I see no reason why a hard drive can't just putt putt around at a slow speed and ramp up that speed if the IO queue starts filling faster than it can be emptied.
Does anyone know why this has not been done more already, especially in laptop drives? There has been some "eco" desktop 3.5" drives that can lower their speed when idle, but not much else.
Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 (3TB 7200RPM) spin down to conserve power, unless you use power management tool to tell them to remain spinning at all times.
First I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
Run by Bioware and EA so not affected. Probably the thing of the future instead of developing in house Disney will sell the Star Wars license to whoever wants to pay.
Which will probably result in better games anyway.
I'd rather listen to them sing, than eat them. Something about their song puts me in mind of tall Cottonwood treeds, whiling away summers along the lazy rivers of the midwest, where I spent my youth fishing for carp (didn't eat them, either) with corn for bait and a lugnut for a sinker.
Now I spend summers dealing with technology issues. Hmm.
You could ask the same about Facebook itself,yet, hundreds of millions of people seem to want it.
Go figure.
And before Facebook there was something called MySpace, which was a worse interface. When Google, or maybe Yahoo, gets their sh*t together, they could come up with a much better interface and kill off Facebook. Honestly, it wouldn't take a lot.
Seriously though, any young teen who's already Facebook obsessed probably wouldn't think twice....not like some graybeard's privacy concerns matter (until they're that age, sigh..)
Might be useful if (horrors) your child is abducted -- they'll know every business they go past.
I find the Facebook interface on the web to be poorly thought out and composed. I can't imagine the phone would be an improvement. Particularly paying these loafers for their phone. Never mind they'll probably track everywhere you go and everything you say will be scanned for products and businesses. Sounds like not just a bad idea, but a horrible one.
I, for one, welcome our robotic, aquatic overlords.
Admit it, you want to have your brain transplanted into one of these, along with Wi-Fi, and you'll spend the rest of your days happily exploring and blogging about it.
This incuded his relationship with his now ex-girlfriend, who became a shareholder activist over the issue of whether or not he should have a vasectomy.
Cutting their communication lines was the first thing I thought of too. Then cutting their power lines. I may not have enough cofee in me to calm me down this morning but visions of the Dirty Dozen dumping fuel and grenades into their bunker came to mind. }:D
If Carnival Cruise Lines have taught us anything, just back up their toilets. They'll be out in a jiffy.
I would like to see something radical happen which promotes actual technological innovation and hinders all this IP bullshit. If you want to make money you will actually need to produce good products, not create all these ugly "services" and lock-in mechanisms. The only purpose of them is to NOT have to innovate but make money anyway.
The problem is Microsoft does make good products. They don't make great products, though. To prevent you from having freedom to choose and companies to offer better technology applications/plug-ins they still cling tenaciously to their strategy to lock you into their technology or kill competitors with bundling.
Imagine only being able to buy the petrol for your automobile at specified stations, where the mixture won't result in a burned out engine. There were businesses once who considered or undertook such business models. (some still do, but not to that extent) Microsoft continues to flirt with this strategy -- once in their kingdom you can only get your water from their well.
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I see no reason why a hard drive can't just putt putt around at a slow speed and ramp up that speed if the IO queue starts filling faster than it can be emptied.
Does anyone know why this has not been done more already, especially in laptop drives? There has been some "eco" desktop 3.5" drives that can lower their speed when idle, but not much else.
Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 (3TB 7200RPM) spin down to conserve power, unless you use power management tool to tell them to remain spinning at all times.
Or Grand Theft Anakin!
Or you could be Anakin, just like in the film, mowing down Sand People and Jedi.
When it came time to upgrade my aging desktop I went straight for SSD and as much memory as I could cram on the motherboard. Works good and is fast
Noooo!
First I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
Sad day. Everyone be sure to raise a grog in their honor.
In the "Do or do not, there is no try" department, Disney didn't "Do"
Run by Bioware and EA so not affected. Probably the thing of the future instead of developing in house Disney will sell the Star Wars license to whoever wants to pay.
Which will probably result in better games anyway.
I'll take everyone's word for this.
I'd rather listen to them sing, than eat them. Something about their song puts me in mind of tall Cottonwood treeds, whiling away summers along the lazy rivers of the midwest, where I spent my youth fishing for carp (didn't eat them, either) with corn for bait and a lugnut for a sinker.
Now I spend summers dealing with technology issues. Hmm.
When did that happen? I thought we were still in single digit version numbers or was that last week?
Firefox devs have contracted a severe case of "me-too-itis" from Chrome.
Fools not to adopt good ideas. Same goes for Chrome.
Submarine patent from Rambus [or someone else] surfacing in 3... 2... 1...
Yep. Hope they got signatories all notarized and everything.
the CPU vendors need to start stacking them onto their die.
In 5 years your systems will be sold with fixed memory sizes, and the only way to upgrade is to upgrade CPUs.
Stacked vias could also be used for other peripheral devices as well. (GPU?)
IBM tried this with the PS/2 line. It fell flat on its face.
"All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landing there."
I knew I should have made that left turn at Albuquerque.
For Chester Gould's heirs to come in and sue smart watch makers for ripping off his idea for Two-Way Wrist Computer.
You could ask the same about Facebook itself,yet, hundreds of millions of people seem to want it.
Go figure.
And before Facebook there was something called MySpace, which was a worse interface. When Google, or maybe Yahoo, gets their sh*t together, they could come up with a much better interface and kill off Facebook. Honestly, it wouldn't take a lot.
Yeah, because abducting kids these days is hip. Happens all the time! Like terrorists blowing up airplanes in midair.
I take it you don't read the news. There's this thing called Amber Alerts. We have one about every month out here.
Seriously though, any young teen who's already Facebook obsessed probably wouldn't think twice....not like some graybeard's privacy concerns matter (until they're that age, sigh..)
Might be useful if (horrors) your child is abducted -- they'll know every business they go past.
who actually wants this?
I find the Facebook interface on the web to be poorly thought out and composed. I can't imagine the phone would be an improvement. Particularly paying these loafers for their phone. Never mind they'll probably track everywhere you go and everything you say will be scanned for products and businesses. Sounds like not just a bad idea, but a horrible one.
is all they need for most of these cars running around with the stereo playing so loud the trunk appears to be passing wind.
I'm now wondering what sort of live music scene there is in Boston. Sounds healthy if there's a lot of bands setting up on street corners or in parks.
I, for one, welcome our Bitcoin Banking overlords.
They probably surpassed North Korea with their first nickel.
My wife and I have created 4 of those.
And they are regularly infected with virii!
I, for one, welcome our robotic, aquatic overlords.
Admit it, you want to have your brain transplanted into one of these, along with Wi-Fi, and you'll spend the rest of your days happily exploring and blogging about it.
This incuded his relationship with his now ex-girlfriend, who became a shareholder activist over the issue of whether or not he should have a vasectomy.
Talk about a Directors Cut!
Cutting their communication lines was the first thing I thought of too. Then cutting their power lines. I may not have enough cofee in me to calm me down this morning but visions of the Dirty Dozen dumping fuel and grenades into their bunker came to mind. }:D
If Carnival Cruise Lines have taught us anything, just back up their toilets. They'll be out in a jiffy.
How about symbols?
Cubic Emoticons.
I would like to see something radical happen which promotes actual technological innovation and hinders all this IP bullshit. If you want to make money you will actually need to produce good products, not create all these ugly "services" and lock-in mechanisms. The only purpose of them is to NOT have to innovate but make money anyway.
The problem is Microsoft does make good products. They don't make great products, though. To prevent you from having freedom to choose and companies to offer better technology applications/plug-ins they still cling tenaciously to their strategy to lock you into their technology or kill competitors with bundling.
Imagine only being able to buy the petrol for your automobile at specified stations, where the mixture won't result in a burned out engine. There were businesses once who considered or undertook such business models. (some still do, but not to that extent) Microsoft continues to flirt with this strategy -- once in their kingdom you can only get your water from their well.