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Originally posted by papichulo
Interesting theory.
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well for instance
Computing in our future:
The information:
There have been several announcements on companies coming up with processors that have the ability to parallel process over a specific network. There have been also several announcements for high-speed ?internet-like? networks that will be available in the future which will work in tandem with said processors. There have also been announcements of a memory storage medium so small that thirty cubic centimeters would yield around sixty gigabytes of memory storage. With the quick USB storage sticks of up to around 300 MB, we can quickly come to determine that the software mediums such as floppy disks, CD, DVD, and other devices that required mechanical parts to read them will be obsolete in the near future. With this being understood and the increasing speed of the Internet with the Internet (II) breathing down our necks, we can see where purchasing a software product over the Internet is quickly becoming a reality.
The Vision:
In the future there will be a singular computing ?box? that people will purchase. This box will be void of any moving parts. It will be 100% integrated circuitry and will have processing power well beyond any system we have today. This box will contain a new type of processing chip that works in tandem with other processing chips of the same or like architecture through the use of high-speed network oriented parallel processing. The network will be of such speed that whole operating systems will be downloaded to the ?box? within a matter of seconds. Software storage will occur on the box and within ?virtual? storage spaces that are sold to the general public. All data will be available for the government to be able to browse through to make sure there are no illegal activities happening on any specific user account.
Family Life:
These boxes will be the standard home entertainment system. The unit will serve as a central processing unit that displays content purchased. An entire family will be able to use this ?box? as a gateway to all of their electronic needs.
There will be a separate flat screen or VR-Headset that will operate on a standard 128-bit encryption scheme through a wireless network local to the home. Family members will all configure their personal input/output devices to retrieve and send data requests/processing to this central system. Going out to get one of these will be like it is to go out and get a home entertainment system today in the year 2004. Talking to your kids will be as simple as connecting to a visual interface system that will come as a standard for each input/output station. Kids will take classes online by the time they reach high school due to the population expansion and costs of maintaining high schools.
The ?Net?:
Processing power will be done locally as well as remotely on other boxes on the same network that currently do not have 100% of a load applied to them. The boxes will never have a ?power-off? button. They will run all of the time and will create a very large network of ?processors? that can be used by any one person. Processing power will not be a local thing, but rather it will be how much of the ?network? you currently are paying for. As well, there will be services that run these boxes, a very wide number of them, for people to use as additional upgrades to their processing power. The chip manufacturer that holds the monopoly on said processors will be selling chips with 1000+ times more processing power than one home will be able to use. Customers will pay to create a massive complex of parallel processing systems thinking they are simply buying the ?total? package, when in reality the processing power will be limited like a toll. People will have to pay extra to get more processing power from their system thinking that they are getting additional processing power from the ?net?, when in reality their home system has more processing power than they could ever ask for. Government agencies and large business corporations will hold the majority of processing power rights and will use the ?Net? to manage their business and do large scale number crunching.