In this time of specialization, I can just see this becoming an ever increasing problem. The specialization is a very obvious effect of our increasing technology (collectively speaking). There has to be a better way. Any ideas?
It'd be nicer if optical media had kept pace with hard drive storage.
As many Asimov fans will know, many things are possible but not practical.
Would putting 30GB on a !cd be practical for any use other than backups at this point in time? With the read speeds as they are right now, I don't believe so.
But thats beside the point. Why doesnt the "research community" start worrying less about putting a HD onto a cd (again, at this point in time) and start worrying about making HD read speeds / read speeds in general?
Not implying to stop all progress on CPU performance in any way, but these efforts in the long run would be much more fruitful that if we do otherwise.
No.
That desk pictured is not presumably a desk that he would use in his day-to-day activities, they most likely just use it for filming (imagine a gaint studio cam sitting in front of the presidents real desk).
Not thats its that big of a deal, but there is something to be said for the subtle things the US gov does in varying motives.
Anyone else notice the extensive pictures of the Bush family on the desk where he gave his speech? Its crap like this (and other mindplay of the ignorant masses) that really pisses me off...
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In this time of specialization, I can just see this becoming an ever increasing problem. The specialization is a very obvious effect of our increasing technology (collectively speaking). There has to be a better way. Any ideas?
It'd be nicer if optical media had kept pace with hard drive storage.
As many Asimov fans will know, many things are possible but not practical.
Would putting 30GB on a !cd be practical for any use other than backups at this point in time? With the read speeds as they are right now, I don't believe so.
But thats beside the point. Why doesnt the "research community" start worrying less about putting a HD onto a cd (again, at this point in time) and start worrying about making HD read speeds / read speeds in general?
Not implying to stop all progress on CPU performance in any way, but these efforts in the long run would be much more fruitful that if we do otherwise.
No. That desk pictured is not presumably a desk that he would use in his day-to-day activities, they most likely just use it for filming (imagine a gaint studio cam sitting in front of the presidents real desk). Not thats its that big of a deal, but there is something to be said for the subtle things the US gov does in varying motives.
Anyone else notice the extensive pictures of the Bush family on the desk where he gave his speech? Its crap like this (and other mindplay of the ignorant masses) that really pisses me off...