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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:42 am
by HM-PuFFNSTuFF
it smells like nerd in here
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:45 am
by HM-PuFFNSTuFF
i was using that shit when most of you were in junior high
that's fine and dandy but what i want to know is...
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:46 am
by Grandpa Stu
...will it have a cool package design?
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:46 am
by HM-PuFFNSTuFF
*displays his package*
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:47 am
by Massive Quasars
Puff took Jules under his wing many moons ago.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:47 am
by BlueGene
Not in 5 years, because we won't need that amount of space even then.
From 2000 to 2005 average hard drive went from something like 10gb to 60/80gb.
In 2011 I think we are looking at around 200-500gb on average computers and upto 5 terabytes available imo.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:47 am
by mjrpes
This is why I am holding off on buying a new computer right now.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:48 am
by HM-PuFFNSTuFF
lawlz
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:49 am
by BlueGene
I see you’re still not over by the fact that I have completely decimated you in all previous arguments.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:19 am
by BlueGene
If your name was common sense then I would imagine you wouldn’t be such an idiot, but go ahead and dream about your thousand terabytes fantasies all you want.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:15 am
by Dave
mjrpes wrote:This is why I am holding off on buying a new computer right now.
yes because we are on the verge of the quantum breakthrough

Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:31 am
by dmmh
BlueGene wrote:Not in 5 years, because we won't need that amount of space even then.
From 2000 to 2005 average hard drive went from something like 10gb to 60/80gb.
In 2011 I think we are looking at around 200-500gb on average computers and upto 5 terabytes available imo.
you sound like Bill Gates
'i dont think computers will ever need more then 640k of RAM'
the rest is history
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:38 am
by Dave
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/gatesivu.htm
Gates talks
In his office on the Microsoft corporate campus in Redmond, Wash., Bill Gates took a few moments to reflect on the impact of the IBM PC. Here's the complete interview:
Q. Did you ever say, as has been widely circulated on the Internet, "640K [of RAM] ought to be enough for anybody?"
No! That makes me so mad I can't believe it! Do you realize the pain the industry went through while the IBM PC was limited to 640K? The machine was going to be 512K at one point, and we kept pushing it up. I never said that statement–I said the opposite of that.
That being said, I have 200 gigs left of my 500 GB RAID5 array.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:40 am
by Grudge
As soon as HD content is widely available, you're gonna need lots of storage space.
Oh wait, it will be DRMed, so you won't be able to put it on your HDD in the first place.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:40 am
by dmmh
everything is crackable
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:41 am
by Dave
The aftermarket will take care of DRM eventually (*cough* DVD *cough*)
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:46 am
by dmmh
it will be more difficult by far though, since HD content isnt going to be outputed to anything if the entire signal path isnt up to the standards set for the DRM path
then the player will just lessen the quality-> dvd quality
great
only a matter of writing some driver--ish stuff Im sure, but by far more difficult anyways

Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:08 am
by Grudge
Um, the planned DRM scheme is tied into the hardware all the way from the HD-DVD/Blu-ray player, via the CPU and the videocard, to the TV/monitor. Plus integrated into the OS. It's at least a couple of orders of magnitude tougher to break than the relatively simple DVD scheme.
The big question is if you will be able to play DRM-free HD content at all. If the industry giants have their way, you wont. No HD "home movies" for you, unless you license and encode a DRM solution.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:13 am
by Dave
The Jurassic Park dinosaurs weren't supposed to be able to reproduce, either...
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:17 am
by MKJ
olo
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:19 am
by Mr.Magnetichead
BlueGene wrote:Not in 5 years, because we won't need that amount of space even then.
From 2000 to 2005 average hard drive went from something like 10gb to 60/80gb.
In 2011 I think we are looking at around 200-500gb on average computers and upto 5 terabytes available imo.
Guess what. Dell computers are not fucking average in any sense of the word. They're substandard.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:32 am
by dmmh
Grudge wrote:Um, the planned DRM scheme is tied into the hardware all the way from the HD-DVD/Blu-ray player, via the CPU and the videocard, to the TV/monitor. Plus integrated into the OS. It's at least a couple of orders of magnitude tougher to break than the relatively simple DVD scheme.
The big question is if you will be able to play DRM-free HD content at all. If the industry giants have their way, you wont. No HD "home movies" for you, unless you license and encode a DRM solution.
everything is crackable
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:32 am
by dmmh
Mr.Magnetichead wrote:BlueGene wrote:Not in 5 years, because we won't need that amount of space even then.
From 2000 to 2005 average hard drive went from something like 10gb to 60/80gb.
In 2011 I think we are looking at around 200-500gb on average computers and upto 5 terabytes available imo.
Guess what. Dell computers are not fucking average in any sense of the word. They're substandard.
who's talking about Dell here?
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:33 am
by Mr.Magnetichead
This guy.
Not in 5 years, because we won't need that amount of space even then.
From 2000 to 2005 average hard drive went from something like 10gb to 60/80gb.
300 gig hds are only about 75 quid now.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:55 am
by dmmh
i didnt know that Dell == harddrive
guess I was wrong