How about somebody pulls a Compaque-esque trick and implements FireWire in the chipset firmware and use a dual spec electric interface? Not much more costly than the usual implementation, and a simple connector converter can be used without blatantly violing I"P".
PS I really like that spelling -- I"P", very appropriate.
Why did/. post this anon when I didn't tell it to? Whatever. Here is the post again for the mods:
Bah! I want redundancy and load balancing. No, seriously, why don't they throw in a spare heart at some point, with electroelastomers and glucose power cell and get it over with?
Agree with everything, BUT - corelation != casuation. The flunkups you describe come with (very) heavy cocaine use, for some strange reason considered normal. A little coke high translates into binge drinking, considering dose/effects (with the classical meaning of the phrase). I think the true problem is that the downer comes fast and strong, at least not nearly as much as with speed, which makes it more addictive, though some long acting analogues that have been discovered should fix that (now if only the same could be gotten easier...). BTW, I hate tobacco too.
Anybody noticed that the Pandro is kinda like an Amiga, only laptop formfactor. Heck, throw in a decent PPC core (like the upcoming titan), or a SPARC one (think sirroco 1) and T(CP)O(ffloading)E(ngine), throw in Opentosh and Apple is in trouble. Blade server manufacturers as well, when I think abotu it./crackpipe
crack cocaine (some things alas should have never been invented) [snip]
Hypocritical much from the guy who smokes pot and has done LSD? I'll grant you they are very different, but any argument against cocaine holds true for every other drug. And don't kick up dust with the old it-makes-its-users-into-asses routine, its older than you.
I think F(ujitsu)SC could take a hint from that. My new laptop's power brick specs - input 100-250 V ~ 1.5A; output - 20V --- 4.5A. WAAY efficient, don't ya think? *grumble grumble*
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Web != The Internet; Gopher and bittorent won't be affected. ;)
Time for a new platform - all the cool techie stuff Apple has implemented + more on a SPARC CPU - anybody with a spare hundred mill?
PS I really like that spelling -- I"P", very appropriate.
Oh, so you didn't get it? Here's a copy, mmmkay? *ducks*
OK, so I'm not the only one. Now, is there a unknown to me higher truth that /.ers have a thing for redheads as well? Then I'd be truly fulfilled.
How is this funny? The quy is freaking insightful.
s/IBM/DEC programmers employed at M$/g
Bah! I want redundancy and load balancing. No, seriously, why don't they throw in a spare heart at some point, with electroelastomers and glucose power cell and get it over with?
Look who's talking. REAL programmers burn the bits on the CD the customer receives with a magnifying glass.
Oh, so its like Inferno, an integrated IDE and OS? Nice. *ducks*
Stay in your rank, soldier, and no backtalk!
application API...
Department of redundancy department much?
Good riddance, now I can get a IT support job that PAYS. Good day.
Cheers!
Nah, Solaris seems solid enough to me. *ducks*
Why not run Plan 9? *ducks* Seriously, from userspace, it aint that hard.
You don't like X11, eh? *lock-'n-load* Ya think OS X is *BSD, huh? *pulls out bigger gun*
Why do you think its urine?
Anybody noticed that the Pandro is kinda like an Amiga, only laptop formfactor. Heck, throw in a decent PPC core (like the upcoming titan), or a SPARC one (think sirroco 1) and T(CP)O(ffloading)E(ngine), throw in Opentosh and Apple is in trouble. Blade server manufacturers as well, when I think abotu it. /crackpipe
crack cocaine (some things alas should have never been invented) [snip]
Hypocritical much from the guy who smokes pot and has done LSD? I'll grant you they are very different, but any argument against cocaine holds true for every other drug. And don't kick up dust with the old it-makes-its-users-into-asses routine, its older than you.
W/hour? J/(s^2)? WTF?
'cept for me, cuz I get to outsmartass them, usualy. BTW, mod GP +1 Owes-me-a-new-keyboard. Well played.
I think F(ujitsu)SC could take a hint from that. My new laptop's power brick specs - input 100-250 V ~ 1.5A; output - 20V --- 4.5A. WAAY efficient, don't ya think? *grumble grumble*
Wikipedia disagrees.
very interesting and relevant google text ad != stupid flash banner