Grid promises next leap in computing power - third wave in the evolution of the cyberworld

Charlotte Observer ^ | 09/19/03 | ROBERT S. BOYD

[Dr._Joseph_Warren]

The Grid.

The Grid as we will know it after Congress gets done with it.

[Question_Assumptions]

BTW, you sure do run nice graphics, etc. for an 8088, what kind of fuel do you put in it?

You don't need graphics to read and reply to Free Republic. I do most of my surfing with Lynx, a text browser. It's amazing how fast the Web is when you don't have to deal with graphics and pop-ups. The main downside is that some web sites are impossible to use without graphics because they hide navigation and text behind graphics (which are not properly labelled with an "ALT" tag), a plug-in, or an applet.

If you can find an ISP that provides an old-style "shell" or terminal server dial-up or can find a TCP/IP stack and a telnet program for the OS in question, you should be able to surf with some pretty ancient hardware.

[upchuck]

amber monochrome screen and 1200 baud modem

Did you rob a bank or something? Where'd you get the money to afford that expensive equipment?

He types on his sickly looking green screen while suffering with a 300 baud acoustic coupler.

I'm jealous!!

[Luke Skyfreeper]

Vaporware. We've been seeing pictures of that same mock-up for 15 years.

That's not a mock-up, it's a working prototype. And orders are now being taken. True, for a product that has not yet begun to roll off the assembly line. But the details seem to be coalescing, there are definite orders being taken, with written promises to provide the product, and I don't see much keeping this bird from taking flight except governmental paperwork.

On second thought, that could take a while to work through.

[webstersII]

"BS!! Everybody knows where the first impact will be, the improved ability to download porn."

Always follow the money. And that's where the money will be.

[americanSoul]

This sounds like something the SETI (Search for Extra-terrestial Intelligence) project - distributed computing.

Very interesting.

[RightWingAtheist]

By remarkable coincidence, I was planning to do a class presentation on how new modes of information storage and dissemination are transforming the "genres" of scientific communication. Thank you for the very timely post.

[RightWingAtheist]

And in a another weird coincidence-the websites for both Fermilab and Jefferson National Laboratory aren't working today...at least I hope it's just coincidence.

[js1138]

3.0 or 3.11?

[RightWingAtheist]

What, they make it non-Euclidean? :)

BTW, is "Dr.Joseph Warren" your real name, or did you adopt your nom d'ecran in honor of the Revolutionary War hero?

[Dr._Joseph_Warren]

"BTW, is "Dr.Joseph Warren" your real name, or did you adopt your nom d'ecran in honor of the Revolutionary War hero?"

Correct! My screen name is in honor of Dr. Joseph Warren, one of the pivotal leaders of the Revolutionary War. He probably would have been one of our early presidents had he not been killed at Bunker Hill.