Imagine having a hard disk with a capacity of 2,000 TB. Using a SATA 3.0 bus with a sustained maximum throughput of 600 MiB/s, it would still take over 37 days to read or write the entire device.
By the time this atomic scale HD hits the consumer sphere - if they do, it'll be something like 20+ years from now - I'm sure by then (2030+) they would have parallel version of SATA 9.0 that can read the entire 2ExaByte content in like 0.2 milsec
like children working in coal mines and toxic garbage dumps.... just like children do in asia
To the editors of Slashdot:
As a long time Slashdot member, I need to file an official complaint regarding the message I am replying to.
The above kind of racist bullshit does NOT belong in Slashdot !!
I am not for censorship.
But if the poster of the above message wants to continue to post in Slashdot, please make sure that he does not post any more of his racist bullshit here.
Racist bullshit does not do any good to anyone in Slashdot.
Out of the Hundreds of Thousands, if not Millions, of qualified candidates, from all races, men and women, is it mere coincidence that they choose a black female to lead this program?
The news-worthiness of the entire article boils down to Political Correctness
A race to the bottom may result in a lower-quality experience, if the user happens to have a high expectation.
That says, we need to understand that the users of this $35 computer are from India, and although not everyone in India is poor, many of the Indians still don't get to own much to begin with.
One more important thing that will affect the experience thing is the software.
If the apps (including the OS) runs on the $35 computer are bloatwares, they will surely add to the frustration of the users.
So, in other words, the people who are behind this $35 computer project better come up with super-efficient apps in order to not let down the users too much.
Background: I am originally from India, one of the original outsourcers and have seen, with mine [sic] own eyes, the precipitous fall in quality of the offshore developers.
Sir, I find it a little bit unnerving to read what you have written.
Especially the point which you railed against outsourcing when you yourself had benefited from the same outsourcing phenomena.
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...Internet users are worthless human trash with no morals.
Are you saying that the Internet users from China re "worthless human trash with no morals"?
To the Slashdot editors, how long are you guys going to tolerate this type of racist garbage?
Never mind the IP addresses, I wondered if they were running out of Chinese names, and found this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1554330/Too-many-Wangs-as-China-runs-out-of-names.html
There are about 50,000 unique Chinese characters, and the Chinese names are made out of the combinations of those 50,000 unique Chinese characters
On the other hand, the "West" as it is, has too many of its own "John Brown" / "Mary Smith"
... we get inundated by all sorts of racist diatribes
And as if this is not enough, those racist diatribes got modded up "Funny" !
Is this Slashdot all about, a site for racists to spew their totally incoherent diatribes ??
Hope that this will be the first of many many defeats Apple will face in the future
I've had enough of patent trolling, no matter if it comes from Microsoft or Apple
come on, it's an ionospheric research instrument, for heaven's sake!
Ionospheric research, huh?
Now please tell us, how would one go about doing "ionospheric research" with ultra-strength particle beams pointing skyward?
Imagine having a hard disk with a capacity of 2,000 TB. Using a SATA 3.0 bus with a sustained maximum throughput of 600 MiB/s, it would still take over 37 days to read or write the entire device.
By the time this atomic scale HD hits the consumer sphere - if they do, it'll be something like 20+ years from now - I'm sure by then (2030+) they would have parallel version of SATA 9.0 that can read the entire 2ExaByte content in like 0.2 milsec
When will the MAFIAA actually do the world a favour and go after the real pirates?
Whoa, waitag*ddamminit !!!
Do you want MAFIAA to sue themselves???
Come to think of it, who are behaving like pirates in this case?
The Irish Government or the MAFIAA & Co. ?
To use the service, people have to OPT IN --- which means, they have to
CONSCIOUSLY MAKE THE DECISION,
KEY IN THE CORRECT INFO AND
CLICK THE RIGHT BUTTON,
before they are allowed to use the service.
All Google does - and I am not employed by Google or any of its associates - in this case, is to offer a service.
To say that Google is "evil" in this case is like saying the late Mother Teresa did what she did for the sake of publicity.
What has Google's offer of "'Search Plus Your World" got to do with Microsoft's bundling of IE ?
Can someone educate me, please ??
like children working in coal mines and toxic garbage dumps.... just like children do in asia
To the editors of Slashdot:
As a long time Slashdot member, I need to file an official complaint regarding the message I am replying to.
The above kind of racist bullshit does NOT belong in Slashdot !!
I am not for censorship.
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Racist bullshit does not do any good to anyone in Slashdot.
Thank you for reading !
Out of the Hundreds of Thousands, if not Millions, of qualified candidates, from all races, men and women, is it mere coincidence that they choose a black female to lead this program?
The news-worthiness of the entire article boils down to Political Correctness
A lot of the great ideas the founding fathers had at the beginning are pretty much gone now.
A lot?
Would you mind listing out which great ideas the founding fathers had in mind of is still left in the great U. S. of A. ?
Now that they have written the law to legally KILL you if you choose to NOT bow down to them.
All they need is to label you a "Terrorist" and you're basically cooked.
Excessive entertainment over the tube is one of the lead causes of the downfall of the Western nations.
Turn on the tube if you don't believe me, flip some channels, see how many of the programs are of any value in the first place?
No wonder over 90% of the American high school graduates can't even pinpoint their own country - the United States of America - on the world map.
They have been dumbed down by the entertainment industry.
I feel bad for the artists and other content creators, but I suspect they'll survive the transition better than the parasites.
Think again !
Average stage lifespan for a garden-variety artist is 3 years.
Those parasites have lived much more than that.
The folks on Capital Hill don't listen to the common people.
Their only master is the 1% who can pay them.
From patent trolls to perpetual copyrights to SOPA to ..... those a_holes in Capital Hills are killing American ingenuity as we know it.
If they go toe to toe with the US over the straight [sic] they'll have no backers.
Yep, they sure will end up having the bend
A race to the bottom may result in a lower-quality experience, if the user happens to have a high expectation.
That says, we need to understand that the users of this $35 computer are from India, and although not everyone in India is poor, many of the Indians still don't get to own much to begin with.
One more important thing that will affect the experience thing is the software.
If the apps (including the OS) runs on the $35 computer are bloatwares, they will surely add to the frustration of the users.
So, in other words, the people who are behind this $35 computer project better come up with super-efficient apps in order to not let down the users too much.
... it would end up in the pasta sauce, with tomato puree
Don't ignore the fact that they can close the Straight [sic] of Hormuz which would choke off the oil supply coming out of THE LARGEST oil supplier.
Am I sensing FEAR from the Americans?
America, allow me to ask you a question:
What is the use of having and continue to pay to maintain the most powerful navy on earth when Iran can choke the Strait of Hormuz whenever she wants?
Is FB's JIT PHP open sourced?
Just wait, China !
Bill Gate will give you Blue Screen of Nuclear Death !!
Background: I am originally from India, one of the original outsourcers and have seen, with mine [sic] own eyes, the precipitous fall in quality of the offshore developers.
Sir, I find it a little bit unnerving to read what you have written.
Especially the point which you railed against outsourcing when you yourself had benefited from the same outsourcing phenomena.
Without outsourcing, where would you be?
Still in India?
You're an idiot. Come back later, after you've created something of value that other people want to use to their profit, to no profit of yours.
And yes, I have actually created the said something of value.
You fucktards always want others to give you what they make, for no payment. You weaken our society and drive us toward mediocrity. You sicken me.
The above came from one Anonymous Coward
How much credence should I give that guy, that he or she had "created something of value" ?
If "Democracy" is so good, so perfect, why can't the Indians elect someone with more integrity?