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Title: Looks like Diamonds will soon end up MUCH cheaper
Post by: Pfunk on August 21, 2003, 09:38:06 PM

Buh Bye DeBeers, very interesting read.


http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html

Title: Looks like Diamonds will soon end up MUCH cheaper
Post by: SKurj on August 21, 2003, 10:30:23 PM

Yeah, now you can also have your or anyone's (or pet) remains turned into a diamond



SKurj

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Post by: AWMac on August 22, 2003, 12:02:30 AM

Huh?... Can it be done in the Micro Wave...  Hamsters don't last long in the house.

Bet the wifey would be more loving with a Hamster Diamond necklace.

Hmmmm... I also thinking of fishin lures too...


:D

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Post by: funkedup on August 22, 2003, 12:08:07 AM

That's great, I hope they take over the market.

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Post by: SaburoS on August 22, 2003, 01:00:57 AM

Wow, I like the part of using the diamond wafers to replace silicon wafers for semiconductors. Super fast, hot chips! Wow :)

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Post by: Tuomio on August 22, 2003, 01:02:03 AM

Hopefully that De Beers cartel come down soon, maybe someday some court will bring their actions to justice. Diamonds arent called blood diamonds for nothing.

I have heard in documentaries, that they have huge stockpiles of diamonds in warehouses just so they can force that worthless rocks prize to skyhigh.  How much they mustve been lubricating our politicians to keep up with that s***. :mad:

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Post by: Arlo on August 22, 2003, 01:23:02 AM

"Soon they'll be breeding us like cattle! You've got to warn everyone and tell them! Diamond green is made of people! You've got to tell them! Diamond green is people!" [/b][/i][/color]

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Post by: Dowding on August 22, 2003, 01:23:48 AM

Just say no, kids. Crack destroys lives.


:D

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Post by: Hooligan on August 22, 2003, 02:25:34 AM

Very cool stuff.

Hooligan

Title: Re: Looks like Diamonds will soon end up MUCH cheaper
Post by: _Schadenfreude_ on August 22, 2003, 02:51:23 AM

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Originally posted by Pfunk
Buh Bye DeBeers, very interesting read.


http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html

I can just see it..."Honey would you like a diamond ring worth a whole two hundred dollars that was man made or would you prefer one that costs me 4 months salary and came from nature?"

Plse try the question on your wife/gf and see what shes says...

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Post by: Pei on August 22, 2003, 05:00:16 AM

Finally I can manage the 2 months salary thing without crying :)

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Post by: Raubvogel on August 22, 2003, 05:11:27 AM

Hopefully this will make diamonds worth about as much as my opinion of them. Never understood the attraction to crap like that.

Title: Looks like Diamonds will soon end up MUCH cheaper
Post by: Pei on August 22, 2003, 05:23:59 AM

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Originally posted by Raubvogel
Hopefully this will make diamonds worth about as much as my opinion of them. Never understood the attraction to crap like that.

Attraction for women: He just spent a ***** load of money on a totaly useless gift for me therefore he must love me (and I get to brag to all my friends).

Attraction for men: Garaunteed "relations" the third tuesday of every other month that doesn't have an 'r' in it?

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Post by: Pfunk on August 22, 2003, 10:00:01 AM

We studied DeBeers business practices last semester, wow what a Company/cartel.  They have single handedly roped the World (especially us Americans) into thinking that a diamond is such a precious thing.  They have complete control over the market and knowing that people will buy diamonds no matter what the price.

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Post by: ra on August 22, 2003, 10:21:03 AM

IMHO all jewelry is a huge rip-off.

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Post by: Animal on August 22, 2003, 10:25:45 AM

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Originally posted by Pfunk
We studied DeBeers business practices last semester, wow what a Company/cartel.  They have single handedly roped the World (especially us Americans) into thinking that a diamond is such a precious thing.  They have complete control over the market and knowing that people will buy diamonds no matter what the price.

According to the article, they have huge stockpiles of diamonds, they just control supply to make it seem as if they are very rare.

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Post by: funkedup on August 22, 2003, 10:44:14 AM

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Originally posted by _Schadenfreude_
I can just see it..."Honey would you like a diamond ring worth a whole two hundred dollars that was man made or would you prefer one that costs me 4 months salary and came from nature?"

Plse try the question on your wife/gf and see what shes says...

The key:  Don't tell the *****.  :D

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Post by: Westy on August 22, 2003, 11:04:42 AM

Good. IMO it's well past time for DeBeers and the artificial diamond market it created to collapse.  That company and it's carefully targeted marketing have enslaved millions of woman to the notion that the "rock" matters more than anything else.  
 I would much rather go back to the days of the dowry than have my sons face the specter of "If you love her then she's worth a months salary...."  Most of us know there's no way American women are happy with a ring containing a rock that was bought with only a months salary ;)

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Post by: BlckMgk on August 22, 2003, 01:13:46 PM

Good read, thanks for the info, hopefully now we have some wicked fast computers at base price..... maybe they'll commercialize Fiber Optics for Home use, at oh lets say.... 20 bucks a month? haha!

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Post by: Mini D on August 22, 2003, 01:52:08 PM

It doesn't look practical as a substrate for the microchip buisness for some time.  The thermal conductivity of silicon is not necessarily the only thermal issue.  Expansion is another issue as is thermal conductance in the metal layers.  You'll always have a weak spot with any of those layers... and that weakness is well below the silicon melting point.

But... I'd be more than happy to see the CvD diamonds give DeBiers a black eye.  Those monopolistic slave drivers deserve any blight inflicted upon them.

MiniD

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Post by: john9001 on August 22, 2003, 05:07:39 PM

"""I can just see it..."Honey would you like a diamond ring worth a whole two hundred dollars that was man made or would you prefer one that costs me 4 months salary and came from nature?" ""


forget it , a woman would only accept a "REAL" diamond.

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Post by: Ghosth on August 22, 2003, 11:39:02 PM

Thanks for the info!

Diamond CPU's, now THATS some diamond I wouldn't mind spending a buck on.

:)