IBM already ships dedicated Crypto Processors on big platforms (i.e. Mainframe). I figure it will only be time before chip prices get low enough that folks can afford to do so on smaller platforms, eventually leading to game consoles. You figure this way the game processor can do it's thing and the crypto processor can be integrated into the read ahead/buffering subsystem of the IO.
Assuming that by "wheel" they mean some mechanism that allows locomotion, then I would say skis qualify as being the same shape as the "road" including the little flare out at the tip where you can walk into the lodge and grab something warm, and a drink too.
Ignoring the technological improvements which have already been mentioned, scientifically, going to the moon got us proof that the moon was spawned from the Earth. The rocks that proved it were found by astronauts doing field geology. It's unlikely that a rover would have spotted the rocks in question the "Genesis" rocks since AFAIR they were located very near a craters edge, which might be deemed "too dangerous".
Switch to Mars, the rovers are great, but what if a fossil proving past life on Mars were just 1 degree outside it's field of view, or "underneath" one of those cool blueberry rocks. Look how long it's taken them to climb a silly hill. Don't get me wrong it's very impressive what they have done, but the rate of progress is slow.
These are the kind of reasons you need to put boots on the ground.
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IBM already ships dedicated Crypto Processors on big platforms (i.e. Mainframe). I figure it will only be time before chip prices get low enough that folks can afford to do so on smaller platforms, eventually leading to game consoles. You figure this way the game processor can do it's thing and the crypto processor can be integrated into the read ahead/buffering subsystem of the IO.
Assuming that by "wheel" they mean some mechanism that allows locomotion, then I would say skis qualify as being the same shape as the "road" including the little flare out at the tip where you can walk into the lodge and grab something warm, and a drink too.
Ignoring the technological improvements which have already been mentioned, scientifically, going to the moon got us proof that the moon was spawned from the Earth. The rocks that proved it were found by astronauts doing field geology. It's unlikely that a rover would have spotted the rocks in question the "Genesis" rocks since AFAIR they were located very near a craters edge, which might be deemed "too dangerous".
Switch to Mars, the rovers are great, but what if a fossil proving past life on Mars were just 1 degree outside it's field of view, or "underneath" one of those cool blueberry rocks. Look how long it's taken them to climb a silly hill. Don't get me wrong it's very impressive what they have done, but the rate of progress is slow.
These are the kind of reasons you need to put boots on the ground.