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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: diamondgeezer on November 06, 2002, 07:53:25 am

Title: Wowser!
Post by: diamondgeezer on November 06, 2002, 07:53:25 am
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2404599.stm

Me want!
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Post by: ZylonBane on November 06, 2002, 11:35:52 am
Criminy. I thought they were already having problems with quantum tunneling at the current fab sizes. Wonder how they dealt with it this time?
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Post by: Dr.Zer0 on November 06, 2002, 03:44:02 pm
as small as a virus... hmm  that makes me wonder if tis possible to inject these things into my blood stream to enhance the performance of my body's functions :doubt: just ignore that
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Post by: Stryke 9 on November 06, 2002, 04:08:01 pm
Cool. Now we can all inject ourselves with nanites and see what happens when you hack into someone else's body.

[arm lifts independent of self, starts beating Stryke uncontrollably]

Plus, I can install Win2K on people who displease me! Mwuhahahaa!
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Post by: Fineus on November 06, 2002, 04:12:26 pm
I wonder what that means for magick users ;)
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Post by: CP5670 on November 06, 2002, 09:33:53 pm
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as small as a virus... hmm that makes me wonder if tis possible to inject these things into my blood stream to enhance the performance of my body's functions  just ignore that


I want that in my brain... ;7
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Post by: Stryke 9 on November 06, 2002, 09:40:01 pm
[plugs a joystick into CP and makes him throw out all his math books and start hitting on girls]
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Post by: Su-tehp on November 06, 2002, 10:12:57 pm
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Originally posted by Stryke 9
[plugs a joystick into CP and makes him throw out all his math books and start hitting on girls]


LOL! But what happens when those girls start slapping him? Won't they knock something out of whack? I think that qualifies as a new definition of "force feedback!" ;) :D :p
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Post by: wEvil on November 06, 2002, 10:22:58 pm
bollocks is Intel at the forefront of that process technology.

anyway, its not a patch on .13u SOI or optical processors
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Post by: Stealth on November 06, 2002, 10:24:21 pm
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Originally posted by Su-tehp


LOL! But what happens when those girls start slapping him? Won't they knock something out of whack? I think that qualifies as a new definition of "force feedback!" ;) :D :p


joystick... did he mean like vulgar 'joystick'?  "plugs a joystick in"... i hope not!
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Post by: Su-tehp on November 06, 2002, 10:29:49 pm
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Originally posted by Stealth
joystick... did he mean like vulgar 'joystick'?  "plugs a joystick in"... i hope not!


There's a reason they cal it a "JOYstick.":D

Not that CP has shown that he knows what to do with it around a woman...;)
Title: Wowser!
Post by: Neon on November 07, 2002, 06:56:39 am
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Originally posted by Su-tehp


There's a reason they cal it a "JOYstick.":D

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by: Sandwich on November 07, 2002, 07:03:21 am
*ahem* Back to topic, please. :doubt:
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Post by: Dark_4ce on November 07, 2002, 07:26:45 am
Everything is getting smaller!! Soon they'll be crancking out mobile phones the size of postage stamps and super computers the size of tic tacs. Though it would be cool to have all those little nanobots floating around, fixing whatever might be wrong with you. :D Oooooooh... Think, NANOSABERS!!! You got the hilt and then when you press the button, "whoom" this cluster of lil ol nano bots spews out to form a blade as thin as an atom, but stronger than titanium. So it can cut through everything... :D
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Post by: Stunaep on November 07, 2002, 09:09:14 am
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Originally posted by Dark_4ce
Everything is getting smaller!! Soon they'll be crancking out mobile phones the size of postage stamps


They do that already. I've seen a cell phone the built into a wristwatch.
Title: Wowser!
Post by: Cannikin on November 07, 2002, 09:26:16 am
Wait a minute...

They've deceptively worded these things. By sticking nanometers as the units, they make it seem incredibly small. In actuality 90nm is only .09 microns (compared to today's standard .13 micron transitors) which is not THAT much smaller. So yes, it may increase it by a significant amount (2-3 times the transitor density) but nothing insanely huge that would create supercomputers in wristwatches or something :rolleyes:

Now when they start measuring in attometers (atto=10^-18)... ;7 ;7 ;7
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Post by: wEvil on November 07, 2002, 10:18:06 am
actually todays standard is between .13 and .25, so id stick the average at .18 :p
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Post by: Dr.Zer0 on November 07, 2002, 01:35:43 pm
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Originally posted by Stunaep


They do that already. I've seen a cell phone the built into a wristwatch.


James Bond?
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Post by: ZylonBane on November 07, 2002, 01:50:58 pm
Dick Tracy.
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Post by: Dr.Zer0 on November 07, 2002, 02:32:00 pm
Inspector Gadget
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Post by: diamondgeezer on November 07, 2002, 03:23:11 pm
Oo, word association - excellent idea!

Er... Sherlock Holmes!
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Post by: wEvil on November 07, 2002, 05:30:44 pm
oh ffs
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Post by: Dr.Zer0 on November 07, 2002, 06:26:08 pm
Sherlock Homo :p

now lets kill wa here.
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Post by: Sandwich on November 07, 2002, 06:50:16 pm
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Originally posted by Cannikin
Now when they start measuring in attometers (atto=10^-18)... ;7 ;7 ;7


'Atta boy! :yes: ;)
Title: Wowser!
Post by: diamondgeezer on November 08, 2002, 05:48:16 am
Boo!:no:
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Post by: Tiara on November 08, 2002, 05:53:21 am
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Originally posted by Cannikin

Now when they start measuring in attometers (atto=10^-18)... ;7 ;7 ;7


Why not yoctometers (= 10^-24)? :p
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Post by: wEvil on November 08, 2002, 06:16:14 am
:wtf:
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Post by: Dark_4ce on November 08, 2002, 10:19:55 am
Damn! When things start to get THAT small, people will be afraid to use they're vacuum cleaners!