Because it seems all this encrypting and decrypting will require some robust computing power, I hope my next DVD player has a PIII 1.5 Ghz processor running Win98 so my DVD player can crash as often as my desktop computer.
I've heard the term "leap-frogging" used to describe poorer nations that are using advanced technologies like cell-phones so as not to have to create physical infrastructure like land-line based phones.
This is the same process for many other technologies including computers and wireless networks -- in a way these countries have western nations beat because they don't have legacy systems (and whole economies like telco's and cable companies) built on 'land-based' technologies.
Sometimes we make such poor choices in the name of supporting existing infrastructure (don't get me going about gas-guzzling cars)...
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Because it seems all this encrypting and decrypting will require some robust computing power, I hope my next DVD player has a PIII 1.5 Ghz processor running Win98 so my DVD player can crash as often as my desktop computer.
Web surfing in flight is already happening. Air Canada just completed a pilot project through a company called Tenzing.
http://www.tenzing.com/
... Intel has proven it can't make a decent video card -- why should Nvidia be able to make a processor?
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I've heard the term "leap-frogging" used to describe poorer nations that are using advanced technologies like cell-phones so as not to have to create physical infrastructure like land-line based phones.
This is the same process for many other technologies including computers and wireless networks -- in a way these countries have western nations beat because they don't have legacy systems (and whole economies like telco's and cable companies) built on 'land-based' technologies.
Sometimes we make such poor choices in the name of supporting existing infrastructure (don't get me going about gas-guzzling cars)...