> MTBF > 100,000 Hours at Full Load, 110VAC and 25 C Ambient Condition
(100,000/24)/365 = 11.4 years
That's at full load, so most likely you'll get quite a bit longer. Even so, you will have long given up on your PC by 2015.
Oh, heck no. Look at the specs: 70% efficiency.
The guy above is right: spam hawking a 350w supply.
70% efficiency means you lose 30% of the power between the wall outlet and your DC power. It's wasted in ramping down to the voltages your PC can use. It does not mean you only get 70% of the rating.
You're missing the point - the driving force behind it. No one really cares if some minority wants simple things. Most consumers are morons that base their buying decisions on flashing lights.
Cell phone manufacturers need new features or Joe Consumer has no reason to buy a new phone. No new phone sales = no new money.
Additionally, service providers need new things to charge you for and new reasons to get you to sign up for long-term contracts. They love the fact that they can charge you $1 to send the visual equivalent of "a thousand words" when in fact it costs them approximately the same as seconds of audio information. Same goes for IM, ring tones, etc.
The more you use your phone, which is directly proportional to the number of things you use your phone for - the more things they can charge you for.
The next big thing I believe will be online (over-the-phone) gaming. I'm surprised it has taken this long. I imagine Tetris (Tron, etc) over the phone would even hook a fair number of I-don't-want-features nerds.
Frankly, I think comparing OSs on average uptimes is about the same as comparing cars strictly on their maximum sustainable engine RPM.
While I agree on some level, it's more akin to comparing them based on the average mileage before engine failure. Not a car guy eh?
i'll tell you at exactly what speed a motorcyclist's head hits the pavement. say they're travelling at 120kmph. his/her head hits the pavement at 120kmph.
now if you want to talk about force, there's still no need for gps.
Thomas Edison was by and large merely a thief. He is hardly worthy of quotation. If you want to learn about someone who embodied the pure pursuit of ideas - not profit, try Nikola Tesla.
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> MTBF > 100,000 Hours at Full Load, 110VAC and 25 C Ambient Condition
(100,000/24)/365 = 11.4 years
That's at full load, so most likely you'll get quite a bit longer. Even so, you will have long given up on your PC by 2015.
Oh, heck no. Look at the specs: 70% efficiency.
The guy above is right: spam hawking a 350w supply.
70% efficiency means you lose 30% of the power between the wall outlet and your DC power. It's wasted in ramping down to the voltages your PC can use. It does not mean you only get 70% of the rating.
You're missing the point - the driving force behind it. No one really cares if some minority wants simple things. Most consumers are morons that base their buying decisions on flashing lights.
Cell phone manufacturers need new features or Joe Consumer has no reason to buy a new phone. No new phone sales = no new money.
Additionally, service providers need new things to charge you for and new reasons to get you to sign up for long-term contracts. They love the fact that they can charge you $1 to send the visual equivalent of "a thousand words" when in fact it costs them approximately the same as seconds of audio information. Same goes for IM, ring tones, etc.
The more you use your phone, which is directly proportional to the number of things you use your phone for - the more things they can charge you for.
The next big thing I believe will be online (over-the-phone) gaming. I'm surprised it has taken this long. I imagine Tetris (Tron, etc) over the phone would even hook a fair number of I-don't-want-features nerds.
Frankly, I think comparing OSs on average uptimes is about the same as comparing cars strictly on their maximum sustainable engine RPM. While I agree on some level, it's more akin to comparing them based on the average mileage before engine failure. Not a car guy eh?
i'll tell you at exactly what speed a motorcyclist's head hits the pavement. say they're travelling at 120kmph. his/her head hits the pavement at 120kmph. now if you want to talk about force, there's still no need for gps.
...then by your argument nothing has any color because it simply refracts/reflects certain colors of light.
Thomas Edison was by and large merely a thief. He is hardly worthy of quotation. If you want to learn about someone who embodied the pure pursuit of ideas - not profit, try Nikola Tesla.