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Watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The same blimps, the same schtick, on the same living room CRT. It seems like the opposite of change. I remember watching Mighty Mouse, from Terrytoons, on our black and white TV when I was a kid.
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Story of Stuff cites Moore's law, which says that processor speeds can double every 18 months, a prediction which has held true for silicon processors and transistors.. Moore's law is a contributing factor, necessary but not sufficient, to explain the rapid obsolescence of cell phones and pentium and AMD chips.
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Moore's law has nothing at all to do with video display terminals. Yet countries are lumping together cell phones and televisions and computer monitors in "4 years since date of manufacture" laws. Razors, toasters, cameras and coffee makers are being sucked into a "Stuff" hammermill subsidized by policies, best explained by History of Stuff. If it's "electric" it's "e-waste" or "WEEE".
