Anyone else read Stephen Baxter? In nearly all his stories (very hard sci-fi), there are 'softscreens' which are essentually these paper displays
His stories are usually set 5-10 years in the future, which would put him pretty close to the mark on this technology.
I do wonder about the power supply though. Seeing that I can barely get a day's worth of stand-by on my cell phone with a tiny text screen it seems keep these things powered up might require an equally revolutionary energy store.
It would be intersting to see a chart that compares usenet traffic alongside the number of porn sites on the web
Sadly, I would guess there was probably a fairly large exodus from usenet once relatively free (ad supported) porn sites started becoming commonplace
Doesn't J.C. post here? Might he not be a little miffed at the unnecessary backlash and flood of emails he will likely get due to the editor's inability to RTFA?
I hope so.
With this, and cell phones the size of postage stamps that can stream live video, we are reaching a point where people are going to have to assume they are being recorded or filmed at all times.
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interesting... however i sure do hope they come up with another term for it then 'e-ink', saying that aloud makes me sound like i'm from fargo
Anyone else read Stephen Baxter? In nearly all his stories (very hard sci-fi), there are 'softscreens' which are essentually these paper displays His stories are usually set 5-10 years in the future, which would put him pretty close to the mark on this technology. I do wonder about the power supply though. Seeing that I can barely get a day's worth of stand-by on my cell phone with a tiny text screen it seems keep these things powered up might require an equally revolutionary energy store.
It would be intersting to see a chart that compares usenet traffic alongside the number of porn sites on the web Sadly, I would guess there was probably a fairly large exodus from usenet once relatively free (ad supported) porn sites started becoming commonplace
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The 90's called... they want their jokes back
Doesn't J.C. post here? Might he not be a little miffed at the unnecessary backlash and flood of emails he will likely get due to the editor's inability to RTFA? I hope so.
With this, and cell phones the size of postage stamps that can stream live video, we are reaching a point where people are going to have to assume they are being recorded or filmed at all times.
What is your parrent's email address, I want to let them know your /. user ID so they can track your karma too