today. It hit home, though. Today the presentation would have half a dozen people of varying ethnicity and sex, each making some lame joke along with a shallow explanation of what was going on. Compare the Science channel's new "How Do They Do It" to the older "How It's Made" shows. I blame it on the advertisers who control TV programming who want to maximize eyeballs by going as low as they can and still find people who can change a TV channel. Be glad to discuss this with anyone off the list. And now, back to precision time. Bill Hawkins _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.