The HTML is perfectly fine - there's a fair amount of data there, sure, but no big deal. This is, of course, in contract to the HTML spit out by Slashdot, which I'm betting isn't even valid HTML. I can't tell, of course, because the thing is formatted so badly I can't even read it.:(
They're not intended to be made - just to show off what can be done with current technology. Plus, Intel was showing off mainly what moving to two-IO port machine can do. One could easily make an AMD-based system, I'm sure.:)
Depending on how it was designed, one could make a micro-size computer and make it easily upgradable. Lots of externally-accessible bays, etc. Just swap things in and out - only bad design of current machines makes it a requirement that everything must be accessed from the inside only! I say make everything hot-swappable! And maybe move the power supply outside the chassis - like my HP deskjet printer - it's a little brick sitting on the floor. No need to have it in the box, right? All you need are some quiet little fans for cooling the stuff in the case. Or better yet, a phase-change system with no moving mechanical parts. Lots of possibilities here, just no courageous computer manufacturers. *sigh*
And btw - screw the floppy drive - sure, we need removable media, but the floppy has long since outlived its usefulness. A new standard is needed ASAP. I like the specs of the Sony HiFD.
Apple makes computers USING the PowerPC - the chips are made by Motorola/IBM. Now granted, you can't get Apple to understand an open hardware platform (anyone remember PREP/CHRP?), but that doesn't mean you can't use the PowerPC in a new platform. Kinda like what Be tried to do initially. It wouldn't be that hard to use current technology to make a PowerPC-based machine that kicks' a Mac's butt, either. I read that it doesn't have DMA?! Geez!
I posted the above while logged in as Tumbleweed - but I get labeled an AC! Argh. Looks like I've run up a bug in Slashdot...I wonder if THIS post will get the same treatment...
There will be some *really* neat things possible once we start using PC99 or PC2000 spec machines. Get rid of the serial, parallel, PS/2 ports, and ISA slots, and things can get real tiny. Check out the Intel Concept PCs at http://www.intel.com/p ressroom/archive/backgrnd/cn111598.htm!
I've seen this happen often in Navigator when a site is coded with bad HTML and/or lots of useless align="left"'s about the place (don't people realize that in a table cell, that's the default behavior? *sigh*) It would be great if people would use something like weblint to validate the HTML coming out of their super-duper extra-fancy database.
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The HTML is perfectly fine - there's a fair amount of data there, sure, but no big deal. This is, of course, in contract to the HTML spit out by Slashdot, which I'm betting isn't even valid HTML. I can't tell, of course, because the thing is formatted so badly I can't even read it. :(
Depending on how it was designed, one could make a micro-size computer and make it easily upgradable. Lots of externally-accessible bays, etc. Just swap things in and out - only bad design of current machines makes it a requirement that everything must be accessed from the inside only! I say make everything hot-swappable! And maybe move the power supply outside the chassis - like my HP deskjet printer - it's a little brick sitting on the floor. No need to have it in the box, right? All you need are some quiet little fans for cooling the stuff in the case. Or better yet, a phase-change system with no moving mechanical parts. Lots of possibilities here, just no courageous computer manufacturers. *sigh*
And btw - screw the floppy drive - sure, we need removable media, but the floppy has long since outlived its usefulness. A new standard is needed ASAP. I like the specs of the Sony HiFD.
Apple makes computers USING the PowerPC - the chips are made by Motorola/IBM. Now granted, you can't get Apple to understand an open hardware platform (anyone remember PREP/CHRP?), but that doesn't mean you can't use the PowerPC in a new platform. Kinda like what Be tried to do initially. It wouldn't be that hard to use current technology to make a PowerPC-based machine that kicks' a Mac's butt, either. I read that it doesn't have DMA?! Geez!
I did several 'previews' on that first post, so let's do that on _this_ one to see if that's what killed my login info...
I posted the above while logged in as Tumbleweed - but I get labeled an AC! Argh. Looks like I've run up a bug in Slashdot...I wonder if THIS post will get the same treatment...
There will be some *really* neat things possible once we start using PC99 or PC2000 spec machines. Get rid of the serial, parallel, PS/2 ports, and ISA slots, and things can get real tiny. Check out the Intel Concept PCs at http://www.intel.com/p ressroom/archive/backgrnd/cn111598.htm!
I've seen this happen often in Navigator when a
site is coded with bad HTML and/or lots of
useless align="left"'s about the place (don't
people realize that in a table cell, that's the
default behavior? *sigh*) It would be great if
people would use something like weblint to
validate the HTML coming out of their super-duper
extra-fancy database.