The mission of the Vintage Computer Festival is to promote the preservation of "obsolete" computers
I mean, sure I still enjoy a good 'ole Gameboy "LAN party" every now and again;) But how long can Tetris entertain a guy? Even a beer-swiggin' Gameboy afficionado?
And trying to do any decent 3D modeling at work on an 8086 might be a little trying...
You still don't understand. I have cable at home and had ADSL. They both crawl as far as I'm concerned, as I'm used to a dedicated T1 at work on a very small number of machines (less than 100). This is a 64Megabps d/l. I'm lucky to get 64Kilobps on cable with the number of users on my block. The sheer amount of bandwith coupled with true wireless capabilities could be astounding if they ever implement it( yes, I'm only too aware of Iridium).
The difference between Teledesic and other satellite providers it the capabilities of the network. That and launch cost will still be less than $3 billion (plus R$D, of course;). With the investors they have (including Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Craig McCaw, and Bill Gates among others), cost of launch shouldn't be that much of an issue.
I still don't see why people aren't excited about Teledesic. I mean, it's a 288-satellite constelation (plus spares) in low earth orbit. It's designed to serve millions of users wirelessly at "low-bandwith" connections of 64Mbps down and 2Mbps up. Broadband will be 64Mbps up/down. With the satellites in as low an altitude as they are, the latentcy will be next to nothing.
I personally can't wait for the service (starting 2005) and it will revolutionize net access in places that don't have the cabling infrastructure that current net-leading countries have (particularly North America). The possibilities for Africa and high-density countries like China and India are incredible. I wish I had stock;-)
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The mission of the Vintage Computer Festival is to promote the preservation of "obsolete" computers
I mean, sure I still enjoy a good 'ole Gameboy "LAN party" every now and again;) But how long can Tetris entertain a guy? Even a beer-swiggin' Gameboy afficionado?
And trying to do any decent 3D modeling at work on an 8086 might be a little trying...
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The difference between Teledesic and other satellite providers it the capabilities of the network. That and launch cost will still be less than $3 billion (plus R$D, of course;). With the investors they have (including Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Craig McCaw, and Bill Gates among others), cost of launch shouldn't be that much of an issue.
I personally can't wait for the service (starting 2005) and it will revolutionize net access in places that don't have the cabling infrastructure that current net-leading countries have (particularly North America). The possibilities for Africa and high-density countries like China and India are incredible. I wish I had stock;-)
Check it out at http://www.teledesic.com
Yes, SETI@HOME is how SETI processes it's data.
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Right, one is in West Virginia, the other in Puerto Rico.
Geesh! This telescope isn't even for getting electromagenetic radiation, let alone part of the SETI clan.
Where do you get your revelations? They *BOTH* observe radio waves, which just happen to be lower frequencies of the Electromagnentic spectrum.