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To: long-gone who wrote (6453)6/16/1999 1:24:00 PM
From: Zardoz  Read Replies (1) of 81980
 
3 :relative worth, utility, or importance <a good value at the price> <the value of base stealing in baseball> <had nothing of value to say>

Then as gold has the best temperature and electrical conductivity of any mineral at room temperature state and offers the finest resistance to corrosion I suspect you intended something such as "limited value" due to these signs of utility .

Ahh well see he's where your still stuck in the 14 century. Gold doesn't have the best temperature and electrical conductivity of any substance at room temperature. Super conductors can and do replace many of the uses at or below 44C. Yet Gold plating may still be used on many electrical components. But that too will be on an ever decreasing curve. Sitting next to me is an IPO package for a super conductor company, that plans on making a flexible 78F transmission line for the US gov contracts. So ask yourself, how soon will higher speed, lower priced, and lower temp microproccesors be on the markets? IBM desire to switch to copper is an obvious first step.

Don't place your hope in gold for semiconductors. The properties only make it good as a transmission line, and heat exchanger of low temperature.

PS: Where was my inherent comment wrong?
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