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[Neil L. Little]

The sun aligns with the galactic equator on December 21st 2012

73,
Neil, WA4AZL
JARS Forever!!
www.jars.net

Shawn Hartsock wrote:
> It is interesting that the whole "sun aligning with the galactic core"
> thing doesn't have a holiday. That won't happen again until ... uh...
> what... like 65 million years from now? Time to party I'd say...
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Ivan Panarusky <panaruskyi at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> http://wikicomphelp.com/doom.html
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>> Countdown to the apoclypse.
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>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Scott Lambdin <lopaki at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> What about the criminals trapped in Manhattan using the salvaged computers
>>> and gluing chandeliers to their Cadillacs?
>>>
>>> On 2/10/09, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Monday 09 February 2009 04:11:22 pm Ivan Panarusky wrote:
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>>>>> Don't forget the year 2038 problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_Problem
>>>>>           
>>>> I'd imagine that by 2030, let alone 2038, the equivalent of today's Intel
>>>> 64x2
>>>> will cost a dime, in quantities, for embedded programmers to use.
>>>>
>>>> As far as desktops/servers/thinclients, if even one percent of the
>>>> population
>>>> is using 32 bit computers, OS's or software by 2030, our society has much
>>>> bigger problems than the 2038 year problem.
>>>>
>>>> Here's the approximate CPU bits history as I remember it for commodity
>>>> personal computers:
>>>>
>>>> 1975: 8 bits
>>>> 1984: 16 bits
>>>> 1995: 32 bits
>>>> 2004: 64 bits
>>>>
>>>> I'm reasonably confident that by 2030 we'll have at least 128 bit CPUs,
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>>> if
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>>>> not
>>>> 256's. I'm reasonbly confident that 32 bit generic CPUs manufactured for
>>>> use
>>>> in general purpose computers will have vanished from the planet.
>>>>
>>>> SteveT
>>>>
>>>> Steve Litt
>>>> Recession Relief Package
>>>> http://www.recession-relief.US
>>>>
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