I think that it's hard to say what the next RAM will be. I think with the new things that are coming out every day we can't really predict what the next RAM will be. We may look at the current possibilities and say that one looks like the best possibility, or the best technology. However tomorrow any company could put out a new type of RAM that will revolutionize the market.
It's just a matter of looking at the past. Everyone thought that the old add in cards of RAM that you put in your ISA slots to add another meg of RAM (Remember those days? *shudder*) would last forever. The cards would get bigger and the on-board chips would get larger, but nobody could've really said that SIMM's would take over until they came out and suddenly appeared everywhere. I think the next generation of RAM will be the one that nobody sees right now, the one that is in development at the bottom basement of some company, just waiting to be released. Sorta like DUST PUPPY!
First I would like to say that I am most impressed with the amount of restraint Taco-Man has shown in not linking.
However I would also like to give a congrats to the Debian People. I think it's time to take out the third partition of Red Hat and try some Debian (Slackware and Caldera are the others).
I'm just waiting for a system to come out that will break the "multiple handheld" platform. It seems that true breakthrough comes when these companies finally put together a system of making things work together. I want to be able to send a program from my Palm to the iPAQ. That's gonna be the truly needed breakthrough.
Actually it's been hard to compare handheld's straight ability because each has their own platform that doesn't give the ability to compare the speed with which it can do a given operation. For example, Windows CE takes X seconds to load, but there is nothing to compare it to on the Jornada's, just sort of the general impression.
My general impression, the Jornada's are crap with those Windows CE OS on them.
I think that when considering all the options you need to look at freedom to write and freedom to roam. I think that anyone should have the right to write a document that says anything. However, like when I was a kid, my parents had the right to stop me from reading that. Same thing with big companies that want their employees not to look up porn, or a Junior High to stop their kids from looking up the same material.
My school had a policy that they protected all their internet travel. However if you found that a document could not be viewed you could inform the school's IT and they would review it and if it was suitable material that got automatically ruled out then you could view it. No big problem.
I think that protection is something that needs to be strong, just remember that freedom of speech does not mandate that someone is out there listening. I could write a great document on how dogs are the evil of the world, it does not mean that someone will read it, however do I have the right to still write it? Yes, of course I do, do parents have the right to stop their kids from reading it? Again, yes they do. And finally, does the Dog Lovers of America, Inc. have the right to stop their employees from reading it on company computers? Yet again, yes. Freedom of speech will always be limited, but it shouldn't be limited at the source.
Uhm, call me crazy, but isn't this sort of a dumb idea? I mean now you can have a hacker record eight hours of porn for you while your five year old is waiting to watch their transformers.
Oh wait, unless Microsoft handles security, then it will be fully protected, LIKE HOTMAIL! BWA-HAHAHA. Actually, then it won't even take a hacker, it will just take some five year old.
Yet again score another one for stupid ideas that seem nifty. It's all about gadgets. I can't imagine that many people who would really use this thing. But then again I could be wrong, maybe everyone will. Just don't blame me when your five year old asks why they're screaming so much.
I think it's amazing how big companies seem to believe that they can sue over any little thing. I mean they'll sue a 5-year-old for a domain name. Will the madness never end?
I think that these companies need to relax and stop getting so lawyer happy. Actually maybe we could limit the number of lawsuits you could have in a year. I mean some people or companies end up making a million lawsuits a year. If you limited it to starting a certain amount of lawsuits depending on the size of their company. Some flaws, but whatever, maybe that's just my opinion.
Actually I do wonder if maybe companies start these pointless suits just to get into the news and get their name over there. It probably makes them seem like they have something important that's only for them. Maybe they just have a lawyer on retainer and don't want to waste money. Getting sort of tiring.
Hey! Soon we could start a "lawsuits.slashdot.org" with all of the new suits coming out.
I have notices that most people seem to "oh" and "wow" over the newer faster processor speeds in straight hertz. I have always watched as people compare these new processors when they finally get fully released. Intel seems to always be better in the end.
If you really look at the processor's ability Intel spares nothing for the sake of cost. Speaking as a person who works in the high end computer market I find that Intel is always the processor you see on the high end computers. Although I always get lots of argument, I think Intel just has the lock on high end processors.
But to get back on subject a little, is Via trying to make a run on the high end processor market or are they trying to compete with AMD and Cyrix? I think it will be interesting to see whether they are able to compete in either of the markets.
The article mentions getting into the laptop market. However I think the Transmeta processor that uses variable power will take over the laptop market. I'm curious for what market Via will get into, please let me know what you think.
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I think that it's hard to say what the next RAM will be. I think with the new things that are coming out every day we can't really predict what the next RAM will be. We may look at the current possibilities and say that one looks like the best possibility, or the best technology. However tomorrow any company could put out a new type of RAM that will revolutionize the market.
It's just a matter of looking at the past. Everyone thought that the old add in cards of RAM that you put in your ISA slots to add another meg of RAM (Remember those days? *shudder*) would last forever. The cards would get bigger and the on-board chips would get larger, but nobody could've really said that SIMM's would take over until they came out and suddenly appeared everywhere. I think the next generation of RAM will be the one that nobody sees right now, the one that is in development at the bottom basement of some company, just waiting to be released. Sorta like DUST PUPPY!
First I would like to say that I am most impressed with the amount of restraint Taco-Man has shown in not linking.
However I would also like to give a congrats to the Debian People. I think it's time to take out the third partition of Red Hat and try some Debian (Slackware and Caldera are the others).
I'm just waiting for a system to come out that will break the "multiple handheld" platform. It seems that true breakthrough comes when these companies finally put together a system of making things work together. I want to be able to send a program from my Palm to the iPAQ. That's gonna be the truly needed breakthrough.
Actually it's been hard to compare handheld's straight ability because each has their own platform that doesn't give the ability to compare the speed with which it can do a given operation. For example, Windows CE takes X seconds to load, but there is nothing to compare it to on the Jornada's, just sort of the general impression.
My general impression, the Jornada's are crap with those Windows CE OS on them.
It's amazing. I guess the guys at the teleprompter factory must be happy.
I think that when considering all the options you need to look at freedom to write and freedom to roam. I think that anyone should have the right to write a document that says anything. However, like when I was a kid, my parents had the right to stop me from reading that. Same thing with big companies that want their employees not to look up porn, or a Junior High to stop their kids from looking up the same material.
My school had a policy that they protected all their internet travel. However if you found that a document could not be viewed you could inform the school's IT and they would review it and if it was suitable material that got automatically ruled out then you could view it. No big problem.
I think that protection is something that needs to be strong, just remember that freedom of speech does not mandate that someone is out there listening. I could write a great document on how dogs are the evil of the world, it does not mean that someone will read it, however do I have the right to still write it? Yes, of course I do, do parents have the right to stop their kids from reading it? Again, yes they do. And finally, does the Dog Lovers of America, Inc. have the right to stop their employees from reading it on company computers? Yet again, yes. Freedom of speech will always be limited, but it shouldn't be limited at the source.
Uhm, call me crazy, but isn't this sort of a dumb idea? I mean now you can have a hacker record eight hours of porn for you while your five year old is waiting to watch their transformers.
Oh wait, unless Microsoft handles security, then it will be fully protected, LIKE HOTMAIL! BWA-HAHAHA. Actually, then it won't even take a hacker, it will just take some five year old.
Yet again score another one for stupid ideas that seem nifty. It's all about gadgets. I can't imagine that many people who would really use this thing. But then again I could be wrong, maybe everyone will. Just don't blame me when your five year old asks why they're screaming so much.
I think it's amazing how big companies seem to believe that they can sue over any little thing. I mean they'll sue a 5-year-old for a domain name. Will the madness never end?
I think that these companies need to relax and stop getting so lawyer happy. Actually maybe we could limit the number of lawsuits you could have in a year. I mean some people or companies end up making a million lawsuits a year. If you limited it to starting a certain amount of lawsuits depending on the size of their company. Some flaws, but whatever, maybe that's just my opinion.
Actually I do wonder if maybe companies start these pointless suits just to get into the news and get their name over there. It probably makes them seem like they have something important that's only for them. Maybe they just have a lawyer on retainer and don't want to waste money. Getting sort of tiring.
Hey! Soon we could start a "lawsuits.slashdot.org" with all of the new suits coming out.
I have notices that most people seem to "oh" and "wow" over the newer faster processor speeds in straight hertz. I have always watched as people compare these new processors when they finally get fully released. Intel seems to always be better in the end.
If you really look at the processor's ability Intel spares nothing for the sake of cost. Speaking as a person who works in the high end computer market I find that Intel is always the processor you see on the high end computers. Although I always get lots of argument, I think Intel just has the lock on high end processors.
But to get back on subject a little, is Via trying to make a run on the high end processor market or are they trying to compete with AMD and Cyrix? I think it will be interesting to see whether they are able to compete in either of the markets.
The article mentions getting into the laptop market. However I think the Transmeta processor that uses variable power will take over the laptop market. I'm curious for what market Via will get into, please let me know what you think.