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Intel Says Chip Speed Breakthrough Will Alter Cyberworld
New York Times ^

Posted on 02/11/2004 3:53:05 PM PST by Happy2BMe

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And I thought my Celeron 300 and 56K baud modem was fast!
1 posted on 02/11/2004 3:53:06 PM PST by Happy2BMe
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To: Happy2BMe
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

IOW, whatever Intel speeds up, Microsoft will slow down.

It all balances out, ying and yang.

2 posted on 02/11/2004 4:13:05 PM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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Run Linux. That way, the computer will be so fast, you'll read your FR posts before you make 'em! :o)
3 posted on 02/11/2004 4:14:14 PM PST by Poohbah ("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Maj. Vic Deakins, USAF)
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To: Happy2BMe
Who's gonna string this stuff? In 2010, there will be millions of Americans with 100 GHz computers, tens of terabytes of storage, 40 inch plasma screens - still connecting via 33k dialup.
4 posted on 02/11/2004 5:17:15 PM PST by Uncle Fud
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To: Happy2BMe
With my luck, all the cool stuff will be invented just after I die.
5 posted on 02/11/2004 5:19:21 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
LoL!

At least you got lived long enough to see Al Gore's invention - the w.w.w.!

:~)

6 posted on 02/11/2004 5:23:19 PM PST by Happy2BMe (U.S. borders - Controlled by CORRUPT Politicians and Slave-Labor Employers)
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To: Uncle Fud
help the economy: get DSL or a cable modem.
7 posted on 02/11/2004 5:24:13 PM PST by oceanview
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To: Happy2BMe
As an avid gamer...all this means to me at 48 years old, that instead of being continually beat by a 15 year old...I will now be beaten by someone in the womb.

Woman at Supermarket checkout: I'm pregnant!
My reply: I resign.

8 posted on 02/11/2004 5:31:57 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum (The Sixties song/mantra....Where Have All The Flowers Gone?.....low carb dieters living large.)
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To: Uncle Fud
Fiber To The Premises (FTTP) is coming.
9 posted on 02/11/2004 5:34:49 PM PST by PogySailor
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To: Happy2BMe
It'll make no difference as long as the speed limit stays at 55 (25 at school zones.)!
10 posted on 02/11/2004 5:35:56 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
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To: Focault's Pendulum
Have you tried "Enemy Territory" yet?
11 posted on 02/11/2004 5:36:22 PM PST by Happy2BMe (U.S. borders - Controlled by CORRUPT Politicians and Slave-Labor Employers)
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whatever Intel speeds up, Microsoft will slow down

LOL!

12 posted on 02/11/2004 5:37:08 PM PST by Redcloak (I am NOT an escaped mental patient. That work release permit is perfectly valid!)
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Have you tried "Enemy Territory" yet?

I'm still trying to win at Pong..and Space Invaders.

Actually...AOE...AOM...and Empire Earth.

13 posted on 02/11/2004 5:39:58 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum (The Sixties song/mantra....Where Have All The Flowers Gone?.....low carb dieters living large.)
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To: Happy2BMe
I'm not really complaining. I remember distinctly telling my wife in the mid-80s that a home computer might be cool, but I really couldn't think of any use for one.
14 posted on 02/11/2004 5:55:39 PM PST by Dog Gone
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No telling what the home "PC" will be doing in another 20 years...
15 posted on 02/11/2004 6:37:55 PM PST by Happy2BMe (U.S. borders - Controlled by CORRUPT Politicians and Slave-Labor Employers)
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To: Happy2BMe
Yeah, but can it handle floating point arithematic?
16 posted on 02/11/2004 6:39:11 PM PST by greenwolf
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..whatever Intel speeds up, Microsoft will slow down..

Willie, that is priceless. This is why I am on FR

17 posted on 02/11/2004 6:46:32 PM PST by MrNatural (..".You want the truth?!"...)
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To: greenwolf
arithematic

No, but it has a spell checker :)
18 posted on 02/11/2004 6:52:13 PM PST by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: bwteim; greenwolf
"arithematic"

Word has perfect syntax.

It applies however to either breathing or birth control funcitons, not binary code.

:~)

19 posted on 02/11/2004 7:10:14 PM PST by Happy2BMe (U.S. borders - Controlled by CORRUPT Politicians and Slave-Labor Employers)
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To: Happy2BMe
Heh heh
20 posted on 02/11/2004 7:13:59 PM PST by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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