Random Analogies
Computer Chip Manufacturing And Water
a: Creating a computer chip ~
b: building a skyscraper one floor at a time
What: "Creating a computer chip -- be it for a laptop, camera, or microwave -- is like building a skyscraper one floor at a time"....This is a discussion about why microchips use a lot of water and how it affects local water consumption in places where there may not be enough water. I think this is why Intel has manufacturing plants in Oregon, next to the Columbia river.
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Writer: Erik Vance
LCC: TP
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Date: Jan 28 2011 3:03 AM
# 789 Critique Analogy
a: Pineal gland ~
b: conductor of the body's orchestra
What: "The Pineal Gland is like the conductor of the body's orchestra; the Circadian rhythm - a cycle of the body's hormonal and metabolic functions - linked directly to night and day. When our Pineal Gland tells us biologically that it's night, our body knows it's time to repair."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jun 10 2013 1:17 PM
# 3311 Critique Analogy
Downhill Train W/o Breaks.....
a: Fission ~
b: train running downhill
What: "This is the essential problem with fission. Fission is like a train running downhill, if the brakes fail it runs away. Fusion is the opposite. Private companies see a meltdown as a cost of doing business. If it's cheaper to compensate than avoid that is what they will do. Xeon fought the valdez fines all the way to the high court and the legal bills ended up a fraction of the fines, and of course they are tax deductable. Watch BP do the same trick. Ask the Alaskan fishermen how well they cmae out of that."
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Writer: guzzis3
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Date: Aug 21 2013 6:12 PM
# 3591 Critique Analogy
a: Gene sequencing ~
b: learning the phone numbers for everyone in the world
What:
" Gene sequencing is like learning the phone numbers for everyone in the world, but we don't really know which number goes to which person--we don't know what all of the gene sequence actually means to health, disease, and other characteristics of humans. So this is very important beginning information that will allow the next phase: functional genetics, or genomics, to unravel what genes do. "
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Writer: Dr. Jeff Kahn
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Date: Dec 12 2014 1:41 PM
# 6719 Critique Analogy
