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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 01:08 AM
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Today is the 100th Anniversary of Electronics!
http://www.aip.org/pnu/2004/split/708-3.html

Researchers are marking November 16, 2004 as the 100th birthday of electronics, which began with British scientist John Ambrose Fleming's 1904 invention of the first practical electronic device. Known as the thermionic diode, this first simple vacuum tube, containing only two electrodes, could be used to convert an alternating current (ac) to a direct current (dc).
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 09:19 AM
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1. Kick
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 09:26 AM
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2. Huzzah!
Electronics are ace! :bounce:

(Love the new name, btw :D)
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jdots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 09:31 AM
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3. remember it's time to change your computer tubes
if your monitor is glowing blue and loosing power.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 09:48 AM
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4. Tubes rock!
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