Slashdot Mirror
Fiber On Your Motherboard...Soon!
km790816 writes: "In this post I joked about wanting an optical bus on my PC. In the last week I've seen two articles from The Register and EETimes discussing the real possibility. Both mention high bandwidth and lower heat and power usage. Sounds good to me."
Does that mean magic light instead of magic smoke will come out of the board when it gets fried?
~ fact is not dependant upon your belief therein. ~ ~ Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
The TV-only Limited Offer of Tomorrow:
"Our New, Improved Motherboards have Fibre Added!! This will loosen your pipes, and help Windows shit itself faster and easier! Be the first on your block to own one!"
--
"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
Kind of like the "Visible Computer" from the Knowledgeum on the Simpson's?
Frink: The section now illuminated is the floating point unit. One of my personal favorite units.
Bart: How do you get this thing to play Blackjack?
Frink: Stop that, you're hurting it.
Bart: So how is it supposed to work?
Frink: Well...
Bart: Boring. Am I on the Internet?
Frink: No, you can only access the...
Bart: Boring! What's that fire for?
Nerd: The hard drive is crashing at an alarming speed!
Frink: No more pictures!
--
"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
God, can you imagine a self-aware Windows PC?
"Those look like comfortable VBS"
"Life is like a Microsoft EULA. You never know what your gonna get."
"I don't know much about metadata, but I think every file needs a proper extension."
--
"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
Well, that's fascinating; do you have any links that talk about specific "crystal storage" technology, or did you get this information from "Superman: The Movie" 8^)
Seriously, I'd like to find a way to store all of the world's information in a few crystal cubes in my pocket. Just the geek factor alone is enough to get me excited. I could solve any argument, for instance, by hooking the relevant cube up to my Palm and scratching out the appropriate question on the screen. I think that's a "reasonable demand"...
"Send an Instant Karma to me" - Yes
A high-fiber motherboard has been linked to decreased risk of colon cancer. Aren't you willing to pay a little more for that kind of peace of mind?
m00.
I already have fiber on my motherboard. Well, OK, technically it's cat fur sucked in through the vents, but that's got a lot of fiber. And it uses absolutely *no* power. The heat retention is a problem, though.
Someone, quick, moderate this either:
+1 Enteresting or
+1 Enformative
;-)
Well put. It's like saying "if we add enough horsepower to that car, it'll turn into plutonium!"
Computers are not inherently self-aware...
making them more of what they are won't change them into something else.
0x0D 0x0A