 the cyberdecks gand-father?, most likely a hoax but what the hell... |
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panda!  Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242  |
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Sep 12 2005, 06:41 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,011 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
I'm surprised at such a low resolution. I mean, they're pulling the rest of the specs out of their collective ass, why not add that one as well?
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Sep 12 2005, 06:46 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
n/p
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Sep 12 2005, 06:46 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
maybe they want to keep some air of realism over it ;)
rember, go flat out and everyone and their dog will call it a hoax.but keep atleast some of it within the realm of realism and maybe someone will get fooled :silly: |
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Sep 12 2005, 08:49 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 293 Joined: 27-January 03 From: Kentucky, USA Member No.: 3,958 |
Eh. Using non-volatile RAM in a computer for storage has been around for decades. The very first HP Omnibook, for instance, had two options: a 40 Mb Type II PCMCIA hard drive, or a 10 Mb Type I PCMCIA card. Windows 3.1 was buil onto a ROM PCMCIA card that went into another slot.
They sold fairly well, from what I remember, because they were light and battery efficient compared to other notebooks. But, they were expensive and I don't know how reliable they were. |
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Sep 12 2005, 09:16 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,011 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Oh, yes, NVRAM isn't new or impossible. Check the rest of the specs.
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Sep 12 2005, 09:30 PM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
This was revealed at the Vegas Consumer Electronics Show this year. While in all likelihood it's total vaporware, with a convenient little mock up to fool the rubes... the reporting press seems to be of two minds on it. Or maybe 1.5 minds. Namely: "This is probably bullshit, but we haven't been able to call them on it... And wouldn't it be cool if it were real?"
The thing that trips me out is my bullshit meter says "Total bollocks!" But for some of the basework technology for this, he won some kind of award from CES the year before. So I figure maybe he's got something new, but has dressed it up to be drastically more powerful than it really is. I mean... who wins an award for something that screams BS unless they have a grain of something new in it? Edit: Man, the more I look at this guy's webpage, the more confused I get. Like... have you seen the other gadgets he has on his page? They seriously appear to be cobbled together out of junk. So he's either brilliant with one or two things and totally freakin' deranged with others, or he's an awesome salesman in person, who's totally full of crap. |
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Sep 12 2005, 10:14 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 24-August 05 From: Palm Harbor, FL Member No.: 7,610 |
No, he's totally full of crap period :).
I'd love to see just how he got a 32-bit OS to recognize 1TB of RAM. :rotfl: |
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Sep 12 2005, 10:47 PM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
Well, I'm voting for awesome salesman in person, and full of crap.
Cuz he's apparently covered his bases enough to obfuscate the bullshit for every publication who's tried to call him on his BS. They've been like, "Well, we'd love to say he's full of shit, but he has patents on this crap, and we just can't find anything specific to say BS at!" Which is the hilarity of capitalism at its' finest. |
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Sep 12 2005, 11:30 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
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Sep 12 2005, 11:33 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
gah, typical me to sneak a typo in there...
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