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Meetings with Remarkable Men - In Silicon Valley. Dr Edwin Van Wyck Zschau - President of System Industries and Later Congressman to the US House of Representatives...

I started working for Dr Zschau in 1975 and we built Disc Drive Controller Cards for Hospitals to Keep Patient's Charts. A Great Idea. We had a company Song that we Sang at Staff Meetings... Lyrics: 'System, System Industries... Here we go... Hand in Hand... Solving Data Mysteries... For the Betterment of Man.' He also worked at IBM and represented California's 12th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1987.

On Family Day at the Factory, Mom and Dad took a Personal Guided tour with Dr. Zschau. The three of them had a fine time as my parents had never been in a room with a dozen disc drives spinning. Each one the size of a Washing Machine. It sounded like the Generator Room at Hoover Dam, but quieter.

Control Data Corporation Disc Drive

The reason we had a Company Song is that Dr Zschau had just gone to Japan and he wanted to Incorporate their Business Practices in our Company. First, he hired 20 People from Japan and brought them over to Run the Silonix Division. Then he instituted 'recommended' exercise lunches of two hour duration. I often went swimming at the Santa Clara International Swim Center with my First Ex-Wife who worked the Graveyard Shift at National Semiconductor.

In the Machine Shop there were two Boxing Punching Bags. If anyone felt stress at work, they could go punch the bags.
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My Immediate Supervisor was Dan Aragaki, a Harley Davidson Riding, Martial Artist. Yes, I Simply Did what Dan told me to do Instantly Because... Not only was his Advice Correct, but I was Scared of the Man. (Or maybe that was Respect)

Ben Yamada made Elegant Clay Sculptures of the Ink Jet Printer Silonix was Inventing.

Aman Kawaja supervised the Assembly Line and Inspired the Ladies to Work Faster with Giant Charts on the Wall Tracking Production. 100% of the Assemblers were Female in 1975. They were better at hand eye coordination and manipulation of tiny objects than men.

David Yamada created Printed Circuit Board Artwork on Mylar using Black Chartpak Tape. He also liked to go Helicopter Skiing in Canada. A Helicopter flew him to the Top of the Mountain in Banff, and David Skied Down.

Steve Wakasuki Refused to be Hurried at Work. He also created PCB Artwork also and no matter how much pressure Middle Management put on him to finish the drawings Quickly, he simply ignored them. Quality First.

Jesus Del Real was the Draftsman who sat next to me and did most of my training. I learned How to Draw the Drawings associated with PCB Manufacture from Jesus. When I moved to Washington DC the next year, my portfolio got me two job offers in one day. Thank You, Jesus!

I accepted the Job Offer from Major Paul Jones USAF and worked at Analytic Communications Systems for six years. Project TEMPEST.

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The Title of this Blog Post was Pirated from the Book by G. I. Gurdjieff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meetings_with_Remarkable_Men
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Another Autobiography by a Co-worker Ray:
http://whiteworld.com/cyreenikland/books/surfing/surf-03e.htm

Newspaper Articles:
http://articles.latimes.com/1986-06-29/news/mn-381_1_system-industries

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/21/business/business-people-a-son-of-silicon-valley-back-from-capitol-hill.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/1993-05-09/ed-zschau-doesnt-fit-big-blues-mold-and-thats-the-point

Alumni Page Princeton:
http://www.princeton.edu/paw/archive_new/PAW04-05/09-0223/features3.html
Professor Ed Zschau ’61 serves as guru to budding entrepreneurs
By Jordan Paul Amadio ’05

It is the last day of class before winter break, and 65 seniors are mesmerized by a professor in a Bugs Bunny tie. For the past hour, he has been recounting the details of his autobiography — studying physics and philosophy at Princeton, running a $6 billion division of IBM, founding two technology companies, winning a congressional seat in California. Suddenly, the lecturer pauses. Smiling to himself, he continues an end-of-semester tradition inaugurated four decades earlier, when he was Stanford Business School’s 24-year-old faculty wunderkind. Without warning, professor Ed Zschau ’61 begins to sing.

A Japanese Webpage Selling Stuff Online Using Copied and Pasted Data from Wikipedia as Clickbait... They Fool the Google Search Engine into thinking that this webpage is worthy, then advertise all kinds of 'wonderful' but useless products:

But they had a Great Photo for me to Pirate.

Picture of a PDP-11. Our Cards served as an Interface between Mini Computers and Disc Drives.

The Ultimate Goal was to Store Medical Information about Patients on Computers so it could be Easily Distributed between Doctor's Offices and Hospitals.

Sadly, HIPPA Regulation Prevents the Easy Distribution of Medical Information.

However... In Recent Years Security and Privacy Problems Have been Solved and Everyone Views Their Own Medical Information Online! Excellent!

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Speaking of Santa Clara...

The Grateful Dead Farewell Concert - Santa Clara 6-27 and 6-28 2015 - Photos and MyStory - A Rainbow Appeared over the Concert... Many Felt It Was Jerry Garcia Visiting from BEYOND...

Music so good it changes the weather. On 6/27 there was a Rainbow over Levi Stadium and then it Rained. Just a very light sprinkle, but we all felt it.

photo of Rainbow at the Grateful Dead Concert in Santa Clara, CA

READ MORE: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2017/06/grateful-dead-rainmakers-santa-clara-6.html

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Nolan Bushnell's Atari Manifesto: [full text] - A Utopian Vision from Silicon Valley.

GOALS:

FAIRNESS:
Fairness is the best single word which means play the game by the rules. We play hard, play to win, but we will play by the rules of local, state, federal and international law, as well as the standards of ethical business practice and fair labor relations.

An unethical corporation has no right to existence in any social framework, Besides, wining by cheating is, at best, a hollow victory.

PEOPLE:
A corporation is simply people bending together in an organized fashion to produce products or accomplishments which would not be possible otherwise. When the goals of Atari and the goals of its people are in harmony, Atari is strong and its people are happy and satisfied. Therefore Atari Will:

a. Provide maximum remuneration and benefits to its people based on their contribution to its profits and goals.

b. Provide a work atmosphere in which a person can maintain his dignity and identity.

c. maintain a social atmosphere were we can be friends and comrades apart from the organizational hierarchy.

d. Encourage and promote personal growth thru education and training suck as that we may all reach our individual potentialities.

e. Judge all people on the basis of their skills and contribution and not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, appearance or personal life. At Atari, discrimination of the whites against blacks or blacks against whites; of short hairs against long hairs or the long hairs against the short hairs; the trained against the untrained; the experienced against the unexperienced will not be tolerated.

f. Bring together people who enjoy what they do and are willing to strive to build a strong and innovative corporation in which we can all take pride and satisfaction and know that our part is well done. Our corporation will only be as strong as the sum of its parts.

PROFITS:
Eventually, without profits, a corporation cannot exist. Therefore, all other goals except the first must be subservient to profits.

Profits should be large enough to fund our growth, share with our employees and strengthen our corporate base.

Our profits should also be reflective of our contribution to those that our products serve. The best and most lasting business relationships are those in which all persons involved make profits in proportion to their income. By fairly pricing our products we can keep ourselves, as well as our customers, financially healthy and contribute to the overall growth of the industry.

GROWTH:
Our goal of growth will be aimed at expanding our current market through innovative products as well as increasing market share through better solutions to our customers' problems. We will also grow by cautious entrance into allied fields, fields in which we can use our current successes to give us a competitive edge. Our growth will be dramatic, fueled by excellence in all areas, whether it be in research, finance, manufacturing, marketing or management.

CITIZENSHIP:
We will remember that this society and its institutions have provided this climate for business activity. We believe that corporate citizenship is important to keep our institutions strong. We will be politically active for causes we feel are just. Our colleges and universities will enjoy our financial and personal support, and charitable causes will be supported.

SIGNED, NOLAN BUSHNELL

I found a picture of this manifesto on
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130414/the_history_of_atari_19711977.php and I read it and typed in all the words...

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This Is The Worthy Charity That I Donate My Royalties To. Please Help Kathleen, a Retired Lady Living on Social Security Make Ends Meet. The Rent on Her Trailer Space Just Increased Again... For No Reason... Greedy Landlords... https://www.gofundme.com/f/cxfg3f-1000

#ArrestTrump - His Plan is for the US MILITARY to Prevent Biden from Occupying the White House. A coup d'é·tat. That's Why He Fired Esper... Czar Donald The Corrupt Crowns Himself Glorious Leader For Life! IMHO

RED STATES GET SICK MORE

#InfectedDonald is Killing Off Republicriminals!

Map of the USA Showing COVID 19 Infection Risk

and 2020 Presidential Election Results.

Biden=306, Trump=232 Electoral College.

Joe Biden Wins 2020 Election by a Landslide.

NEXT: #ArrestTrump for Income Tax Evasion, Insurance Fraud and Campaign Finance Violations... We Have Enough Evidence to Charge Trump With Crimes... He SHOULD Get A Fair Trial! With a Jury, Witnesses and a Judge... Just Like a Real Boy! https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/11/biden290-trump217-electoral-college.html

It's a Bad time to Be in the Hotel Business... LIKE TRUMP

He has Massive Loans on Worthless Property...

and The Russian Mafia is not amused!

New York's historic Roosevelt Hotel shut down last month, the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic that has upended the city's tourism and retail markets.

Many more hotels and retail properties in the nation's biggest cities are struggling.

In the New York area, the owners of 43 hotel loans were delinquent on loans backed by $1.5 billion in bonds as of Oct. 31, according to Trepp LLC, a research firm that tracks commercial real estate markets.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/11/13/closed-stores-hotels-retail-loan-defaults/6219469002/

Frankly, The USA would be better off without the Red States... They Suck Up Government Welfare and Pay very little Taxes. In Fact The Last time anyone did Anything of Value in a Red State was Jack Kilby in 1958... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kilby

Willie Nelson Can Come Visit the Blue States...

We'll Let Him In...

a bicycle powered Car with a gasoline engine - ove 100 MPG - invented by June Moxon and Ken Biedelman of the Kinetic Laboratory in Arcata, CA

A bicycle powered Car with a gasoline engine - over 100 MPG - invented by June Moxon and Ken Beidleman of the Kinetic Laboratory in Arcata, CA

https://kineticsculpturelab.com/

Darryl Cherney and Mike Schwartz of the Earth First! Band

https://www.darrylcherney.com/

https://www.facebook.com/absynthquartet/

Mike's Main Band... Absynth Quartet

Kid offering a Flower

Earth First! Band Performing in Arcata, CA

Darryl Cherney has written scores of songs about the actions he and his friends have taken defending the environment, fighting for civil rights, and protesting and mocking the political status quo. He has lived among the redwoods of Humboldt County, California for over eighteen years with solar panels, a wood burning stove, and up a dirt road miles from the nearest power line. He honors both Goddess and God, and likes it here on planet Earth. Alongside Greg King, he co-founded the campaign which resulted in the establishment of the Headwaters Forest Reserve near Eureka, California.

Mural in Eureka, CA of a South American Indian with a Hat.

At The Corner of Fifth and A Streets...

by Sonny Wong and Sheik...

https://sonnywong001.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/painting-at-the-mouth-of-the-madd-river-with-the-sheik/

Mao Fish Quote

The Origin of the Name

"Country Joe and the Fish"

"The Violet Overgrow" [FICTION - Not One Word is True. Wink Wink] by Gregory Vanderlaan

Chapter Zero:

"tRUMP's EPA=Enable Polluters Agency." Shouted Suzy into the Megaphone. "Let's Flip The Mission! Bring Back Protection of the Environment! #FRANCE1789" and Everybody Chanted Along... "#FRANCE1789... #FRANCE1789..."

They Were at a Protest March in Arcata, CA... Disrupting the Military Industrial Complex...

Billy Replied: "Oh Susan, You Are Just Preaching to The Choir Here... All These Earth First! People ALREADY Agree With You... Let's Take Our Message to Washington DC and Speak Truth To Power! Let's Go To The Actual EPA and Raise a Ruckus!" READ MORE AT:

http://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-violet-overgrow-by-gregory.html

President McKinley was Assassinated by a Man Who Lost His Job Due To Trickle Down Economics. "The History Book on The Shelf, Is Always Repeating Itself." Lyric from "Waterloo" by ABBA

Trickle-down_economics

Video of ABBA Singing Waterloo: Could It Happen That ANOTHER UNEMPLOYED MAN Assassinates The President? I Sure Hope NOT... tRUMP Needs to Spend the Rest of His Life INCARCERATED to Serve as an Example for Other Criminals...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj_9CiNkkn4

Statue of President McKinley in Arcata Plaza

on a Cloudy Day... During a UFO Visit!

Links to Other Blog Posts!

Build Your Own Wealth Re-Distribution System - From the Super Rich to You and Google. - I earned $100 from the Last Presidential Election. and again This Time!

Claim your Blogger Webspace, Upload one Gazillion photographs from your Picasa Web Albums... ENABLE ADVERTISEMENTS... People That Click on the Ads Force those Businesses to Pay You and Google Money... Also Include a Lot of Words. Maybe Write a Novel, or Your Opinion about How to Live Life... It's Really Easy, Just Drink a Pot of COFFEE and Start Typing...

Enable Advertisements and allow everything... Some political candidates are spending billions of dollars on advertising, some on Google... I got $100 from the 2012 election. and 2016 and 2020... This makes AdSense

The Path Forward: #ArrestTrump - Tax the Rich, Cut Taxes for the 99%. All that Extra Money in People's Paychecks Will Bubble UP Thru The Entire Economy - The EPA=The Enable Polluters Agency. Let's FLIP The Mission to Protecting the Environment - Legalize Marijuana Nationwide, Tax It and Free All Cannabis Prisoners. Legalize Medicinal Psychedelics. End The Electoral College. Overturn Citizens United. Cut Pentagon Spending in Half. Build Solar Powered Desalination Plants.

POP QUIZ! WHAT DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE IN COMMON??? Steve Bannon=Arrested, Roger Stone=Guilty, Paul Manafort=Guilty, Mike Flynn=Guilty, Michael Cohen=Guilty, Rick Gates=Guilty, George Papadopoulos=Guilty, Alexander Vanderzwaan=Guilty, Maria Butina=Guilty, Paul Erickson = Guilty, Duncan Hunter=Guilty, Chris Collins=Guilty, George Nader=Guilty, Elliott Broidy=Arrested
CAN YOU SPOT THE FREAKING TREND???
HERE IS THE ANSWER TO THIS CRYPTIC PUZZLE!

Secret Trick to Life: Don't Freak Out Over Imaginary Problems Like They Do In tRUMP/QAnon Facebook Groups...

I Recently Spent a Month "Debating" People in Q Groups. It Was An Attempt to Change Trump Voters into Biden Voters. My Plan was to Use FACTS to Awaken The Brainwashed.

I'll Never Know If I Was Successful. HOWEVER... I'm Glad I Did It... I Gained and Insight into What They Think... Mainly They Enjoy Expressing Outrage Over Imaginary Problems...

I Guess That's FUN!

I Recommend that Everybody Join a QAnon Facebook Group and Tell Truth... OR JOIN A TRUMP GROUP... OR A GOP GROUP... It Has GOT To Awaken The Dangerous Evil People That Frequent Those Groups and Help Them NOTICE REALITY... or Maybe Just Do It For The JOY of Poking Them With a Stick Right in the Brain!

Here is an Example of their FREAK OUT over an Imaginary Problem: Copy and Paste These Facts... TRUTH Is POWERFUL! They Constantly Post about The Crime of Pedophilia... WHY? It's a Part Of Their #PizzaGate Conspiracy Theory... and TOTALLY FALSE!