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Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics (2000)

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286 points lachlan_gray | 5 comments | 16 Nov 25 23:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.647s | source
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AdmiralAsshat ◴[17 Nov 25 00:32 UTC] No.45949834[source]▶
Meanwhile Dolph Lundgren has an actual MA in Chemical Engineering. It's a pity we can't get him to do something like this in earnest to teach engineering concepts.
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andrehacker ◴[17 Nov 25 01:38 UTC] No.45950134[source]▶
Brian May (Queen) has a PhD degree in astrophysics :)
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1. DrewADesign ◴[17 Nov 25 02:50 UTC] No.45950456[source]▶
Tom Scholz, the guitarist for Boston with a masters in MechE from MIT, built his own effects, and much of his own recording equipment.
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2. kazinator ◴[17 Nov 25 02:56 UTC] No.45950480[source]▶
The guitars on Def Leppard's Hysteria [1987] were supposedly direct recorded using a Rockman.
3. kQq9oHeAz6wLLS ◴[17 Nov 25 03:13 UTC] No.45950566[source]▶
The story of getting their first album made is epic
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4. mek6800d2 ◴[17 Nov 25 05:11 UTC] No.45950989[source]▶
I still remember a very interesting article about him in the Electronic Engineering Times back in 1998: "Boston's Scholz Engineers a Rock Dynasty"

https://web.archive.org/web/19990224204558/http://www.eetime...

"Wherever there's a microprocessor, there's trouble."

5. HanClinto ◴[17 Nov 25 16:22 UTC] No.45955047[source]▶
Link to a recommended write-up?