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Title: The limits of computers...GREAT article!!
Post by: AjT004 on June 25, 2001, 03:55:13 PM
Actually the limits of a laptop I should say.  Okay. I\'m sure most of you in this forum won\'t grasp this article at all due to it\'s deep usage of the greatness of Physics, but for those of you that have atleast taken a Physics class or 2 in college, you can probably understand it a little better.  WARNING!!  Difficult to grasp at first though...


http://arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/01q2/limits/limits-1.html


Great read!!
Title: The limits of computers...GREAT article!!
Post by: AjT004 on June 25, 2001, 03:57:59 PM
Woops sorry, I thought I was in off-topic... can a Mod move it there
Title: The limits of computers...GREAT article!!
Post by: Deadly Hamster on June 25, 2001, 04:22:20 PM
ok to sum things up , symbol=symbol blah blah blah i ahve no idea what that person is talking about.....
Title: The limits of computers...GREAT article!!
Post by: nO-One on June 25, 2001, 04:29:35 PM
Another Ars reader.It\'s the best site on the net (along with psx2c of course)
Title: The limits of computers...GREAT article!!
Post by: Toxical on June 25, 2001, 06:33:26 PM
that was  a nice article, :D
Title: The limits of computers...GREAT article!!
Post by: cloud345 on June 25, 2001, 07:26:14 PM
Hey guys, I\'m 10 and i understand that stuff...........................well sorta.


I just dont understand the 3rd paragraph with all the numbers that are to big for my little mind.

 In the other paragraphs they are mainly saying there has to be a end due to the law of physics.


 To make it simple what goes up cant up up forever. Therefor it has a limit as of how far it can go.




E(evil)=M(milk)C(cartons) Squared.No.........wait that therory of reletivity!



                                                           Law Of Physics


The science of matter and energy and of interactions between the two, grouped in traditional fields such as acoustics,
      optics, mechanics, thermodynamics, and electromagnetism, as well as in modern extensions including atomic and nuclear physics, cryogenics,
      solid-state physics, particle physics, and plasma physics.







Or,Physical properties, interactions, processes, or laws: the physics of supersonic flight.  




Or perhaps, The study of the natural or material world and phenomena; natural philosophy.
Title: The limits of computers...GREAT article!!
Post by: EmperorRob on June 25, 2001, 08:18:44 PM
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Originally posted by nO-One
Another Ars reader.It\'s the best site on the net (along with psx2c of course)
I\'m an Anadtech guy myself.
Title: The limits of computers...GREAT article!!
Post by: Kimahri on June 25, 2001, 08:28:04 PM
wha?
hehe it says wankerdesk in the url..... thats about as far as my brain can go.
Title: The limits of computers...GREAT article!!
Post by: AjT004 on June 25, 2001, 09:17:42 PM
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Originally posted by nO-One
Another Ars reader.It\'s the best site on the net (along with psx2c of course)


That\'s right!!  It sure is the best site on the net!  Too bad I don\'t still live back in Boston though.  I would\'ve been going to the parties the put on.   I miss that old City, but heck ya, go Ars!
Title: The limits of computers...GREAT article!!
Post by: politiepet on June 26, 2001, 07:14:35 AM
nice article, but a bit far fetched, I mean the border at which computer can go goes for everything, it\'s simply the limit for things
Title: The limits of computers...GREAT article!!
Post by: nO-One on June 26, 2001, 07:33:30 AM
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Originally posted by AjT004


That\'s right!!  It sure is the best site on the net!  Too bad I don\'t still live back in Boston though.  I would\'ve been going to the parties the put on.   I miss that old City, but heck ya, go Ars!


Check out the "Lounge" section of their forums,they always have an Ars meet planned somewhere.

But I would really like to check those out,meet Cæsar and the others.
It would be cool if there could be something like a psx2c meet or something.
Title: The limits of computers...GREAT article!!
Post by: Schlotzky5 on June 26, 2001, 09:30:11 AM
i dont really agree with that article of a max power of a computer because it says that there can only be so much energy produced from a given mass but all you must do to increase the mass is make the laptop out of a material with a higher density. not to mention the fact that there is no given max weight for laptops(i have a really old one that has to be atleast 15lbs)
Title: The limits of computers...GREAT article!!
Post by: Schlotzky5 on June 26, 2001, 09:31:14 AM
but then again i am just some kid not even out of high school so what the hell do i know