On Feb 8, 2008, at 8:31 PM, Peter Todd wrote: > between 1965 and 1985 When do you consider the "cold war" period to have started? I would has said MUCH earlier than 1965, and the period from 1950 to 1965 had similar growth in DJIA compared to 1985-2000 Besides, isn't 1965 to 1985 when most of the interesting things happened in electronics and computers? Not so much the fruits of Moore's law, but all the stuff that made it possible... BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist