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10/08/09
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So is the fiberoptic cable paired with a regular wire to allow for charging? As far as I know, light can't charge a device, unless Apple has decided the laws of physics has gotten in their way for long enough, and they are finally going to do something about it.
10/08/09
"Apple went to Intel and adopted USB for its original iMac...it made USB extremely popular."
So, if I am reading this article properly, it sounds like USB would not have been a success without Apple. All those PC's running out there would never have had the connectivity of USB if it were not for Apple??? Hmmm, I call bullshit on this one.
Now, I do like the concept of this, assuming that the cables can be rugged enough. I use fiber cables for various applications and they do ok but I do have concerns and have had some connections break do to improper handling. Hopefully they can make something that is as simple as USB with the speed of a direct connection to the controller of your choice...
10/08/09
I remember seeing USB ports show up on new Gateway machines in 1997. But nothing used them, including Gateways own included keyboard and mouse.
The popularity of the first iMac definitely helped push the adoption of USB. Manufacturers finally started making USB devices, and eventually the PC world started buying them too.
10/08/09
Not to talk about the fact that Intel has publicly credited Apple with USB's success, thanks to the original iMac.
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Much of Apples continued hype comes from what was basically a second coming of Apple. The iMac was 1984 all over again for the company, and peoples perception of the company.
There was bondi colored EVERYTHING, even non-computer products like vacuums. Anything hip in 98-99 had to have i in lowercase in front of it.
And yes making a computer that had ONLY USB and NO floppy really did change the computer market and made perheptual manufacturers get away from using serial/ADB/parallel/and PS/2 ports.
It wasnt instantaneous, but the iMac did make it happen.
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You had to patch Win 98 to use USB. Even OS 9 allowed you to use USB without drivers for all but particular devices.
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I can see it on the Apple tablet and macs of next year!
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If we're still talking about this years after USB came into existence, it will never ever happen.
Universal Serial Bus, people. It's right in the name. USB was already supposed to be the "one port to rule them all". But as with anything in the tech industry, good luck getting everyone to agree.
Especially rallying behind Apple.
10/08/09
This technology is a speed boost, why won't that sell?
10/08/09
Sony alone will likely screw this up by still pushing HDMI. You know, because they want DRM and content control built-in to the wires they used to hook up monitors and TVs. Not a chance in hell they'll just up and go with LightPeak for all their video needs and hand Apple the reigns.
No. Friggin. Way.
06/10/09
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What an insensitive, ignorant prick.
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I'm just hoping your name isn't really Robert Paulson.
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Damn you Twitter! You win this time!
Sorry, Twitter is... It's like those meme tests everybody on facebook does. It all seems to lack content, value, and connection. I don't want my interactions with others to be like a bite of a happy meal.
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If you follow shallow, vapid retards, then yes, it's useless and pointless. If you follow people that are intelligent, creative and witty, then it can be a source of enjoyment and informative updates that are relevant to your interests.
In other words, if you're bored, then you're boring. Bashing social networking for lack of interesting content is like an illiterate person bashing the public library.
As for the people that simply bash social networking (or anything popular for that matter) for the ironic "hipness" thereof... well, they are elitist assholes who deserve to be raped with redhot garden shears. If you happen to self-pigeonhole yourself into that category, well, that's your own problem.
You aren't cool because you like something, and you aren't cool because you dislike something. Either use it, or don't, but in either case: SHUT THE FUCK UP. No one cares wha tyou don't like because you're too "enlightened" for it.
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/crawls back into cave.
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