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Re:New technique stores summer heat until it's needed in winter by lisivka on Thursday January 12, 2017 @06:34PM (#13387130)
High-tech, by definition, is tech which can make high profit, i.e. c1 sand into $500 processor. Sand is not low-tech or high-tech by itself.

PS.

Quote from Wikipedia for downvoters:

High tech is often viewed as high risk, but offering the opportunity for high profits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_tech

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Re:New technique stores summer heat until it's needed in winter by astrodust on Thursday January 12, 2017 @08:00PM (#13387597)
Definition: "Technology that is at the cutting edge".

Fact: Chemically produced lye dates back to at least 1791 with the Leblanc process: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leblanc_process

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Re:New technique stores summer heat until it's needed in winter by lisivka on Thursday January 12, 2017 @08:08PM (#13387632)
Fact: green energy/renewable energy/energy saving technologies are cutting edge now.

Fact: your processor is made from sand which was discovered by first human ever.

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Re:New technique stores summer heat until it's needed in winter by astrodust on Thursday January 12, 2017 @11:49PM (#13388475)
Yes, it's a little known fact that Babylonians were casting huge perfectly pure silicon crystals. They were also pioneers in x-ray lithography!

Processors are made from sand in the same way people are made from carbon. You're skipping a few important steps.

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Re:New technique stores summer heat until it's needed in winter by lisivka on Saturday January 14, 2017 @12:23AM (#13397050)
Skipped steps are called "high-tech".
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Re:New technique stores summer heat until it's needed in winter by calvinlh on Friday January 13, 2017 @02:40AM (#13389123)
Who says that high profit implies high tech? Your Wikipedia link only says high tech often offers the potential for high profit.

Is the Large Hadron Collider not high tech if it doesn't turn a profit?

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Re:New technique stores summer heat until it's needed in winter by lisivka on Saturday January 14, 2017 @12:26AM (#13397054)
Is potential profit for Science and whole our civilization low in case of Hadron Collider?
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