[QUOTE=koeniginator;38534696]What's even more impressive is that we can fit 128GB on this bad boy
[img]http://i.imgur.com/oTGhs.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Ah, the magic of solid state electronics.
And may we continue to make strides as large in the future.
[QUOTE=tyanet;38534642]I thought it was a generator.[/QUOTE]
what if you made a generator which produced delicious barbecued foodstuffs in place of electricity
[QUOTE=mark6789;38533893]Thats pretty awesome and impressive. Technology sure has come a long way. I mean now we have smartphones that can do anything. But do i dare say it.... fuck it. [B][I]But can it run Crysis?![/I][/B][/QUOTE] Or... Could it run Metro 2033 on max settings with DX11 on?
[QUOTE=Overwatch 7;38534655]Computers have certainly grown more powerful and less spacious throughout their history. For instance, this large object Adam Savage is holding here?
[IMG]http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/08/Adam_Savage_Gigabyte.jpg[/IMG]
That could hold gigabyte of data. Now imagine a 1024 of those, but able to fit in the palm of your hand.[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQWcIkoqXwg[/media]
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;38533970]What blows my mind is that we can implement a comepletely mental concept such as math into a physical piece of machinery.[/QUOTE]
I still cannot comprehend how we can even create something that understands and can comply with a core sequence of zeros and ones, or even more, how the hell we can convert all of that to digital.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;38536142]I still cannot comprehend how we can even create something that understands and can comply with a core sequence of zeros and ones, or even more, how the hell we can convert all of that to digital.[/QUOTE]
Voodoo obviously.
I love how extremely fast technology evolves. In a lifetime you get to experience a shitload of change.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;38536142]I still cannot comprehend how we can even create something that understands and can comply with a core sequence of zeros and ones, or even more, how the hell we can convert all of that to digital.[/QUOTE]
Converting between binary and decimal number systems is trivial. A number is still a number, no matter in what number system it is being represented in.
Yeah for computers basic math at least is a trivial thing, It's harder to understand how the mind does it because our mind works using chemicals where as a computer works using perfectly accurate on off switches, no changes or conditions or anything, just 1 and 0.
A brain is almost like a quantum computer as there is no 1 or 0 really althought it does use impulses in a similar way to binary's on/off (1/0)
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;38534209']Can it run pong?[/QUOTE]
Only with 1fps
[QUOTE=Forumaster;38533690]You mean to tell me it took this thing 10 seconds to calculate 2 + 2?
And we considered that incredible?
What I'm saying is, we look at it and see how outdated and ridiculously slow it is. People 60 years from now are going to be doing the exact same thing with our technology.[/QUOTE]
remember when there were carriages that didnt need horses? they were so slow! damn how could have people considered something moving on its own incredible, its so horrible.
Anyone know the specs on this bad boy?
[QUOTE=Overwatch 7;38534655]Computers have certainly grown more powerful and less spacious throughout their history. For instance, this large object Adam Savage is holding here?
[IMG]http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/08/Adam_Savage_Gigabyte.jpg[/IMG]
That could hold gigabyte of data. Now imagine a 1024 of those, but able to fit in the palm of your hand.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=koeniginator;38534696]What's even more impressive is that we can fit 128GB on this bad boy
[img]http://i.imgur.com/oTGhs.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
[media]http://vimeo.com/25122184[/media]
[img]http://hottrit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/the_first_harddisk.jpeg[/img]
the real first hard disk drive from 1956 held 5mb, it was actually a whole stack of disks
[img]http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/technology_enl_1158142314/img/1.jpg[/img]
3.5 floppy disks hold the same amount of information
to that context, the micro SD card Koenig posted can hold over 91 thousand floppy disks' worth of information
[QUOTE=daijitsu;38540184]
the real first hard disk drive from 1956 held 5mb, it was actually a whole stack of disks
3.5 floppy disks hold the same amount of information
to that context, the micro SD card Koenig posted can hold over 91 thousand floppy disks' worth of information[/QUOTE]
It's really fucking amazing how something so small can hold so much.
[QUOTE=ZombieWaffle;38542707]It's really fucking amazing how something so small can hold so much.[/QUOTE]
"It's not the size. It's how you use it." :v:
I suppose this is relevant as well, showing the value of these revolutionary advances in technology at the time
[img]http://www.quick-tech-news.com/images/hardware/hard-drive-awesome.jpg[/img]
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
[b]GIVE HER THE DISK[/b]
[QUOTE=daijitsu;38543324]I suppose this is relevant as well, showing the value of these revolutionary advances in technology at the time
[img]http://www.quick-tech-news.com/images/hardware/hard-drive-awesome.jpg[/img]
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
[b]GIVE HER THE DISK[/b][/QUOTE]
I wonder how fast it spins.
[QUOTE=Forumaster;38543459]I wonder how many fast it spins.[/QUOTE]
7200 fasts
[QUOTE=mblunk;38543688]7200 fasts[/QUOTE]
Well there's my brainfart for today.
A 1GB USB was like a thousand dollars a decade ago
now you can get that for like 10 cents
[QUOTE=garychencool;38543872]A 1GB USB was like a thousand dollars a decade ago
now you can get that for like 10 cents[/QUOTE]
I remember ~2005 noticing how crazy cheap USB sticks were, they'd reached only $10/gig, all the spoiled kids at school had those 4gig black ones that would slide into themselves via the side button that was clear white plastic with an orange LED underneath
rich bastards
[QUOTE=daijitsu;38543962]I remember ~2005 noticing how crazy cheap USB sticks were, they'd reached only $10/gig, all the spoiled kids at school had those 4gig black ones that would slide into themselves via the side button that was clear white plastic with an orange LED underneath
rich bastards[/QUOTE]
Ah yes, the short lived U3 drives. Those things were pretty boss.
Just to think in 50 or so years we'll be looking back at our current tech in the same way. Just imagine a 5PB SD card will seem normal to us just like a 32GB one is today
Why would you even need that much storage? I can't think of anything an average user could save that demands that much space.
[QUOTE=nutcake;38544181]Why would you even need that much storage? I can't think of anything an average user could save that demands that much space.[/QUOTE]
[del]"No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer."
-Bill Gates, circa 70's[/del]
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ah bollocks I've been had
[QUOTE=nutcake;38544181]Why would you even need that much storage? I can't think of anything an average user could save that demands that much space.[/QUOTE]
I'm a photographer and cinematographer (film maker) and I want a lotta storage because HD video takes up lot's of space and when you are running a bunch of cameras, you are going to need a lot of SD/CF cards and storage for that stuff. And label everything while still keeping the raw footage for later. A 32GB holds about 100+ minutes of footage off DLSRs which is a lot but you go through them fast and you don't have much time to copy them over and reuse them on a shoot.
Also, lot's of people enjoy taking photos and don't want to be as restricted with a 32GB than with a 16GB microSD in your phone. People have different preferences, hell I know people who have 64GB microSDs on their phones since they watch and listen to a lot of media and still take lots of photos and videos using the camera who don't really go on the cloud as much. Others just text and maybe use the occassional photo or video for some social stuff but a few GB is enough for them.
It's also about management, you will fill up your storage if you have crap all over it that you don't need. As games progress in advancement and the graphics get better and the GPU can handle this stuff, games will get larger on all platforms. Mobile games today can go up to a few GB to even 12GB (this one is mostly cut scenes but you get the point). Storage is always advancing and so are the things that fill them up.
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;38534209']Can it run pong?[/QUOTE]
Can it run OXO and Tennis for Two?
[QUOTE=nutcake;38544181]Why would you even need that much storage? I can't think of anything an average user could save that demands that much space.[/QUOTE]
I remember posting on an online tech bulletin board (or was it a chat room i can't remember now) back in 1997, and 1GB hard drives were just starting to become mainstream but were still expensive. I said "In 10 years we will have 100GB hard drives!" and someone said exactly what you just said.
As resolutions increase, 4k and even 8k video becomes commonplace trust me you'll go through 1tb fast. Remember back in the day when games started needing 2 disks and there was outrage, games are now often 10 - 20GB per game. Think in another 10 - 20 years 1TB games will be commonplace as the sizes of textures, detail of models and quality of sounds increase.
I'd go to say the area of tech that has increased the least is actually displays... specifically resolutions we seem to have gone backwards when CRT's could do 2048x1152, we moved backwards when LCD's became commonplace and now the standard resolution is 1920x1080, with the highest resolution mainstream display available is currently 2560x1600 (not including Apple's new Retina Macbook). Although resolutions themselves have failed to increase or yield any technical advancement video formats have cought up with 720p and even 1080p becoming more and more common on even camera phones. Once we get another resolution bump to 4k and eventually 8k we will be needing terrabytes and even petabytes of storage to house all that data. Something else to take into concideration is 3D... I don't mean crappy 3D with glasses I'm talking about proper 3D holograms or 3D screens that can be viewed from multiple angles and you get a different viewpoint. Those formats will take up an unthinkable amount of space. Imagen a video that is 1920x1080p format now, well if you had true 3D you'd have to have 1920x1920x1080 (That's 3981312000 pixels!!) You'd be talking of file sizes up in the hundreds or even thousands of terrabytes in size
[QUOTE=daijitsu;38544230][h2]"No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer."[/h2]
-Bill Gates, circa 70's[/QUOTE]
[url]https://groups.google.com/forum/m/?fromgroups#!msg/alt.folklore.computers/mpjS-h4jpD8/9DW_VQVLzpkJ[/url]
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