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Grex > Coop7 > #104: Report on Grex Budget Planning Meeting -- Sept 24, 1995 | |
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adbarr
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response 50 of 61:
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Dec 1 18:07 UTC 1995 |
A byte with 9 or more bits? <adbarr gets techie, and probably has embarassed
himself>
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ajax
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response 51 of 61:
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Dec 1 18:21 UTC 1995 |
Ugh, sounds like an Intel product (they make Overdrive microprocessors :-).
We may be approaching some limits for certain technologies (e.g., modem
speed over existing voice grade lines), but there are always new technologies
on the horizon. The first "DNA computer" that could solve a problem (a
classic, compute-intensive Traveling Salesman problem) was built only about a
year ago. I read that a bathtub of "DNA soup" can hold more memory than all
the computers built to date.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
--Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.
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adbarr
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response 52 of 61:
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Dec 1 20:57 UTC 1995 |
Ford invent. . .<argh, my hand, it is out of control! Vat iz happening?>
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dpc
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response 53 of 61:
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Dec 2 17:38 UTC 1995 |
There's so much stuff being posted on Usenet News that it's become useless
for someone who has a life.
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rcurl
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response 54 of 61:
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Dec 3 22:22 UTC 1995 |
That's the same problem with all the stuff being printed in all the
newspapers in the world. Just limit your reading.
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ajax
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response 55 of 61:
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Dec 4 04:19 UTC 1995 |
I agree with Rane. A lot of groups for very specific interests have low
traffic, and don't take much time to read. One of the moderated newsgroups
I like posts a combined article once a week, which is about a 10 minute read.
It's hard to generalize about the usefulness of an entity as big as Usenet.
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davel
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response 56 of 61:
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Dec 4 12:25 UTC 1995 |
Agreed, but all the same ... when I attempted to use it, I found that even
the most limited of the groups I was really interested in were so active
that just browsing through them took too much time.
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dpc
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response 57 of 61:
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Dec 6 01:10 UTC 1995 |
Right, davel. And the problem is close to insurmountable for newbies
using trn who are forced to "subscribe" to a passel of newsgroups all
at once.
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sidhe
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response 58 of 61:
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Dec 6 04:26 UTC 1995 |
I am sorry to reintroduce drift, but i understand the first
organic ("living") tissue based computer storage devices are being
tested. Theoretical storage capacity: 10 terabytes in a box the size
of an internal CD-ROM.
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steve
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response 59 of 61:
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Dec 6 19:37 UTC 1995 |
Yup. And thats just the beginning.
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mju
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response 60 of 61:
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Dec 23 05:37 UTC 1995 |
Re #10: Actually, from what I understand, EEPROMs already use quantum
tunneling during the erase cycle. The major problem now with making things
smaller is that we're starting to reach the limits of current photolithography
processes for etching the silicon substrate. The smallest feature size in
common production is, I believe, 0.35um. For comparison, the wavelength of
visible light is between 0.4um to 0.7um. It's pretty easy to see that as the
feature size decreases, you need to also decrease the wavelength of the light
you are using to etch the features. We aren't that far away from X-ray
lithography; the main holdup is finding a mask material that is durable enough
to block X-rays and not decay under repeated exposures.
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tsty
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response 61 of 61:
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Jan 23 08:08 UTC 1996 |
decrease the wavelength also means increase the frequency; thus, X-rays.
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