I'm 24, and I remember running Windows 3.0 on my CompuAdd 386 back in the day. Kids these days don't appreciate how far Windows has come (and technology in general);)
I think the question was not literal but more of a general "Why has humanity advanced so far in different aspects but have fallen short on others". We are all aware they are different issues, however it would be nice if other aspects of computing such as bandwidth kept up with hard-drive growth.
Issues can be broken up into three categories: technical, economical, and political.
How problems are solved, and how quickly they can be solved, depends greatly on which category said problem is in.
Disposable credit card numbers (generated either via an application or the credit card issuer website) are the assbackwards implementation of this system.
You also likely live in a small country. Do you have highways where speeds upwards of 80MPH are possible that are being shared with bicycle/pedestrian traffic?
As I'm sure you're aware, it's quite easy to prove the radar or laser measurement device didn't get the correct speed (any $50-$200/hr lawyer can easily do this). It's great to have a felony "Oh-won't-someone-think-of-the-children!" law, now try to get a device that can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that car X was traveling at X speed.
Depending on how long refueling took, he should've looked into on-road refueling (which, honestly, isn't that difficult with no traffic around). Sure, you can't do 90 when you're doing it, but at least you can be traveling at around 55-60mph, keeping your average speed up.
Amazon's size. They're finally turning a profit (and a fairly decent one at that), and as such, their muscle is growing. Eventually, they'll be able to say "If you don't let us sell non-DRM digital downloads, we're pulling your entire catalog from our marketplace (physical and digital media).
You can actually be in the middle of the sea on a ship and transfer all your server backups or download a GNU/Linux distro and burn it while you are on an island or a mountain - provided there is coverage and you have enough batteries with you in your backpack or trolley.
Correction: You can do all of the above, even at sea, as long as you're in range of a cell tower on an island. Also, your speed will be limited by the backhaul connection the tower has available to it.
I'm hoping for chipsets that support both bands for UTMS (T-mobile an AT&T) as well as the inclusion of Wi-Fi chipsets, to support T-Mobile's GSM over IP technology. I just got the new Blackberry Curve from them with the Wi-Fi chipset built in, and it's quite cool to be in a basement with no GSM signal and only Wi-Fi signal, and I'm still able to make/receive calls, emails, etc.
No, it's different. Verizon and AT&T run completely different network protocols (CDMA and GSM, respectively). With T-Mobile and AT&T moving to UTMS for higher wireless speeds, it's the same protocol, but the frequencies used by both companies are in completely different bands.
In the future, it may not matter (just as there are quad-band GSM phones now, so they work anywhere), but in the beginning, you'll probably be tied to one carrier or the other, simply because of the slice of frequencies they were handed.
Now think about this. You saved some electricity by switching to flash, as well as heat output. What happens when Google does a cost benefit and sees how much power they could save across their entire cluster farm in both energy usage and heat, and swaps everything out. It's going to be a great energy conservation benefit, as well as help bring down the cost of flash (economy of scale).
I just checked with T-Mobile customer service, and right now they're only offering the option for postpaid customers (not prepaid). The customer service rep mentioned that they are looking to expand the feature to prepaid users at sometime in the future.
I'm currently working with a couple of guys deployed in Iraq who have T-mobile so that they can use their own phones out there. I should probably detail all the tech details about our we work with GSM over IP on a web site somewhere....(perhaps when I get some free time).
I think a lot of people are missing the fact that a lot of third world countries (India, China, most parts of South Africa) are well on their way towards becoming first world countries much more quickly then usual (compared to the US and Europe). Once more and more citizens of these parts of the world come online, Wikipedia should see a surge in activity (although perhaps limited to the language(s) of the citizens' country, and not the English wiki in general).
Robot equipment would perform the maintenance, powered by the array itself. When not working (although, they would probably ALWAYS be working), the robotic equipment would charge. Think of them as an army of advanced Roombas.
As another poster said, if this was simply brute force, ASIC hardware would be your best bet (custom hardware, same as that which the EFF used to show DES to be extremely weak in this day and age). With FPGAs, you could not only do brute force searches, but as the algorithms involved evolved (i.e. learned better methods), the FPGAs could be reconfigured by the control software (thereby increasing the speed of analysis). The question is, would the algorithm evolve to the point where it would be faster using FPGAs then a simple brute force attack with ASIC hardware.
Most (if not all games) can be boiled down to mathematical models (this does not apply to things like soccer, football, etc. of course). Right now, we simply don't have the computing power to evaluate all the possible Go game branches fast enough. Give it 5-10 years. Just as IBM's supercomputer was able to go head to head with a grandmaster, soon processing power (as well as memory and other support systems required) will push past what is needed for Go to be evaluated extremely fast in silicon.
Dude, I solo'd a Cessna 172 with 15 hours of flight time with an instructor. Sure, it didn't mean I had my license, but once you solo you can fly by yourself with only a small amount of restrictions.
And tying that together with Google(TM) Applications (and I do mean all of them: Search, Gmail, Apps, etc) means you would be able to run a thin client for a majority of day to day tasks.
As I said, I performed the operation for someone, not myself. I'm well aware that without the OnStar unit, the GPS antenna isn't going to be operating.
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I can now watch Heroes 2 days after it airs on Netflix (with no commercials). That's a pretty good deal to me.
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Issues can be broken up into three categories: technical, economical, and political.
How problems are solved, and how quickly they can be solved, depends greatly on which category said problem is in.
Disposable credit card numbers (generated either via an application or the credit card issuer website) are the assbackwards implementation of this system.
You also likely live in a small country. Do you have highways where speeds upwards of 80MPH are possible that are being shared with bicycle/pedestrian traffic?
They were chasing a rare reverse-trend storm, and therefore need to keep up with it, as they only happen once every 5-7 years =)
As I'm sure you're aware, it's quite easy to prove the radar or laser measurement device didn't get the correct speed (any $50-$200/hr lawyer can easily do this). It's great to have a felony "Oh-won't-someone-think-of-the-children!" law, now try to get a device that can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that car X was traveling at X speed.
Depending on how long refueling took, he should've looked into on-road refueling (which, honestly, isn't that difficult with no traffic around). Sure, you can't do 90 when you're doing it, but at least you can be traveling at around 55-60mph, keeping your average speed up.
People who don't whine on Slashdot? Surely you jest. Soon you'll ask water to not be wet.
It pays to be the gatekeeper to the consumer.
Correction: You can do all of the above, even at sea, as long as you're in range of a cell tower on an island. Also, your speed will be limited by the backhaul connection the tower has available to it.
Shhhhh! They may not know we know!
I'm hoping for chipsets that support both bands for UTMS (T-mobile an AT&T) as well as the inclusion of Wi-Fi chipsets, to support T-Mobile's GSM over IP technology. I just got the new Blackberry Curve from them with the Wi-Fi chipset built in, and it's quite cool to be in a basement with no GSM signal and only Wi-Fi signal, and I'm still able to make/receive calls, emails, etc.
In the future, it may not matter (just as there are quad-band GSM phones now, so they work anywhere), but in the beginning, you'll probably be tied to one carrier or the other, simply because of the slice of frequencies they were handed.
Firing hard drives using a rail gun. I would've never thought of that as a weapons system.
Now think about this. You saved some electricity by switching to flash, as well as heat output. What happens when Google does a cost benefit and sees how much power they could save across their entire cluster farm in both energy usage and heat, and swaps everything out. It's going to be a great energy conservation benefit, as well as help bring down the cost of flash (economy of scale).
I'm currently working with a couple of guys deployed in Iraq who have T-mobile so that they can use their own phones out there. I should probably detail all the tech details about our we work with GSM over IP on a web site somewhere....(perhaps when I get some free time).
I think a lot of people are missing the fact that a lot of third world countries (India, China, most parts of South Africa) are well on their way towards becoming first world countries much more quickly then usual (compared to the US and Europe). Once more and more citizens of these parts of the world come online, Wikipedia should see a surge in activity (although perhaps limited to the language(s) of the citizens' country, and not the English wiki in general).
Robot equipment would perform the maintenance, powered by the array itself. When not working (although, they would probably ALWAYS be working), the robotic equipment would charge. Think of them as an army of advanced Roombas.
As another poster said, if this was simply brute force, ASIC hardware would be your best bet (custom hardware, same as that which the EFF used to show DES to be extremely weak in this day and age). With FPGAs, you could not only do brute force searches, but as the algorithms involved evolved (i.e. learned better methods), the FPGAs could be reconfigured by the control software (thereby increasing the speed of analysis). The question is, would the algorithm evolve to the point where it would be faster using FPGAs then a simple brute force attack with ASIC hardware.
Most (if not all games) can be boiled down to mathematical models (this does not apply to things like soccer, football, etc. of course). Right now, we simply don't have the computing power to evaluate all the possible Go game branches fast enough. Give it 5-10 years. Just as IBM's supercomputer was able to go head to head with a grandmaster, soon processing power (as well as memory and other support systems required) will push past what is needed for Go to be evaluated extremely fast in silicon.
Dude, I solo'd a Cessna 172 with 15 hours of flight time with an instructor. Sure, it didn't mean I had my license, but once you solo you can fly by yourself with only a small amount of restrictions.
And tying that together with Google(TM) Applications (and I do mean all of them: Search, Gmail, Apps, etc) means you would be able to run a thin client for a majority of day to day tasks.
As I said, I performed the operation for someone, not myself. I'm well aware that without the OnStar unit, the GPS antenna isn't going to be operating.