Integrated circuit inventor nabs Nobel Prize

[Magnus Danielson]

From: "Bjorn Julin" <bnillson at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Integrated circuit inventor nabs Nobel Prize
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 00:05:02 GMT

G'day!

> >Hello guys,
> 
> >This just came in on the news.  I thought you might find it >inspiring, or 
> >at least interesting.
> 
> Its interesting to see that it "took" the "noble" members
> of the board of the nobel fund 40 years to make up their mind!
> Why so long, did they wait out Mr Noyce? Or what!
> Incredible lousy of the "Noble" members of the asshole board!!
> 
> What all of you shall know is that this Nobel comitee are
> loaded with internal fights and are quite crittisised due to
> among many things "life time member ship" and "non replaceable
> members" and all sorts of "lick my ass" things!
> 
> I do crittisie them to due to the intepretation of Mr Nobels
> actuall meaning of the fund, and that Astrid Lindgren newer
> got the price in Litterature. She have written several
> world wide known books who are filmitatized etc.
> 
> Whats wrong whit all this!! Well she writes childrens books,
> thats why she newer getts the price.
> 
> No,its a society party with much royal people and all that shit,
> not to mention the ""enourmus"" prestige there is in getting
> this award, engineers and "mostly" sientice's will kill to
> get the dumb price!
> 
> Just my personal rant!!

Well, first of all I don't lift an eyebrows by BJ reaction, on the
same time he voices criticism which is floating around here allready.

Maybe some detail correction, it's not the same group of people
selecting the lauriates in all classes. BJ is refering to Kungliga
Akademin (Royal Academy), a group of (supposed to be) 18 people, which
traces their roots back to king Gustav III who created the academy.
Anyway, they are a responsible for the price of literature. I do agree
that they should walk in shame, since some of the literature lauriates
have certainly been less known, spread and most importantly creative.

Good old Astrid has wiped the ass with the Swedish govrement more than
once, and especially one time is well known, since she critizised the
tax laws by writing a short children story called "Pomperiposa" and
ever since we talk about Pomeriposa-taxes. This little story contained
the core of here critizism and it was interesting to see how the
Politicians had a hard time to argue against this children story.

Also, the interpretation that is being done to Nobel's will is
certainly reaching out. To some degree following it by the letter does
have certain problems, I give it that, but one of the things that I
think that they fails in doing is to acknowledge acheivements in good
time. Most of the physics and chemestry/medicine stuff is being
acknowledged too late, when people almost left the active life. This
is certainly not how Alfred Nobel intended it.

If you go and look at the peace price, there the price is given at
times while the people is at work acheiving something. For instance
the prices in the Ireland and Israel/Palestina conflicts shows how
they go in and promote an ongoing process, make a statement.
Such things is certainly not very common in other prices.

My conclusion is that it is certainly not an area without debate.

However, it is not many private parties which gets transmitted live
every year, so it must be something about it.

Interestingly enougth, Einstein did not get his physics price for what
is being acknowledged as his greatest contribution to physics, namely
the general relativity theory. Prices have been given to derivate
findings thought. Most disturbing.

Cheers,
Magnus (0 Nobel prices so far ;)