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USB 3.0 Is Ten Times Faster; Get It In 2010

thefickler writes "Seagate and Symwave are jointly demonstrating the first consumer applications of USB 3.0 at CES, showing a Seagate FreeAgent drive running through a Symwave USB 3.0-compatible storage controller device. According to Symwave, this will result in 'speeds previously unattainable with legacy USB technology.' Which means, if you understand PR-write, it will be much faster."

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  1. What about the rest of us? by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 4, Funny

    Which means, if you understand PR-write, it will be much faster.

    What does it mean if you don't know PR-write?

    1. Re:What about the rest of us? by lorenzino · · Score: 4, Funny

      What does it mean if you don't know PR-write?

      Clearly much slower

    2. Re:What about the rest of us? by zippthorne · · Score: 4, Funny

      You're going to have a lot of trouble writing drivers for it?

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  2. Re:Speed by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

    USB 3.0 is known as "ludicrous speed".

  3. One cable to rule them all by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    If all these things have to

  4. Faster speed? Really? by maugle · · Score: 4, Funny

    According to Symwave, this will result in 'speeds previously unattainable with legacy USB technology.'

    New technology will be faster than old technology? Impossible!

  5. Yeah, but we all know that... by denzacar · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... The Ultimate speed is 88 mph.
    Once a device hits that the Flux Capacitor kicks in and it goes back in time.

    There is probably a huge prehistoric dump of USB sticks from the future somewhere in California.

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    1. Re:Yeah, but we all know that... by Laser_iCE · · Score: 2, Funny

      Just make sure it doesn't drop below 50 or we're all FUCKED!

  6. Re:Faster data is great, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Charging a plug-in hybrid off the USB port, while uploading songs to the built-in mp3 player.

  7. Re:Crap by neokushan · · Score: 4, Funny

    I didn't know computers could have sexual preferences. So THAT'S why I only seem to get lesbian porn popups...

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  8. Re:Don't touch type? by martinw89 · · Score: 3, Funny

    True, and as an extreme gamer, I need the extra bandwidth for my 37 megapixel sensor blue-laser mouse. Red lasers just never felt accurate.

  9. Re:And how much cpu power is needed at that speed? by CarpetShark · · Score: 4, Funny

    And how much cpu power is needed at that speed?

    CPU usage is fixed in all USB standards. It's 140%.

  10. Re:That speed comes at a cost by commodore64_love · · Score: 4, Funny

    >>>then something where they claimed you'd get 76 virgins for using USB.

    I have 76 *movies* of virgins on my USB hard drive. Does that count?

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  11. Now we need to find a way to loop the video feed s by Joe+The+Dragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now we need to find a way to loop the video feed so we can get the people off of the usb bus.

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    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  13. Re:That speed comes at a cost by frehe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ultimately it's a cable -- we want it to be universal, and fast.

    It's not just a cable, but a obvious male created penis metaphor for the patriarchical oppression of women worldwide during all ages, created just to mentally abuse us women even more by reminding us of "our place" every time we use a computer. And of course you want it to be "universal" and "fast", just like all men want women to be generic models of the unrealistic Barbie stereotype, instantly ready for some quick sex with the only goal being selfish gratification for the male. All men are pigs! Snivel... sob... where's my chocolate...

  14. Re:That speed comes at a cost by barzok · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, you have 76 movies of "virgins" on your USB hard drive.