How many people they had to kick for spoiling the fun and and getting free kills?
It's next to impossible to find a (FPS) game with friendly fire enabled that you don't find kiddies shooting you in the back for fun - let alone not shooting the other team..
Well having a 100TB drive might sound lovely, but if our movies are still going to be limited to DVD size (or the future of DVD sizes? Lets say 100GB) it's not going to offer any great improvements in this area..
I don't know much about this field but "heat-assisted magnetic recording" doesn't sound like it's going to be easily transformed into protable media..
Then the other question is: Backups.. When I have 100TB of data on my HDD, what will I use to back it up? That's one long tape I'm going to need! (I know there are tape solutions for large quantities of data like this at the moment, but they are not *small* and inexpensive compared to say 100GB backups..)
OK, not the "cheap" option, and probably not the option for the highest quality sound.. But it sure is useful!
I managed to find software: MJ-Tools which enabled me to load files from Linux to my Handspring Visor Prism's "MiniJam" MP3 player. I love the fact that it has two slots for MMCs!
Looks like the year 2370 or so we'll still only have a few petrabytes of storage available on our Space Stations!! In "Our Man, Bashir" they had to wipe nearly all of DS9's computers to store the brain patterns of the Defiants crew..
In Australia where DSL and Cable are all but non existant, Satellite is a good option. Several providers now offer this service, and for people out of town like myself, this is about the only high speed option.
The price of it is very competitive too, apart from the initial setup costs that is.. For a permanent connection with a 300mb download limit from one provider is about AUD$60 a month, where their modem access is about AUD$30 a month.
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How many people they had to kick for spoiling the fun and and getting free kills?
It's next to impossible to find a (FPS) game with friendly fire enabled that you don't find kiddies shooting you in the back for fun - let alone not shooting the other team..
*Oops, trigger slipped*
Although the "Spare Drive" argument may be the "cheap" option it isn't nesc. the best for backups..
:P
Issues such as physical damage (much harder to damage a tape). Life span and security all point towards more proven "backup solutions"...
Too bad if you're merrily carrying a box of 50 hdds home from work and you happen to drop it
Well having a 100TB drive might sound lovely, but if our movies are still going to be limited to DVD size (or the future of DVD sizes? Lets say 100GB) it's not going to offer any great improvements in this area..
I don't know much about this field but "heat-assisted magnetic recording" doesn't sound like it's going to be easily transformed into protable media..
Then the other question is: Backups.. When I have 100TB of data on my HDD, what will I use to back it up? That's one long tape I'm going to need! (I know there are tape solutions for large quantities of data like this at the moment, but they are not *small* and inexpensive compared to say 100GB backups..)
I survived my college years on Jolt Cola.. I'm not sure it helped my Chronic Fatigue Syndrome though :(
:(
Jolt Cola -- If only they had "Order a Keg online"
OK, not the "cheap" option, and probably not the option for the highest quality sound.. But it sure is useful!
I managed to find software: MJ-Tools which enabled me to load files from Linux to my Handspring Visor Prism's "MiniJam" MP3 player. I love the fact that it has two slots for MMCs!
Sounds like something out of the great Sci-Fi series The Reality Dysfunction (Peter F. Hamilton).
:) The "HyperSonic MultiMedia System" is next perhaps???
Only that was directed video and audio
I just wish he'd posted a model of his design for us all to use :)
*Starts dreaming up a nice little logo for the side of his case*
Or is it invite only? 3000 places wont go far..
Looks like the year 2370 or so we'll still only have a few petrabytes of storage available on our Space Stations!! In "Our Man, Bashir" they had to wipe nearly all of DS9's computers to store the brain patterns of the Defiants crew..
In Australia where DSL and Cable are all but non existant, Satellite is a good option. Several providers now offer this service, and for people out of town like myself, this is about the only high speed option.
The price of it is very competitive too, apart from the initial setup costs that is.. For a permanent connection with a 300mb download limit from one provider is about AUD$60 a month, where their modem access is about AUD$30 a month.