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Data Transfer Has A Speed Limit
ChrisHanel writes "Yahoo News is reporting that despite the infinite climb data speeds seem to be making, scientists at Stanford say we'll eventually hit a barrier due to the inability to keep the data stable after a certain transfer speed. But no worries just yet; the watermark they've set is still 1,000 times faster than what we have now." Apparently: "The scientists confirmed this problem by firing up the particle accelerator at Stanford University and blasting electrons at a piece of the magnetic material used to store computer data."
Everything has a limit, even data transfer. Moore's law just means that someone will think of some other way to solve the problem faster and better.
Butters? Is that you?
Sorry, non-ob southpark reference; your post just seemed exactly like how I would expect Butters to write. Funny, anyway.
everything in moderation
Well, come to the UK and sit stationary on the M25 some time if you want to explore the 'building more lanes increases traffic flow' idea :-)
Not enough lanes, too few roads that are too shit. If you could get around the inside of London easier you'd also see less stress on the M25 as people would drive internal to it rather than external. Also I live up north, and to get to say Dover for a Ferry, I would have to go on the London Ringroad.
Its the Governments responsibility to the the right people / products to the right places as cheaply and fast as possible, this leads to the UK being more competitive because industry can more easily get the clever people, (which to a degree means cheaper), the can more the finished product (assuming there is one) around the country to the ports / people cheaper. Listening to the green lobby is just an excuse for the government to spend less money.
Besides it actually doesn't matter if its Gridlocked when you Quadrouple the capacity, your moving around 4 times as many products / people which is actually still good.
Once you've tried IP over bad news you'll never go back. Ofcourse all pr0n is Goatse and online gaming always involves you being on the wrong side of a headshot but aside from that its aces.