In LA in the late 80s. I thought aliens were invading. The sun had set but still illuminated the upper atmosphere, where a strangely large greenish globe of glowing gas gently expanded while a small bright object traveled remarkably slowly through its center. People had stopped and were watching as alertly as I was -- seriously, it was one of those slightly spine-tingling moments when you believe something impossible and possibly very bad might be happening...
The next day the newspaper had a short piece about a launch from Vandenberg causing it. Or so they say...
I can buy 8GB USB memory sticks for $16 bucks now, and even 16Gb sticks for under $40 from Here [supermediastore.com] for example, which are rewritable and a lot more indestructible (no scratch worries), why would I want a blu-ray drive for data storage?
As someone who bought an original 128K Mac many years back, seeing Moore's Law this far out is pretty astounding.
Even if it's just slowing down, it's still amazing to see it borne out.
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In LA in the late 80s. I thought aliens were invading. The sun had set but still illuminated the upper atmosphere, where a strangely large greenish globe of glowing gas gently expanded while a small bright object traveled remarkably slowly through its center. People had stopped and were watching as alertly as I was -- seriously, it was one of those slightly spine-tingling moments when you believe something impossible and possibly very bad might be happening... The next day the newspaper had a short piece about a launch from Vandenberg causing it. Or so they say...
"Nescient" is a new word for me -- thank you!
I worked at Disney in the 90s and that is exactly what they were called.
It's like the anonymity of the vote -- there is no true liberty without it.
That is the most righteous link I've ever clicked through from /.
P.S.: The current Apple laptops are also PCs. It doesn't make sense to claim that a Windows laptop is a PC while the Apple laptop is something else.
For free, via Bootcamp, but even better, simultaneous OS X, Windows, Linux and everything else VMWare gets you for $40 after rebate.
To quote someone famous, "Republicans are terrified of dying poor."
Can you help us with that quote? No luck with "Republicans are terrified of dying poor" at Google, except this post, as of now.
As somebody once said (forget who): "A foolish consistency is the hobglobin of little minds..."
Emerson.
http://www.emersoncentral.com/selfreliance.htm
Isn't that what Apple's doing with 10.6 too? Maturation...?
I can buy 8GB USB memory sticks for $16 bucks now, and even 16Gb sticks for under $40 from Here [supermediastore.com] for example, which are rewritable and a lot more indestructible (no scratch worries), why would I want a blu-ray drive for data storage?
As someone who bought an original 128K Mac many years back, seeing Moore's Law this far out is pretty astounding. Even if it's just slowing down, it's still amazing to see it borne out.
We should shoot for the Lagrange Points.
(Score: 6, Best Use of Overused Internet Meme.)
God, you have a lot of time on your hands.
"the cost of solar panels reflects it" Slow day at the news desk.
Ask Metafilter (and Metafilter) are a lot more fun, too, even if you have to claw your way through a lot of smart, youngish ire.
I'm having a bunch of fun with this.... http://whatisthelsd.com/