They could have had a design rule that all network endpoints must work with 32/64/128 bit IPs.
This could perhaps have been implemented in VLSI back in the 80s in such a manner that 32-bit IPs ran at full speed, 64-bit at half speed and 128-bit at quarter speed.
So you're essentially pushing against specialized IP-oriented VLSI chips in everything from NICs to switches to routers... instead they should all have been reconfigurable general computing devices?
Don't you think that would have slowed down the growth quite a bit?
Observation: That's how https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel flourished and then stagnated and ultimately died when facing competition from the more "free" Internet. (Still upvoted you.)
Sleep apnea - it's weird how you often don't notice/understand it until an external observer who has seen it before tells you what's going on. You just feel very slightly more tired each day. You randomly microsleep without realizing. It's quite insidious. It's obviously very dangerous if you drive a car.
This area needs much more awareness (and tech-based
"disruption" - especially in detection, but also in making CPAP treatment more affordable and accessible).
Please do explain how you find it ambiguous what exactly I'm calling "flaming crap". I'm actually quite curious. In fact, I suspect you are lying. But you're not interested once this topic has moved away from the the front page.
Reminder: What I posted was:
> It's odd how on HN you're not supposed to be negative of anything technical even if it's flaming crap, but also at the same time you're also supposed be assuming certain doom when it comes to climate change. How about we try to solve the technical problem at hand?
It's odd how on HN you're not supposed to be negative of anything technical even if it's flaming crap, but also at the same time you're also supposed be assuming certain doom when it comes to climate change. How about we try to solve the technical problem at hand?
It refers to an 1887 patent application with 218 pages. Here's part 1 (specification) at 55 pages:
http://www.archive.org/details/PaigeCompositorUS547860Text60... (granted 1895-10-15, that tracks with the 8 year review period mentioned in the article.)
And here's part 2 - 163 pages full of lovely mechanical drawings:
https://archive.org/details/PaigeCompositorUS547860Sheets600...