Doesn't it suck to be persecuted when you haven't done anything wrong? I wear a mobile phone so that I am available to people I choose to make myself available to. Since I am the only one interested in the calls I receive, I have my phone perpetually set to vibrate, thus avoiding any situation where it might be inappropiate for it to ring. I can personally come up with several reasons where I might not be expecting a call, but still want to be available in an emergency. A movie theatre is one of them. To take away my ability to receive calls in a public place because others have abused that privilege is just wrong in my book.
To point #1, it would depend completely on the cost of using some sort of socket interface instead of surface mounting the part, and as I see it, would be the option of the motherboard manufacturers, so then any additional costs could be passed directly onto the consumers. If you want that extra feature, you pay X amount more for it.
On point #2, something like this could be implemented without losing "intellectual property" in the process. NVidia, SiS, VIA, etc. could create their own interface and develop chips for that interface, separte from the others. So, for a VIA 7xx series motherboard, you have interchangeable I/O controllers. If you get a 8xx series board, there's a completely different pin array, as there would be in a SiS board. It would be much like Socket 370 vs. 426(?) vs. Slot 1,2,A and so on. This cuts down on the possibility of parts that fit but match up incorrectly.
Thanks for your comments, I agree with your take on it, I just wanted to keep the conversation moving.
From the article: "The pinouts on the KT333's north and south bridge chips follow VIA's V-Map standard, so the KT333 north bridge is obstensibly a drop-in replacement for the KT266 or KT266A. (Heck, it's theroetically pin-compatible with the P4X266A, for whatever that's worth.) Like those chipsets, the KT333 north bridge chip can be paired up with one of several different south bridge chips."
Which got me to thinking, "Why can't someone produce motherboards wherein components other than the CPU are quickly upgradeable?" Aside from radical revisions, is there any reason why an I/O controller couldn't be swapped out via some sort of socketed interface?
The FlipScreen version looks almost perfect. Too bad there's no prices/purchase options.
There's also no mention of what hardware/software it runs.
The weight listed(40lbs.) seems a bit worrysome as well.
Definitely something worth watching, though.
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Agreed. This my immediate thought as well. Furthermore, I can't imagine that anyone would want my domain. So what's the harm in it being registered to a non-non-profit entity?
It seems to me that DNS is merely a service. A service that just happens to be used by nearly everyone. It's also an optional service. If another similar service were provided and adopted by the general public, the question of who gets domain x would be largely moot.
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Doesn't it suck to be persecuted when you haven't done anything wrong? I wear a mobile phone so that I am available to people I choose to make myself available to. Since I am the only one interested in the calls I receive, I have my phone perpetually set to vibrate, thus avoiding any situation where it might be inappropiate for it to ring. I can personally come up with several reasons where I might not be expecting a call, but still want to be available in an emergency. A movie theatre is one of them. To take away my ability to receive calls in a public place because others have abused that privilege is just wrong in my book.
To point #1, it would depend completely on the cost of using some sort of socket interface instead of surface mounting the part, and as I see it, would be the option of the motherboard manufacturers, so then any additional costs could be passed directly onto the consumers. If you want that extra feature, you pay X amount more for it.
On point #2, something like this could be implemented without losing "intellectual property" in the process. NVidia, SiS, VIA, etc. could create their own interface and develop chips for that interface, separte from the others. So, for a VIA 7xx series motherboard, you have interchangeable I/O controllers. If you get a 8xx series board, there's a completely different pin array, as there would be in a SiS board. It would be much like Socket 370 vs. 426(?) vs. Slot 1,2,A and so on. This cuts down on the possibility of parts that fit but match up incorrectly.
Thanks for your comments, I agree with your take on it, I just wanted to keep the conversation moving.
From the article:
"The pinouts on the KT333's north and south bridge chips follow VIA's V-Map standard, so the KT333 north bridge is obstensibly a drop-in replacement for the KT266 or KT266A. (Heck, it's theroetically pin-compatible with the P4X266A, for whatever that's worth.) Like those chipsets, the KT333 north bridge chip can be paired up with one of several different south bridge chips."
Which got me to thinking, "Why can't someone produce motherboards wherein components other than the CPU are quickly upgradeable?"
Aside from radical revisions, is there any reason why an I/O controller couldn't be swapped out via some sort of socketed interface?
The FlipScreen version looks almost perfect. Too bad there's no prices/purchase options.
There's also no mention of what hardware/software it runs.
The weight listed(40lbs.) seems a bit worrysome as well.
Definitely something worth watching, though.
Agreed. This my immediate thought as well. Furthermore, I can't imagine that anyone would want my domain. So what's the harm in it being registered to a non-non-profit entity? It seems to me that DNS is merely a service. A service that just happens to be used by nearly everyone. It's also an optional service. If another similar service were provided and adopted by the general public, the question of who gets domain x would be largely moot.