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>> one of the things that was really hard about making a computer was now on a chip. so all of a sudden, people who had a thirst for this stuff could go out and buy a computer, you could make them yourself. >> there was a lot of this revolutionary theme with a lot of the technical people in it, changes in technology and how we were part of it even though in our companies we were the fringe element. we are not the managers and leaders but boy, just a clever design on its own had value. >> you hav...

That these things the hobbyists were doing could lead to this whole new kind of product called the personal computer. >> it was at a home brewed computer club where steve wozniak and steve jobs first displayed the computer they had been working on and it caused a sensation. >> we had absolutely no idea what people were going to do with these things when we started out. matter of fact, the two people it was designed for was woz and myself, because we couldnt afford to buy a computer kit on the ma...

Fingernail. >> this silicon chip supplies the brain power for 1,001 electronic gadgets from wrist watches to microwave ovens. >> the mushrooming industry gives birth to a high tech cult and a place called silicon valley. >> the magic part of silicon valley is that there is this boiling pot of people who were involved in technology, involved in science. silicon valley was hp, sri, xerox and stanford university. that was a hell of a powerful combination. >> there were these two cultures, engineers...

Chebs. they are looking at putting juvenile records into the background checks. theyve had issues in their younger years and thats not part of the background system. and there is some desire to change the definition of who is, quote unquote, in the business of selling firearms. you have hobbyists not required to do a background check. why are republicans participating this time when they have blocked gun control and gun safety efforts in the past? theyre feeling the heat. ion john cornyn is the ...

On the senate side, theres a lot list of gun related issues theyre not talking about, that are not on the table, some focus perhaps on red flag laws, not a federal one, though. school safety, mental health. what else? >> reporter: theyre talking about red flag laws incentivizing states to create red flag laws. one thing theyre talking about is reworking some of the licensing requirements for people who sell guns but dont perform background checks, so-called hobbyists who sell weapons without bac...

Youve signaled them. well, let me figure out how i can get around that . let me threaten and cajole and bribe other people not to go along with that. let me think of eighty five different ways to make sure what the americans threaten me i can negate because right now the chinese are much more interested in russia because they dont want the russians to fail. the russians are there stalking horse. they want to weaken and divided europe because thats good for china and the last thing i want to see ...

How much has that narrowed the gap in this conflict? well, its certainly no secret that the russians have not been able to get air superiority and part of air superiority is the ability to fly these intelligence reconnaissance and surveillance drones, these esr drones so that they can see whats going on from an overhead view and in fact, the ukrainians have been far more successful in using both their own drones that they make with one of their organic companies called ua dynamic. and they have ...

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>> for all of us, the computer revolution was really exciting. it was like, wow, this is wide open. >> it was a group of people who want to make a change in the world. >> and eventually, the two forces in silicon valley, the hobbyists and the button-down business guys, ended up coming together when the chipmakers realized the things that the hobbyists were doing could lead to this whole new kind of product called a personal computer. >> it was at a home-grown computer club where steve wozniak an...

Mass-manufactured. >> these chips can control the flow of electrical current that in effect enables them to store and remember zillions of bits of information on a surface just a little bit thicker than an eggshell and smaller than a fingernail. >> this silicon chip supplies the brainpower for 1,001 electronic gadgets from wristwatches to microwave ovens. >> the mushrooming industry gives birth to a new high-tech cult and a place called silicon valley. >> the magic part of silicon valley is that...