I agree that the notebooks on this list represent some of the more notable inflection points in the PC industry. However, I refuse to believe that a 10 pound notebook made in 2006 is on the top 25 of all time. Can anyone explain to me why I should be astounded by the Toshiba?
The crux of the matter is content. This is why the jury's still out on Viiv. Until now, online content has been rather cruddy, in large part due to Hollywood's fears (probably legit) of movie piracy. Until we see some serious revolution in content, the PC will not be the center of your living room. The kind of content that would make systems like Viiv strong contenders would have to be dual PC-movie theater releases... Don't see this happenin' too soon
Well, this really works on two levels.. One on level is physical, and you're prolly right, self-healing semiconductors would be a tough nut... The other level is logical/architectural, and this *is* feasible.
Itanium's late schedule gets more blame for this than it should. There phenomenon we're witnessing is a bit deeper than that. Namely, several years back, there was an expectation that super-high-end computing would find its way down into the mainstream market. Instead (and to the surprise of many strategic product planners), the low-end of the market came up. Even if Itanium had been out early enough since its beginning to have always been at-parity with Power, we would still see the (IMHO, dreadful) invasion of commodity chips. I don't think PA-RISC,Alpha could've possibly conquered this either.
I see what you're saying now. That contingent is definitely there. I work for a hi-tech firm in the valley myself, and I can tell you that there are far fewer *true* geeks than there should be. In this sense, you are correct. At my university, most of my friends share my sentiment that geekdom is a life-calling and that getting to do it all day is simply a no-brainer. I think in the older days, back before the press started running wild with "there's gold in the valley!" things were probably much better. For me, it all works out.:) I like inventing better than partying, *and* I like getting paid! (But as you point out, too many folks steer towards the latter half of that statement). Well, what can ya do?
cheers
By engineering do you mean like computer science/engineering or civil engineering? Cause if its the former, I disagree. Wise geeks become computer engineers so they can get paid to code popular video games.
A very good point. However, what a cruel joke of nature it would be that our monkey brains are just strong enough to question whether they themselves are powerful enough to comprehend the reality, but not strong enough to actually *understand* it. What a sad end for humanity.
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I think I'm way too random in my PC usage habits for an OS like this to help. Does anyone else feel this way?
The RIAA brought this on themselves with an aging business model where media sells for far more than its worth to many consumers.
I agree that the notebooks on this list represent some of the more notable inflection points in the PC industry. However, I refuse to believe that a 10 pound notebook made in 2006 is on the top 25 of all time. Can anyone explain to me why I should be astounded by the Toshiba?
Wouldn't it be cooler to say 2.5 trillion?
The crux of the matter is content. This is why the jury's still out on Viiv. Until now, online content has been rather cruddy, in large part due to Hollywood's fears (probably legit) of movie piracy. Until we see some serious revolution in content, the PC will not be the center of your living room. The kind of content that would make systems like Viiv strong contenders would have to be dual PC-movie theater releases... Don't see this happenin' too soon
I'm glad we got that out of the way. Damn thing kept me awake at night.
Oops.. my bad.. thought you said 'crap'
I hope you like E.Coli poisoning
What? No SWAT team? The government is loosening up too much these days
Something smells fishy about this.
Just imagine.. "Houston, we are go for launch" --> "Houston, we are gone for lunch"
Thats like paying to participate in a drug trial
Hire a dubious lawyer.
Well, this really works on two levels.. One on level is physical, and you're prolly right, self-healing semiconductors would be a tough nut... The other level is logical/architectural, and this *is* feasible.
Scanning Slashdot's front page, two words caught my eyes: bacteria and nuggets.
Itanium's late schedule gets more blame for this than it should. There phenomenon we're witnessing is a bit deeper than that. Namely, several years back, there was an expectation that super-high-end computing would find its way down into the mainstream market. Instead (and to the surprise of many strategic product planners), the low-end of the market came up. Even if Itanium had been out early enough since its beginning to have always been at-parity with Power, we would still see the (IMHO, dreadful) invasion of commodity chips. I don't think PA-RISC,Alpha could've possibly conquered this either.
Using our NextGen microFartchitecture, we were able to process 4 smells a second, including the one of an old AMD cpu with the heatsink removed.
I see what you're saying now. That contingent is definitely there. I work for a hi-tech firm in the valley myself, and I can tell you that there are far fewer *true* geeks than there should be. In this sense, you are correct. At my university, most of my friends share my sentiment that geekdom is a life-calling and that getting to do it all day is simply a no-brainer. I think in the older days, back before the press started running wild with "there's gold in the valley!" things were probably much better. For me, it all works out. :) I like inventing better than partying, *and* I like getting paid! (But as you point out, too many folks steer towards the latter half of that statement). Well, what can ya do?
cheers
By engineering do you mean like computer science/engineering or civil engineering? Cause if its the former, I disagree. Wise geeks become computer engineers so they can get paid to code popular video games.
A very good point. However, what a cruel joke of nature it would be that our monkey brains are just strong enough to question whether they themselves are powerful enough to comprehend the reality, but not strong enough to actually *understand* it. What a sad end for humanity.
Or will soon...
"But we ought to remember that no exponential is forever. Your job is delaying forever." -- Gordon Moore at a 2003 Conference
It just doesn't roll off the tongue. Then again, we are talking about Brits.
One cent coin? Isn't it easier to just say "a penny"?
A few typos there.. know* technical* etc (don't judge me by my spelling, for then i'm doomed from the start)