1.)I don't work for Flexbeta, I submitted this article for their contest. Secondly, I used spellcheck nearly 3 times (twice in OpenOffice and once in Google's) but somehow the automatic spellcheck Flexbeta's CMS has somehow changed many of my words into words I never even thought of writing (for example: All mentionings of "automatically" within the article was originally spelled "automagical" in a playful notion).
2.) Explain why the idea of having game verification and profile data on a USB key is dumb again? If your reasoning is based on security and encryption based questioning then think no further because In all actuallity the data on the USB device would be as secure as the same data if it were on a disk.
3.) "No one wants these things." Laugh. Sure buddy boy, you're telling me that no one would buy cases if I sold them with a built in "Skype ready" phone already integrated with the design or if the case had a compartment that held food/misc objects? If you're answer is yes then you would be wrong.
4.) People DO want more things to be wireless. Technically speaking the wireless mice, keyboards and cameras that are available today aren't "wireless" by my standards because you first need a base station that is interfaced with the PC via cables. My idea is to make the need for basestations and cables all together to be rid of. Why don't people read with an unbiased opinion before posting a long opinion about it?
5.) People WANT both. The demand for smaller form factor PCs is overwhelmingly high right now. For a number of reasons, having smaller drives within desktops PCs make sense. A short list of reasons would be: Lower power consumption, lower noise output, smaller form factors could be possible and another is there would be even less unrecyclable waste being produced. I bet you didn't consider those reasons tough as you read my article with an opinion already, right?
6.) My article pales in comparison of your terrible blog. If anything I should thank you for having such a tripe representation of your ideas as it only re-inforces your statement and makes my article look somewhat better than what it really is.
I would hate for this to go down into a lowly argument of who's got the better grammar and spelling skills and intellectual masturbation so I openly encourage any further serious questions and arguments to carry over to email. I honestly would love to discuss this more with anyone that emails me. Get a chance to hear me out or have something clarified before you openly spew another flamepost.
You clearly didn't read my article because if you had then you wouldn't of said a word about the USB key idea nor the combination of different devices with the PC case. I wasn't discussing those specific ideas (food dispenser or bottle opener) but rather the idea of incorporating more functionality into cases (again, if you had read the whole thing, you would of realized this).
I appreciate your input though and perhaps I might actually spend a week or so doing a thorough investigatory op ed on this subject when you offer me the money to do so. Until then, have fun waisting your obviously genius mind on offensive and abusive statements to people that like to share their opinions on the internet, you truly are using that massive brain of your for good.
Anyone remember the prospect of quantum computing becoming commercial? they said that it would be ready for a public debut 5 years ago, yet you hardly hear of any news of it today.
Code would be smaller and more efficient in the longrun but the steep learning curve and expense of developing for a quantum processer would be emmense.
PS. Spelling nazis: Please die.
1.) Yes. Discredit me and throw away the artical because I forgot an "i."
2.) The fans I purchased were indeed reasearched before purchase. They were said to offer near 25db operational sound yet for a stable experience they need to be cranked at hi which is somewhere in the ballpark of 47db.
In general, if fan manufacturers used better lubricant, then many complaints of having a loud desktop would be solved.
Well since no mirrors are up, here is the entire article:
The Top 5 Things I want to see In the Next 5 Years
By Clarence Ladson
Let's face it, we all love technology. We surround ourselves the the latest and greatest and consume nothing but the best of the best when it comes to gadgetry and technological extravagances, yet in the past few years the only thing to advance in an incredible degree would be video cards and CPUs. Why has there been such a sudden lack in innovation as of late? Are we in a technological drought? I like to stick to my own diagnosis of the industry as being too concerned with keeping a steady cash flow over social experimentation with new products but then again that's just an opinion from a little guy.
Well, I know what I want to see happen in the next years and I'm there are at least 1 million blogs about this very subject but I have a very convincing statement which should make you read and backup my list and It's quite simple really: I'm right and all 1 million blogs are wrong. There. I said it. I'm sure that after reading the list that you'll also come to this conclusion, at least that's what I'm banking on.
1.) Better Designed fans -- RAWR! That's the sound of my system all 24 hours of the day. Although I have fairly new Thermaltake fans for both my CPU and system, the thing sounds as if it had wings and wheels that it would take off into the sky. Now, I'm sure many of you will say "Oh stop whining, there's liquid cooling and fan-less solutions, yackity smackity" but I say nay onto those because 1.) Liquid cooling is more expensive than a fan based setup and 2.) Have you seen an AMD 64 being ran with a fan-less solution? They melt like marshmallows on a campfire.
Seeing how there are is a nearly frictionless lubricant in Japan, I'm sure that some engineers from these fan manufacturers can conjure up the nerve to walk into the sex shops selling the stuff and just buy a few bottles. In the name of advancement and science of course. I mean, haven't they heard of Teflon!? Why not even use a little Wesson on the things, I'm sure they'd sound a lot quieter then apposed to the sand and glass I suspect they use currently for lubrication.
2.) Cases with more functionality -- Haven't you even dreamt of having your case double as a food/drink dispenser as well? Of course you have! Wouldn't it just be oh-so cool to have a bottle opener or a soda dispenser built into the case without having to do tedious and sometimes ridiculous amounts of modifications? I mean, the possibilities are quite endless really when it comes to being a dispenser and it wouldn't necessarily be all that hard.
It doesn't have to stop at food either, I mean how many of you have or use the phone near your computer? Well, why not combine the two!? Wouldn't it just be so cool to have a fully functional phone right there on your case? There would be no need to get up ever again except for bathroom breaks but they have bags and jugs for that anyways, right?
3.) Wireless everything -- That's right baby, no more wire hang- err, wires. I want to be able to buy something, set it on my desk and it automagically work. This rule applies for everything from mice and keyboards to monitors and various displays. We are in a word where being connected is required but I don't necessarily see why we need to be connected with a huge cable or dare I say, dozens of cables! It isn't as if it would be hard, it would just take a standardization of a short range communications standard and some willingness from a few manufacturers.
If it's once thing that amazes people still in this day and age, it's things that can send and receive data wirelessly. Even people with a complete understanding of the technology stare in bewilderment at their cutesy, wireless mouse. Come on industry, cut the cords and go truly wireless already!
4.) More use of the USB storage keys -- If you're like me, then you game on your PC. A lot. And also like me, you must absolut
You know what? After actually hearing all the hate that people apparently have over my article all I have to say is: Right your own article and see how it fairs on./
I offer no apology for it anymore.
:) I won't argue that my spelling is attrocious.
I've never actually had Sparks but I've heard of it, is it really any good? Hahaha, send some over to me if you have the dough and I'll write an article about how well it goes down;)
As for the "Ask Slashdot feature..." I'll definately do that but for this instance I didn't ask to be Slashdotted, someone else/.'ed me:(
Thanks.
Hey all, I'm the writer of the article and I just want to make a few things clear:
This list is just mainly things I personally have gripes with in the industry, not so much a "What's most important to do in the next 5 years" article.
I agree with you guys on the fact that there are many leaps and advancements in a lot of the technology sectors but I must say that in many ways, innovation and new ideas are not coming out like they used to.
It's great that they are building on the present technology but how many years do we expect them to re-tool the "same" thing over and over again until we demand something better and completely new?
Call my article bad or the "worst article ever" but again, this is just a playful list of things I personally would like to happen in the next 5 years and I would of included at least 10 more things but I'm a lazy bastard and I wrote the thing at nearly 3 A.M. before passing out on my desk.
Just...take it [the article] for what it is and try to honestly and truthfully discuss your ideas and wants for the future, because if no one talks about this sort of thing then things will just keep looking the same for the next decade without any real considerable change.
Slashdot Mirror
I would love to read an article of yours. Email it to me and post it here in the next hour as I am just dying to read it.
1.)I don't work for Flexbeta, I submitted this article for their contest. Secondly, I used spellcheck nearly 3 times (twice in OpenOffice and once in Google's) but somehow the automatic spellcheck Flexbeta's CMS has somehow changed many of my words into words I never even thought of writing (for example: All mentionings of "automatically" within the article was originally spelled "automagical" in a playful notion).
2.) Explain why the idea of having game verification and profile data on a USB key is dumb again? If your reasoning is based on security and encryption based questioning then think no further because In all actuallity the data on the USB device would be as secure as the same data if it were on a disk.
3.) "No one wants these things." Laugh. Sure buddy boy, you're telling me that no one would buy cases if I sold them with a built in "Skype ready" phone already integrated with the design or if the case had a compartment that held food/misc objects? If you're answer is yes then you would be wrong.
4.) People DO want more things to be wireless. Technically speaking the wireless mice, keyboards and cameras that are available today aren't "wireless" by my standards because you first need a base station that is interfaced with the PC via cables. My idea is to make the need for basestations and cables all together to be rid of. Why don't people read with an unbiased opinion before posting a long opinion about it?
5.) People WANT both. The demand for smaller form factor PCs is overwhelmingly high right now. For a number of reasons, having smaller drives within desktops PCs make sense. A short list of reasons would be: Lower power consumption, lower noise output, smaller form factors could be possible and another is there would be even less unrecyclable waste being produced. I bet you didn't consider those reasons tough as you read my article with an opinion already, right?
6.) My article pales in comparison of your terrible blog. If anything I should thank you for having such a tripe representation of your ideas as it only re-inforces your statement and makes my article look somewhat better than what it really is.
I would hate for this to go down into a lowly argument of who's got the better grammar and spelling skills and intellectual masturbation so I openly encourage any further serious questions and arguments to carry over to email. I honestly would love to discuss this more with anyone that emails me. Get a chance to hear me out or have something clarified before you openly spew another flamepost.
You clearly didn't read my article because if you had then you wouldn't of said a word about the USB key idea nor the combination of different devices with the PC case. I wasn't discussing those specific ideas (food dispenser or bottle opener) but rather the idea of incorporating more functionality into cases (again, if you had read the whole thing, you would of realized this).
I appreciate your input though and perhaps I might actually spend a week or so doing a thorough investigatory op ed on this subject when you offer me the money to do so. Until then, have fun waisting your obviously genius mind on offensive and abusive statements to people that like to share their opinions on the internet, you truly are using that massive brain of your for good.
Anyone remember the prospect of quantum computing becoming commercial? they said that it would be ready for a public debut 5 years ago, yet you hardly hear of any news of it today. Code would be smaller and more efficient in the longrun but the steep learning curve and expense of developing for a quantum processer would be emmense. PS. Spelling nazis: Please die.
1.) Yes. Discredit me and throw away the artical because I forgot an "i." 2.) The fans I purchased were indeed reasearched before purchase. They were said to offer near 25db operational sound yet for a stable experience they need to be cranked at hi which is somewhere in the ballpark of 47db. In general, if fan manufacturers used better lubricant, then many complaints of having a loud desktop would be solved.
Well since no mirrors are up, here is the entire article:
The Top 5 Things I want to see In the Next 5 Years
By Clarence Ladson
Let's face it, we all love technology. We surround ourselves the the latest and greatest and consume nothing but the best of the best when it comes to gadgetry and technological extravagances, yet in the past few years the only thing to advance in an incredible degree would be video cards and CPUs. Why has there been such a sudden lack in innovation as of late? Are we in a technological drought? I like to stick to my own diagnosis of the industry as being too concerned with keeping a steady cash flow over social experimentation with new products but then again that's just an opinion from a little guy.
Well, I know what I want to see happen in the next years and I'm there are at least 1 million blogs about this very subject but I have a very convincing statement which should make you read and backup my list and It's quite simple really: I'm right and all 1 million blogs are wrong. There. I said it. I'm sure that after reading the list that you'll also come to this conclusion, at least that's what I'm banking on.
1.) Better Designed fans -- RAWR! That's the sound of my system all 24 hours of the day. Although I have fairly new Thermaltake fans for both my CPU and system, the thing sounds as if it had wings and wheels that it would take off into the sky. Now, I'm sure many of you will say "Oh stop whining, there's liquid cooling and fan-less solutions, yackity smackity" but I say nay onto those because 1.) Liquid cooling is more expensive than a fan based setup and 2.) Have you seen an AMD 64 being ran with a fan-less solution? They melt like marshmallows on a campfire.
Seeing how there are is a nearly frictionless lubricant in Japan, I'm sure that some engineers from these fan manufacturers can conjure up the nerve to walk into the sex shops selling the stuff and just buy a few bottles. In the name of advancement and science of course. I mean, haven't they heard of Teflon!? Why not even use a little Wesson on the things, I'm sure they'd sound a lot quieter then apposed to the sand and glass I suspect they use currently for lubrication.
2.) Cases with more functionality -- Haven't you even dreamt of having your case double as a food/drink dispenser as well? Of course you have! Wouldn't it just be oh-so cool to have a bottle opener or a soda dispenser built into the case without having to do tedious and sometimes ridiculous amounts of modifications? I mean, the possibilities are quite endless really when it comes to being a dispenser and it wouldn't necessarily be all that hard.
It doesn't have to stop at food either, I mean how many of you have or use the phone near your computer? Well, why not combine the two!? Wouldn't it just be so cool to have a fully functional phone right there on your case? There would be no need to get up ever again except for bathroom breaks but they have bags and jugs for that anyways, right?
3.) Wireless everything -- That's right baby, no more wire hang- err, wires. I want to be able to buy something, set it on my desk and it automagically work. This rule applies for everything from mice and keyboards to monitors and various displays. We are in a word where being connected is required but I don't necessarily see why we need to be connected with a huge cable or dare I say, dozens of cables! It isn't as if it would be hard, it would just take a standardization of a short range communications standard and some willingness from a few manufacturers.
If it's once thing that amazes people still in this day and age, it's things that can send and receive data wirelessly. Even people with a complete understanding of the technology stare in bewilderment at their cutesy, wireless mouse. Come on industry, cut the cords and go truly wireless already!
4.) More use of the USB storage keys -- If you're like me, then you game on your PC. A lot. And also like me, you must absolut
You know what? After actually hearing all the hate that people apparently have over my article all I have to say is: Right your own article and see how it fairs on ./
I offer no apology for it anymore.
:) I won't argue that my spelling is attrocious. I've never actually had Sparks but I've heard of it, is it really any good? Hahaha, send some over to me if you have the dough and I'll write an article about how well it goes down ;)
As for the "Ask Slashdot feature..." I'll definately do that but for this instance I didn't ask to be Slashdotted, someone else /.'ed me :(
Thanks.
Hey all, I'm the writer of the article and I just want to make a few things clear:
This list is just mainly things I personally have gripes with in the industry, not so much a "What's most important to do in the next 5 years" article.
I agree with you guys on the fact that there are many leaps and advancements in a lot of the technology sectors but I must say that in many ways, innovation and new ideas are not coming out like they used to.
It's great that they are building on the present technology but how many years do we expect them to re-tool the "same" thing over and over again until we demand something better and completely new?
Call my article bad or the "worst article ever" but again, this is just a playful list of things I personally would like to happen in the next 5 years and I would of included at least 10 more things but I'm a lazy bastard and I wrote the thing at nearly 3 A.M. before passing out on my desk.
Just...take it [the article] for what it is and try to honestly and truthfully discuss your ideas and wants for the future, because if no one talks about this sort of thing then things will just keep looking the same for the next decade without any real considerable change.