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# Yes, perhaps so.
Yet, there are a few datapoints out of the curve.
Too few if you ask me, but there you are.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Mon 9 Jun 2008, 22:59, archived)
# Such as?
I'm disputing it, just curious.
(I helped save b3ta! the_rhyme_minister has a little bit of gold and a pager, Mon 9 Jun 2008, 23:02, archived)
# I was thinking mainly in the 'OpenSource' trend...
...one child laptop, open phones, distro companies and the like.
Not with out issues and attempts to subvert, but there is some.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Mon 9 Jun 2008, 23:08, archived)
# New:
Terabyte thumbdrives.
It'll be costly, but no more than 125 8GB thumbdrives would cost you surely.
But it will be very slow methinks.
USB can't be that fast, can it now?
(I helped save b3ta! xihpete A neutrino walks straight through a bar, with v>c., Mon 9 Jun 2008, 23:04, archived)
# I read about this the other day in,
of all places, The Mail. Sounds exciting.
(I helped save b3ta! the_rhyme_minister has a little bit of gold and a pager, Mon 9 Jun 2008, 23:08, archived)
# Now all we need is processors to catch up.
There's no way a phone is going to be able to find files in a terrabyte of memory in under second.
If that's what processors do =/ *not that good with technical tech*
(I helped save b3ta! xihpete A neutrino walks straight through a bar, with v>c., Mon 9 Jun 2008, 23:11, archived)
# With lots of storage you can keep
lots of pre-made indexes too. Not a problem.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Mon 9 Jun 2008, 23:13, archived)
# Ahhh I see now.
Well, I don't know what indexes are, but I get what you're saying.
(I helped save b3ta! xihpete A neutrino walks straight through a bar, with v>c., Mon 9 Jun 2008, 23:14, archived)
# Does it need to be fast?
Speed of transfer was more important when they
consumed most of the processing. Not such a big
deal now. For bulk and back-up it should be fine.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Mon 9 Jun 2008, 23:12, archived)
# I suppose
But see my comment above about them using it in phones.
(I helped save b3ta! xihpete A neutrino walks straight through a bar, with v>c., Mon 9 Jun 2008, 23:13, archived)
# Just there.
Meta indexing on mainbox while syncing etc.
Couple of other things to speed it up. You're not
wrong that it would be painful on the phone's cpu. [/;-D
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Mon 9 Jun 2008, 23:15, archived)
# Horay!
"Not wrong" :]
Now it seems we're at, or very near, the limit of data storage, not much smaller than atoms.
Well, we could store things as sequences of protons and neutrons, maybe. But that sounds quite difficult and sciencey.
A terabyte of memory in a thumbdrive sounds like enough anyways, I haven't even half filled the 160GB on my pc yet, I've had the thing long enough!
Oh well, I'm off now b3ta, tah-rah!
(I helped save b3ta! xihpete A neutrino walks straight through a bar, with v>c., Mon 9 Jun 2008, 23:20, archived)