Dr. Ronald Moskowitz, FerroFluidics (cool name).
Took me down a bit of a rabbit hole. Turns out the guy was a bit of a fraudster and was sentenced to 8 years in prison for securities fraud[1]
1 - https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releas...
There's also a book: https://clui-shop.square.site/product/los-alamos-rolodex/292...
I saw the exhibit in person back when it was on display. If you're ever in LA you should try to stop in to the CLUI's Culver City location, they always have something interesting.
https://www.moviequotedb.com/movies/american-psycho/quote_16...
I'd rather have something your daughter doodled on a piece of paper + the title of your company over some obvious AI slop.
Too good.
I was digging through the store when I found a full pallet of computer punch cards. As a computer science undergrad, I thought, “ how cool, I want a bunch to use as bookmarks, or whatever”.
I went to haggle with Ed, and he outright refused to sell me any. He said he wouldn’t break up the pallet. I had to buy all or none…
Am I understanding correctly?
Good times.
But then I remember that I know someone who worked at one of those companies.
If there were a Harbor Freight of nuclear techonlogy, that sounds like a name I'd expect to see.
https://www.dailyrepublic.com/lifestyle/local-lifestyle-colu...
I had a chance to be onsite at a different facility when they set of the SEMTEX in their 25 acre blasting site. It was impressive. A true earth-shattering kaboom. They were welding a plate of titanium to a plate of aluminum for us. http://highenergymetals.com/
https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/20...
Anyway, pretty cool to see them in high definition and realize they aren't any different than today's business cards.
No, wait, it doesn't, you'll find any kind of hot you like.
PS. I would like the record to show, excuse me for stating the obvious, that this was an actual place (!):
https://losalamosreporter.com/2025/06/29/black-hole-museum-a...
I don't think we'll ever see such sincerity in naming again. We did get General Magic in 1990, which seems kind of like a wink and a nod at that old naming trend.
The empty corporate sounding names are usually for conglomerates that need a neutral name so they don't put one of their brands over others, and B2B suppliers who need something unique for trademark purposes but don't really do the kind of marketing where they would need emotional impact.
So people using AI for this might soon run into issues with hallucinated extra ingredients or exaggerated portion sizes.
Make a plate, set it in front of a window, snap a picture.
I think AI is amazing, but equally amazing is people’s laziness and lack of taste when it comes to applying it.
Quite the opposite of what is happening here.. they are going the cheap route and use AI instead of a human who knows how to make an appetizing menu.