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Mind blowing facts about the growth of technology…set to music...
Flopping Aces ^
| Monday, March 9th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
| MataHarley
Posted on 03/10/2009 10:53:45 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Food for the brain cells….
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: globaltech; hitech
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To: ShadowAce
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
03/10/2009 11:03:06 PM PDT
by
word_warrior_bob
(You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Just wow... thanks for the link!
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posted on
03/10/2009 11:10:10 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(DemocRATs: The party of tax cheats and other assorted crooks)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
03/10/2009 11:32:58 PM PDT
by
BigCinBigD
('When a man believes that any stick will do, he at once picks up a boomerang,')
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Marking to show my children tomorrow. Their latest interest is making videos (more specifically stop motion videos) on the computer. And that video was very well done.
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posted on
03/10/2009 11:41:22 PM PDT
by
Tired of Taxes
(Dad, I will always think of you.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Well, the song is ten years old! Let’s all read Homer.
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posted on
03/10/2009 11:51:22 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
03/11/2009 12:16:44 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
MOST eye-opening stats:
Half of what you learn during your first year of a technical degree will be obsolete before the end of your third year of that study.
There are 5 times more words in the English language today than 400 years ago.
A new fiber optic cable can transfer the equivalent of 2,660 CDs every second—that capacity is TRIPLING every 6 months.
10 years ago, I was storing documents on $10, 100mb Zip discs the size of a coaster.
TODAY I can store them on a $10, 2gb SD card the size of a postage stamp.
In 10 years...???
This is amazing. This is also very SCARY.
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posted on
03/11/2009 12:21:04 AM PDT
by
TruthHound
(A Republican who acts conservative will whip the snot out of Democrat who acts liberal EVERY TIME!)
To: dr_lew
There someone was going to and fro before a great web, and singing with a clear voice, some goddess or some woman, and they cried aloud and called to her. And she at once came forth and opened the bright doors, and invited them in; and they all, in their innocence, followed her inside. But I remained behind, for I suspected there was a snare. Then they all vanished together, nor did one of them appear again, though I sat long and watched.
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posted on
03/11/2009 12:22:09 AM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
quite uplifting— well for me anyways...
i did read recently that data is doubling every 9 months now...makes you really begin to understand why super fast broadband is now a must have...
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posted on
03/11/2009 1:25:51 AM PDT
by
Irishguy
(How do ya LIKE THOSE APPLES!!!!)
To: TruthHound
It has dated all movies, and tv shows. Remember the days when you had to find a payphone?
The tricorders are next.
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posted on
03/11/2009 1:31:32 AM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(Glittering prizes, and endless compomises, shatter the illusion of integrity. Yeah!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Neat!..Thanks Ern...very cool.
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posted on
03/11/2009 3:18:19 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Where's my FOF Indicator?)
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
03/11/2009 5:07:51 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Had to turn down the annoying music.
I just passed 31 years at my job. Started out as a main frame Cobol programmer and now my job includes support of all the remote laptops and blackberries plus a bunch of automated spread sheets some PowerBuilder programs, Citrix server management, etc.
I remember early on, one of my co-workers said to me, "I will only work on a Unisys programming in Cobol". I decided I would try to learn the new technologies as they came aboard.
It is almost impossible to keep up and you just can't change technology as fast as you would like. I have scripts that run overnight that 10 years ago took 6-8 hours and today take 20 minutes on a slow night.
I am writing this on my new netbook. Yes embrace the new always, even if you sometimes have to deal with the old at the same time.
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posted on
03/11/2009 6:29:22 AM PDT
by
w1andsodidwe
(Jimmy Carter(the Godfather of Terror) allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
To: Irishguy
makes you really begin to understand why super fast broadband is now a must have...
Yet Comcast only wants you to use 250G a month. Seems like a lot until you start streaming video.
They give you a 700hp engine but you only get one tank of gas per month.
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posted on
03/11/2009 6:45:36 AM PDT
by
BikerJoe
To: w1andsodidwe
I have scripts that run overnight that 10 years ago took 6-8 hours and today take 20 minutes on a slow night.
I have a DOS-based embedded system toolset that still runs in a command box on Vista. The end-to-end build for an embedded system I was working on in 1987 took 14 minutes on a PC-AT. Today, on my latest machine, it takes .51 seconds!
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posted on
03/11/2009 6:55:33 AM PDT
by
BikerJoe
To: word_warrior_bob
more need to see that....no doubt what Obama and his handlers are doing.....
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
That made me feel soooo small. LOL
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posted on
03/11/2009 10:07:30 AM PDT
by
papasmurf
(Trow da' bum out!)
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posted on
03/11/2009 10:14:05 AM PDT
by
boxerblues
(Party like its 1773)
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