re: ROFL!

Robert — 3/13/2006 10:18:28 PM (archived)

Yeah, homo sapiens got on that treadmill a long, long, time ago. But we wouldn't still be trudging along if, on balance, it didn't pay off.

The thing about download times on various connections is that they always scale linearly. In other words, back when I had a 300 baud modem, all the files I could download tended to be tiny files. File sizes have scaled linearly with bandwidth. Nowadays, if you have a broadband connection, you'll find yourself wanting to download DVD-size files, and guess what? You start the download before going to bed and hope it completes by morning.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. When I finally get a quantum-tunneling FTL terabit/second connection, I expect I'll still have to wait overnight to download virtual reality worlds.

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Need a new CAD computer. Big question: 32 or 64 bit? - Tom Brosz - 3/4/2006 8:44:27 PM
- AMD all the way - azstrummer - 3/24/2006 10:15:09 PM
  - Sucks to be you.... Vista is getting mostly rewritten. - et - 3/25/2006 8:04:17 AM
    - re: Sucks to be you.... Vista is getting mostly rewritten. - azstrummer - 3/26/2006 5:15:04 PM
- just make sure it's not a 2-bit dud - Shmuckface - 3/15/2006 6:34:31 AM
- An ode for the era of pencil and paper. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/11/2006 12:58:02 AM
  - Technology isn't the problem - SDG - 3/13/2006 7:19:46 PM
  - Yes, by all means, let us return to using quills. - podrock - 3/12/2006 12:26:45 AM
    - I dont think most people realize what computers and the internet have done for the sciences and engineering - R.L. - 3/12/2006 7:10:00 PM
      - Agreed. What the internet has done for information access in general cannot be overstated. - Tom Brosz - 3/13/2006 2:17:14 AM
        
        re: i bet there is somebody still employed at NASA who double checks figures with a slide-rule... - Scott Evil - 3/13/2006 8:46:31 PM
        
        I have worked at national labs - R.L. - 3/14/2006 5:10:21 AM
  - re: the era of pencil and paper. You can have it. - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2006 7:31:35 PM
    - I used to think Kroy Type was the coolest thing ever. - podrock - 3/12/2006 1:16:59 AM
      - Aaargh. You said IT! - Tony - 3/13/2006 3:10:36 PM
        
        "Ah, I love the smell of ammonia in the morning" (n/t) - Robert - 3/16/2006 11:39:37 PM
        
        diazo! I used to work in a micrographics shop. - alcaray - 3/13/2006 11:08:45 PM
        
        re: diazo! - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2006 1:48:00 AM
        
        I never realized they still made these things. - Tony - 3/16/2006 4:20:35 AM
        
        re: I had an E-sized pen plotter once... - Tom Brosz - 3/16/2006 7:12:50 AM
        
        Nothing like reminiscing about bleeding edge technology. - Tony - 3/14/2006 5:22:17 PM
      - Still have all my old tools, too. Including the Leroy. - Tom Brosz - 3/12/2006 5:43:40 AM
- Problem solved.... - et - 3/10/2006 6:00:43 PM
  - re: I saw those charges... - Scott Evil - 3/11/2006 3:19:59 PM
- Just saw this on /. - et - 3/8/2006 5:47:49 PM
  - Gaaar! - et - 3/8/2006 6:35:21 PM
- CAD - SDG - 3/8/2006 4:09:46 PM
  - re: CAD - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2006 2:24:37 AM
    - ACAD 2007 - SDG - 3/10/2006 6:45:16 AM
- Tyan Thunder K8WE motherboard with a couple of Opteron dual-core 285s? - Tom Brosz - 3/8/2006 6:30:17 AM
  - Oh, this little ol' thng? - et - 3/8/2006 5:41:35 PM
- When the time comes... - et - 3/7/2006 11:15:46 PM
  - Heat sink - Tom Brosz - 3/8/2006 3:29:44 AM
    - I'm not going to read that. It's 4.5 yeasr OLD! - et - 3/8/2006 3:51:53 AM
- Just for kicks... - et - 3/6/2006 2:50:08 AM
  - re: Just for kicks... - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2006 8:06:26 AM
    - So you already know the beauty of dual-processors... - et - 3/6/2006 5:46:02 PM
      - What's wrong with Xeon? - Tom Brosz - 3/7/2006 3:25:27 AM
        
        I remember seeing some benchmarking.... - et - 3/7/2006 5:04:06 AM
- Wait just a little bit longer..... - et - 3/4/2006 9:24:47 PM
  - AMD Chips are evil - designed by the CIA to scan your brain - A. Leftleaner - 3/17/2006 3:05:42 PM
  - Edjumicate yourself... - et - 3/4/2006 10:26:21 PM
- 64 bit~! - RNE - 3/4/2006 9:11:06 PM
  - "Now, if I could just get Broadband." - Robert - 3/10/2006 11:08:56 PM
    - ROFL! - RNE - 3/13/2006 6:37:52 PM
      - re: ROFL! - Robert - 3/13/2006 10:18:28 PM

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