I have never seen a 70 rpm record, but I have seen and heard 78 RPMs, All those wonderful character giving scratches and pops...they stored all those pre-war hits: happy days are here again was my favorite.
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 12:45 AM, John Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Your vision of the LENR future is too limited. >> > > I am not talking about LENR. I am talking about the economics and cost > efficiency of different energy systems, such as central generation, PV and > -- in the future -- LENR. Every technology has built-in imperatives, and a > built-in way in which it can be used to greatest advantage, at the least > cost. > > When a new technology is developed there are usually many competing > standards and implementations. These are quickly narrowed down to one or > two. Examples: > > Long-play vinyl records after WWII settled on 33 rpm and 45 rpm, replacing > 70 rpm and other proposed standards. > > There were some 6 different kinds of RAM memory circa 1970. By 1980, only > semiconductor memory survived. Things like bubble memory never had a > chance. > > After 1980 personal computers quickly settled on the PC or Mac standard. > At this time, the Intel processor pushed other designs out out of the main > market. They survive only in niche applications. . . . > > Standards are narrowed down to one or two for many reasons, primarily > because the design engineers, tech support people, service people and > others can only master one or two techniques, and there is a limited amount > of R&D money. Once a good method -- or a good-enough method -- emerges, > others tend to fall by the wayside. > > This is why cold fusion electricity is likely to be used by one method, > and only one method, after the technology matures. It is not because cold > fusion itself is limited to one method. It is because manufacturers, > people, and society as a whole are not inclined to test many different > implementations after a reasonably good one is found. We find something > that works and we stick to it. This is why many sub-optimal technologies > continue in use for a long time, even after better ones have been invented. > > This is also a matter of economics. All else being equal, the lowest-price > method prevails in the end. Individual generators will be cheaper than a > combination of grid plus generators and for that reason alone, grid > distribution cannot compete and will not survive. >
