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...like the boy who cried wolf. He's been promising an optical computer for years, and he's still promising. I'm waiting for him to prove that it's practical rather than it's possible." Others are skeptical that optics can compete with electronic computers. Says Bernard Soffer, senior scientist at Hughes Aircraft Research: "Optical computers would have to be ten to 100 times better than electronic ones to justify retooling." Even enthusiasts are guarded. Says optical-computing pioneer Joseph Goodman, a Stanford electrical- engineerin g professor who was once Huang's teacher: "The first commercial general-purpose optical...
...committee hopes to be able to take studentsoff the waiting list this year, something theywere unable to do last year due to an unexpectedlyhigh number of candidates who accepted Harvard'soffer of admission, Fitzsimmons said...
...EZRA S. SOFFER Ramat Gan, Israel
...best treatment for a faint is to do nothing, but leave the victim lying flat, advised Dr. Alfred Soffer in Today's Health. A faint, he explained, is a cure in itself-nature's way of boosting circulation to the heart and brain when blood is being drained to other parts of the body in a complex reaction to fright, shame, drugs or pain...
Egged On. In Brooklyn, Magistrate Henry Soffer took up the case of four men who had smashed 3,600 eggs in a fight, learned that the arresting officer's name was Eggolt, said brightly: "This is certainly a scrambled mess." Cracked the defense attorney: "That's no yolk...