If they could figure out a way to burn CDs faster and at the same time do it cost effectively, then that'd be fine. Your parallel to CPUs is faulty. CPUs are not limited by a physical impossibility (that we've reached yet anyways). Making a faster CD burner isn't just a matter of finding ways to cram more and more transisitors in.
So just buy another CD burner and burn 2 CDs at once. If you want to go really heavy duty, get a rack of 8 SCSI burners or something. It'd probably still be cheaper and more economical than a spinning laser that has to automatically re-focus every microsecond (or whatever).
why not spin the laser in the opposite direction the cd is spinning in
Too expensive, and for what? Is a CD burned in 3 minutes not fast enough for you? Would you be willing to pay 4x as much to burn a CD in only 1.5 minutes?
Ok, there's something here I don't understand. Aren't records made from digital sources? Aren't CDs digital sources?
I've listened to both brand new records and brand new CDs. The only conclusion I could draw is that records sound like crap on the bass (relatively speaking).
shit I wish my great *9 or 10 grandfathers generation had taken a little time out of their primitive lives to think about some kind of solution to this
Figures, blame your elders. It's not like they could do anything about it a hundred years from now or so, right?
I'm sure this will eventually be the way of all telcos, but shouldn't they have waited until the Internet is a little more stable? I'd hate to be blocked off from the rest of the world if a router goes down in Seattle or something. This would be a huge increase in 'net traffic, and knowing Telus' ISP uptime personally, this kind of worries me.
I couldn't find anything in the article, but does anyone know just how close it's going to be compared to usual? Just because it's the closest in 60,000 years or whatever it is doesn't mean that the majority of people could even notice a difference.
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Indeed it is. I'd rather not show you how I do it though.
Well, ok, I'd probably buy it for $200. I was just pulling numbers out of my ass.
So just buy another CD burner and burn 2 CDs at once. If you want to go really heavy duty, get a rack of 8 SCSI burners or something. It'd probably still be cheaper and more economical than a spinning laser that has to automatically re-focus every microsecond (or whatever).
Too expensive, and for what? Is a CD burned in 3 minutes not fast enough for you? Would you be willing to pay 4x as much to burn a CD in only 1.5 minutes?
Why don't you just make an email for registering for stuff like this?
Absolutely nothing to do with all the money and weapons Rumsfeld gave Iraq in the 1980's too, right?
This in particular worries me, considering one of the largest oil reserves in the world is in western Canada.
He said "next time".
Man, I'd love to be the one to hack that network.
Completely off-topic, but that's an awesome song.
I've listened to both brand new records and brand new CDs. The only conclusion I could draw is that records sound like crap on the bass (relatively speaking).
Yeah, but did you hear the ripped mp3? You can barely tell what it is.
We did it in high school chemistry too. I'm in Canada, though.
Unless, of course, you're just being sarcastic, in which case disregard this comment.
I honestly can't tell if you're joking or not.
Figures, blame your elders. It's not like they could do anything about it a hundred years from now or so, right?
Speak for yourself, Mr. Social. Signed, A social reject
I think you're thinking too hard about this.
I'm sure this will eventually be the way of all telcos, but shouldn't they have waited until the Internet is a little more stable? I'd hate to be blocked off from the rest of the world if a router goes down in Seattle or something. This would be a huge increase in 'net traffic, and knowing Telus' ISP uptime personally, this kind of worries me.
Ah, thanks.
I couldn't find anything in the article, but does anyone know just how close it's going to be compared to usual? Just because it's the closest in 60,000 years or whatever it is doesn't mean that the majority of people could even notice a difference.
Someone in the middle of saying "program" but dying before they can finish. Famous last words. Get it? *nudge nudge*
The troll mod still baffles me though...
(Note to network experts who might read this post: I don't actually know all the OCs, I was just guessing.)