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Generally Speaking => Power On => Topic started by: jnfs2014 on April 05, 2010, 09:55:48 PM

Title: Technology Advancement
Post by: jnfs2014 on April 05, 2010, 09:55:48 PM
It has come quite a whiles since the last decade began. Dial-up turned into Broadband. Satellite TV turned into Digital, HD, and now 3D. Playstation 2 turned into 3, and Xbox and 360 came out as well. The Gamecube faltered, but it was replaced by the casual-based wii. Touch and smart phones became more and more available (as this post is coming from one), being able to surf the web, download music, and watch tv. Heck, even the technology in cars has increased, and that doesn't stop with hybrids.


Discuss advances in the past few years.
Title: Re: Technology Advancement
Post by: Silverhawk79 on April 05, 2010, 10:30:12 PM
MicroSD cards still blow me away.
How the intercourse  can they fit 4GB of storage onto something smaller than a dime?
Science, man.
Title: Re: Technology Advancement
Post by: on April 05, 2010, 11:04:28 PM
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on April 05, 2010, 10:30:12 PM
MicroSD cards still blow me away.
How the intercourse  can they fit 4GB of storage onto something smaller than a dime?
Science, man.
I thought about that before. Like back in the '90s 1gb hardrive was huge and amazing. And yet now there are freaking MicroSD cards with multiple gbs
Title: Re: Technology Advancement
Post by: Silverhawk79 on April 06, 2010, 07:26:24 AM
Quote from: NHC_Live on April 05, 2010, 11:04:28 PM
I thought about that before. Like back in the '90s 1gb hardrive was huge and amazing. And yet now there are freaking MicroSD cards with multiple gbs
Just thinking about the technology present in an iPhone or Droid makes my head explode.
Title: Re: Technology Advancement
Post by: Lotos on April 06, 2010, 07:49:33 AM
How we went from CD players to MP3 players is pretty neat.  I'm wondering if something new will come along this decade.  Maybe (hopefully) everything will have native FLAC support?  Maybe they will make a commercial lossless file type as the new standard instead of MP3 and whatever Apple's file extension is.  What about video?  Is there a lossless for them?

Quote from: Silverhawk79 on April 05, 2010, 10:30:12 PM
MicroSD cards still blow me away.
How the intercourse  can they fit 4GB of storage onto something smaller than a dime?
Science, man.

This comes to mind. (http://xkcd.com/691/)