Chapter 5 Knowledge Does Not Cost Money
"Just leave it here, thank you, you can go."
Evelin's words brought back Ethan's thoughts.
Looking at the slender fingers that kept tapping the table, he placed the tray in front of the other party with understanding and said with a smile: "Oh Evelin, is there no possibility of easing the relationship between us?" "
No.
Evelin answered very decisively and took a sip of clam soup. The salty taste made her squint her eyes.
"Ethan, you disappoint me, do you know?"
She said while stirring the soup: "Although our family makes a living by farming, and every year's income is determined by God, we still have losses when encountering extreme weather. But this does not mean that our family is short of money. Thomas has accumulated a lot of wealth through many years of business."
"Besides, our family is different from other host families, right? Linda is your aunt, Thomas. It's your uncle. Even when they couldn't give birth to a child, they regarded you as their biological son. They never thought of kicking you out of the family when you became an adult." "
In a world where there is no financial pressure Under the circumstances, I really don't know why you are so anxious to make money? Don't you know that time is precious? Don't you know that Thomas's biggest wish is to get us out of the orchard? Although he has always said that if we don't want to go out, then We can garden with him! But at the same time, when we wanted to spend money to find a teacher to tutor for the SAT, he paid for it without even thinking!"
"Ding Dong!"
At this point, Evelin said hard Spoon into the bowl.
The metal collided with the ceramic, making a crisp sound.
The nostalgic words made Ethan drag a stool from the side and sit next to Evelin.
He stretched out his hand to help her pick up the legs of the Dungeness crab, and at the same time said: "Evelin, have you heard this sentence? Age is not the real criterion for distinguishing whether a person is mature. If you want to know whether a person is mature, you have to Let's see what his mind is like."
"I used to be very impetuous and self-centered, which brought you a lot of disappointment and regret. I apologize for this. I don't ask you to forgive me, but I want to Let you know that I can understand your good intentions now."
Evelin turned her head, frowning slightly, and looked at Ethan blankly.
Ethan handed the split crab legs to her.
That handsome face with a smile made Evelin's pupils shrink.
After staring at each other for a few seconds, Evelin finally took the crab legs handed over by Ethan.
While taking a big sip, she also asked in a vague tone: "How much did magnavox compensate you?"
"Seven months plus one week's salary."
"Is that more than two thousand?"
Evelin simply said I did some calculations and asked, "What are your next plans?"
"I know I still have the opportunity to study now, but my SAT has expired."
Although there is no clear validity period for SAT scores, most All universities require applicants to provide scores within two years. Ethan's grades were obtained three years ago, so many schools no longer recognize them.
"You can take the test again. If you forget anything, I can teach you." Evelin said, "If you are willing." "
Thank you." Ethan nodded and thanked, and at the same time, he also helped Evelin break open the Dungeness crab. Guy, "Although I don't want to make you angry, I still want to say that reading is not very helpful to me now." "
Oh...Sh..."
Evelin immediately put down her hands, He cast a disappointed look at Ethan.
Before she could curse out the curse words, Ethan had already said with a slight smile, "Okay! Evelin! I know you are in a hurry, but don't be anxious yet. Because I said this for a reason."
" The fields I am interested in now, like you, are all in the direction of engineering. But engineering is now subject to a lot of... um... how should I put it? Is it discrimination? Or is it looked down upon? I don't know where this place should be used. What words, but I know how to describe it..."
"Let me give an analogy, for example, take the magnavox I just stayed at. As long as college students majoring in engineering come to apply for jobs, they will basically write it on their resumes. Then, they were familiar with the magazine "Popular Electronics" and based on the content above, they successfully copied many sets of electronic equipment." "
I think you should have more say in this regard than me, right?"
Ethan looked at Evelin with a smile.
At the same time, his finger pointed at the magazine Evelin had just read.
Those indifferent words were like a pair of invisible hands, quietly soothing the anger on the girl's face.
And that confident smile looked into the fog, making the girl's brown eyes bloom and explore, as if it were a magnifying glass, trying to see the boy clearly.
After a moment, the girl who noticed nothing unusual sighed, smiled and shook her head.
Then he hugged the California roll and started chewing it.
Such a situation also made Ethan snap his fingers in his heart.
Because he knew that his first step was the right one.
In fact, after learning that he had traveled to America in 1975, Ethan was thinking about how to get a share of the pie in the technology field.
At the beginning, he also thought about going to university to systematically learn scientific knowledge and practical skills.
But after he prepared for this and collected information in this area, he discovered an astonishing fact.
In this era, America's knowledge is different from that of the future. It seems that it is not limited to schools!
The original owner, magnavox, recruits electronic engineers every year. The first thing they look at is not the academic qualifications of the job seekers, but whether there is a description of the magazine "Popular Electronics" in their resumes. , if yes, then let him come for the interview, if not, then look at academic qualifications.
Such a strange situation made Ethan a little surprised.
Because he couldn't understand why the credibility of diplomas from major schools was not as high as that of a magazine?
But when he got a copy of "Popular Electronics" magazine and flipped through it...
the content on it immediately made him angry!
Because that magazine wrote about how to make a three-transistor portable radio!
Although it's only three pages, it shows the reader how to combine two 2N170 NPN transistors and a 2N107 PNP transistor into a radio package!
As long as the reader follows the circuit diagram drawn above, he or she can make a radio that can receive all short-wire antennas in one night!
Just looking at this is already outrageous.
And what's even more outrageous is yet to come.
If you spend a little more time, you can use alligator clips to make a booster to receive broadcast signals farther away.
For the reception of medium-wave signals, you can also use tools such as magnetic rings and ferrite-tied antennas to adjust and search...
When Ethan finished reading the magazine, his whole person directly transformed into the expression of future generations. Bag.
On the subway, old man, check your phone.
Damn it! What are these special codes?
At a certain moment, Ethan was wondering if the place where he landed was actually America!
As a guy who has studied, lived, and worked in America, he knows better than anyone how valuable professional books are in America!
If not, it would be impossible for Amazon to start by selling books.
When evil capitalists place a high value on knowledge, what they want to do is to block the public's upward channels.
And under such circumstances, America in the 1950s and 1960s actually had such a good teaching atmosphere?
Can knowledge about radio and other aspects be openly printed in popular magazines? ? ?
This is simply outrageous. Opening the door for his father is outrageous!
really!
The America before the earthquake in the east was the real America!
Just when Ethan was overjoyed with his discovery and was about to copy something from this magazine, he discovered that there were many things that he could not copy if he wanted to.
For example, he couldn't figure out the difference between NPN transistors and PNP transistors.
He was not born in a science major and had already forgotten all about middle school physics before time travel. He had no idea what the current generation process of IB and IC was in the field of physics, let alone what a superheterodyne circuit was.
When Ethan realized that he might not be able to copy the answers correctly, he really regretted that he had studied finance in his previous life.
The biggest function of this thing is to talk about science with liberal arts students, and talk about liberal arts with science students -
talk about a lot!
He was even more confused as to why he didn't have a cheat like
ChatGPT4.0.
Fortunately, there was a guy studying engineering next to the original owner of the body.
Ethan's sister Evelyn is a top student in computer science at the Stanford School of Engineering.
What's more, she had been interested in radio since she was a teenager.
For this reason, when Thomas ordered her "Popular Electronics" in 1966, he also spent a lot of money to make up for his daughter's previously published and unordered magazines. When Evelin wanted to do it, he let her She dismantled the TV set at home and assembled it into a projector.
When this fact emerged, Ethan still taught himself! Directly focus on the other party!
Judging from the current situation, this girl is not as violent as she appears.
After nibbling on a California roll, drinking a few mouthfuls of clam soup, and eating the brains of the Dungeness crab, Evelin also wiped her mouth.
"Ethan."
"Hmm?"
"I know what you are thinking about."
"What?"
"You must have some ideas that involve knowledge about electronics and computers. Because you don't know how, you want to find something." I'll make it for you."
Evelin said affirmatively: "Don't try to deny it. We have known each other for almost twenty years. Do you still remember when you were in high school? You asked me to make you a walkie-talkie, as big as a palm. , just so you can hide it and scare people!"
After the situation where I know what you are shitting when you stick your butt out, Ethan stopped pretending.
He spread his hands and said, "Yeah~ It seems I can't hide anything from you."
"Huh!" Ethan's admission earned Evelin a blank look.
After staring at the boy who grew up with her for a few seconds, she sighed, "Okay, I surrender, I really can't defeat you! Your temper is like a cow, only God knows how to make you Turn a corner! So... tell me your idea. What do you want to do this time? I'll do it for you." "
Oh, this is really great! Evelin, I love you!" Evelin concession made Ethan grin.
It was for this reason that he turned his gaze and started searching.
When he saw that a copy of "Popular Electronics" placed on Evelin's bookshelf was stamped with January 1975, he immediately took it out.
After discovering that there was a square machine on it and the code name Altair 8800 in the upper left corner, he pointed at the other person and said with a smile: "Can you make such a thing?" "
???"
Such questions made Evelin frowned.
The next second, after catching the smile in Ethan's pupils, knowing that she had been tricked, she directly picked up the Dungeness crab shell and threw it at the boy.
"Oh Ethan! Did you do this on purpose? Get out of here!"
Note: ① The influence of "Popular Electronics" in reality is even more exaggerated. Almost all engineers who came out in the 1950s, 1970s, 1970s and 1980s subscribed , including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, and David Gross, winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics. The radio production in this article is from the May 1960 issue.
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