Sad to say I'm one of the reasons "Fark and Forefox" are killin' Abe (clicked all the links and downloaded the extension, which I've since uninstalled for Abe's sake). Let's not add Slashdot to the mix, alright?
20,000 square miles, huh? I think we need to put that in orbit. Granted, we'd need to restart the Saturn V program first. And then launch a few thousand of them. And hope the microwave beam never misses...Zzzzzt
And what if Microsoft comes up with a new version of the XBox2 a year later? A new version every year? Think of it like this:
XBox2 (Fall 2005): Game console, plays DVDs, connects to the internet.
XBox2 (Fall 2006): Same as above, but adds TV tuner and hard drive for PVR functionality.
XBox2 (Fall 2007): As above, but with an HDTV tuner and a bigger hard drive. Plays HD-DVDs.
MS wants to dominate the home media market. There's no reason a game console has to be a static, unchanging product; they can keep adding features, as long as it plays games the same way. That also justifies keeping the price high.
And that means less interference with wireless networks.
When I was a college student, my PC was my stereo, DVD player, and gaming system, and now it's my television as well. I've never tried VOIP, but it could be my phone someday, too.
How many people buy upgrades to their old copies of Windows? How many buy new copies of Windows? I bought an OEM copy of XP when I built my last PC, but I suspect that most users don't "buy" Windows. It comes preinstalled on their computers, and when Longhorn ships, it will be, too.
The only other Windows buyers I can think of are corporate customers, who tend to upgrade slowly anyway.
I'm going to have to disagree with you on a couple of points here.
I have a Windows box that is fully up-to-date and totally clean of spyware. It's stable and pretty damn fast (but then so is the hardware running it). I don't notice much difference performance-wise from when I first built the system six months ago.
I also have a Mac. OS X uses Quartz Extreme and the forthcoming Core Image to put the GUI overhead onto the graphics card. Ever used a Mac with good graphics? It's also pretty damn fast. Older Macs, like my iBook, are slow because they have bad graphics, and the CPU has to do all the work. A dual G5 is fast as hell, but then so is an old G4 with an newer video card.
Yes, that's also why tuner companies can sell replacement ECU chips that dramatically improve a car's performance.
Huh. Cars today are significantly more powerful than cars even ten years ago, with the same hardware. Carmakers won't abandon that hardware as long as they can squeeze 10hp more from it for the next model year.
That prediction seems as accurate as the IBM prediction that there was a worldwide market for 10 or so computers.
Why does that seem far-fetched? Cars today are mechanically similar to the Model T Ford.The only changes that have been added over the years have been for the convenience of the driver, like power windows and auto transmissions.
By 2010, there will be more hybrid cars and (as predicted) more computerized cars. Other than that, I don't think there will be any differences. What does timothy think will be different?
If you like Sci-Fi, you might want to read Aftermath by Charles Sheffield. It's about the effects of a near-Earth supernova. No idea how accurate it is, but hey, it's just a book.
The film Trinity and Beyond has video of this, I think. Incidently, when a nuke detonates in the vacuum of space, it creates no mechanical blast. That is, no shockwave (well, the mass of the weapon itself gets blown outward, but that isn't much). Virtually all of the bomb's energy gets converted into one big electromagnetic pulse. That's how we know about EMP- Starfish-Prime blacked out most of Hawaii.
You're not supposed to put anything on top of it because that's where the wi-fi and bluetooth antennas go. It could block the reception. I guess it might also scratch up the white plastic on the top, but everything Apple makes scratches easily. If you don't use wireless and don't care about scratches you probably won't be able to see anyway, I don't see how setting something on top of the mini could cause a problem.
He said he had not heard of any cases to date however.
Let me know when millions of video-game playing American teenagers develop osteoarthritis. This is a BS study- prolonged anything can potentially hurt you.
I'm thinking that, while the USB controllers in PC's won't be able to read and write at 960Mb/s, hopefully the card writers built into cameras don't need to be so standards-based. Who needs a buffer if the camera can write to the card as fast as you can take pictures?
Yes, and all the Memory Stick formats are only used by Sony, XD is only used by Olympus and Fuji, Smart Media isn't used by anyone (except me, I have an old Olympus camera), CompactFlash and Micro Drive are compatible, Secure Digital and MMC are compatible. UTMA I've never heard of. That narrows it down quite a bit:
Memory Stick CF/MD SD/MMC XD
Two of which, CF/MD and SD/MMC, were used by the vast majority of cameras and other devices last time I checked.
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Well, that's only nine years late for the orbital hotel. Too bad Pan-Am is gone.
I'm glad someone modded that funny. People who think like that deserve to be ridiculed.
Sad to say I'm one of the reasons "Fark and Forefox" are killin' Abe (clicked all the links and downloaded the extension, which I've since uninstalled for Abe's sake). Let's not add Slashdot to the mix, alright?
Putting it in orbit will let you use a comparitivly smaller panel.
True, but while we're thinking outrageously big, why not power the whole planet?
20,000 square miles, huh? I think we need to put that in orbit. Granted, we'd need to restart the Saturn V program first. And then launch a few thousand of them. And hope the microwave beam never misses...Zzzzzt
There's a green power source for you.
And what if Microsoft comes up with a new version of the XBox2 a year later? A new version every year? Think of it like this:
XBox2 (Fall 2005): Game console, plays DVDs, connects to the internet.
XBox2 (Fall 2006): Same as above, but adds TV tuner and hard drive for PVR functionality.
XBox2 (Fall 2007): As above, but with an HDTV tuner and a bigger hard drive. Plays HD-DVDs.
MS wants to dominate the home media market. There's no reason a game console has to be a static, unchanging product; they can keep adding features, as long as it plays games the same way. That also justifies keeping the price high.
And that means less interference with wireless networks.
When I was a college student, my PC was my stereo, DVD player, and gaming system, and now it's my television as well. I've never tried VOIP, but it could be my phone someday, too.
10 years ago most of the televisions at home were black and white, now they are colour.
I'm pretty sure color had been invented by 1995.
How many people buy upgrades to their old copies of Windows? How many buy new copies of Windows? I bought an OEM copy of XP when I built my last PC, but I suspect that most users don't "buy" Windows. It comes preinstalled on their computers, and when Longhorn ships, it will be, too.
The only other Windows buyers I can think of are corporate customers, who tend to upgrade slowly anyway.
A dual-4.6GHz G6 Powermac. I might have to sell my car for one of those (car is only worth $3000).
I'm going to have to disagree with you on a couple of points here.
I have a Windows box that is fully up-to-date and totally clean of spyware. It's stable and pretty damn fast (but then so is the hardware running it). I don't notice much difference performance-wise from when I first built the system six months ago.
I also have a Mac. OS X uses Quartz Extreme and the forthcoming Core Image to put the GUI overhead onto the graphics card. Ever used a Mac with good graphics? It's also pretty damn fast. Older Macs, like my iBook, are slow because they have bad graphics, and the CPU has to do all the work. A dual G5 is fast as hell, but then so is an old G4 with an newer video card.
Yes, that's also why tuner companies can sell replacement ECU chips that dramatically improve a car's performance.
Huh. Cars today are significantly more powerful than cars even ten years ago, with the same hardware. Carmakers won't abandon that hardware as long as they can squeeze 10hp more from it for the next model year.
That prediction seems as accurate as the IBM prediction that there was a worldwide market for 10 or so computers.
Why does that seem far-fetched? Cars today are mechanically similar to the Model T Ford.The only changes that have been added over the years have been for the convenience of the driver, like power windows and auto transmissions.
By 2010, there will be more hybrid cars and (as predicted) more computerized cars. Other than that, I don't think there will be any differences. What does timothy think will be different?
No salesperson would ever try to talk you out of spending more money!
If you like Sci-Fi, you might want to read Aftermath by Charles Sheffield. It's about the effects of a near-Earth supernova. No idea how accurate it is, but hey, it's just a book.
I read that too: the term `central processing unit' includes a case and all of its contents
So, how would this apply to people who build their own computers? If I buy by the part, would I only be taxed on the monitor?
Will a powerline networking signal travel 1000'? If all the buildings have electrical, that would be more secure than wireless.
If money is no limit, run fiber-optic and bury it deep...
Unfortunately, when I searched for "voters" in "Chicago, IL" no cemetaries were returned in the results.
Guess that's why it's still beta.
I'd rather see dirigibles with fluourescents than irradiating the sky
I'd rather they not completely kill off amateur astronomy.
The film Trinity and Beyond has video of this, I think. Incidently, when a nuke detonates in the vacuum of space, it creates no mechanical blast. That is, no shockwave (well, the mass of the weapon itself gets blown outward, but that isn't much). Virtually all of the bomb's energy gets converted into one big electromagnetic pulse. That's how we know about EMP- Starfish-Prime blacked out most of Hawaii.
Do not eat iPod Shuffle.
You're not supposed to put anything on top of it because that's where the wi-fi and bluetooth antennas go. It could block the reception. I guess it might also scratch up the white plastic on the top, but everything Apple makes scratches easily. If you don't use wireless and don't care about scratches you probably won't be able to see anyway, I don't see how setting something on top of the mini could cause a problem.
He said he had not heard of any cases to date however.
Let me know when millions of video-game playing American teenagers develop osteoarthritis. This is a BS study- prolonged anything can potentially hurt you.
I'm thinking that, while the USB controllers in PC's won't be able to read and write at 960Mb/s, hopefully the card writers built into cameras don't need to be so standards-based. Who needs a buffer if the camera can write to the card as fast as you can take pictures?
Yes, and all the Memory Stick formats are only used by Sony, XD is only used by Olympus and Fuji, Smart Media isn't used by anyone (except me, I have an old Olympus camera), CompactFlash and Micro Drive are compatible, Secure Digital and MMC are compatible. UTMA I've never heard of. That narrows it down quite a bit:
Memory Stick
CF/MD
SD/MMC
XD
Two of which, CF/MD and SD/MMC, were used by the vast majority of cameras and other devices last time I checked.