Schmoople,
>>As you have mentioned in previous writings "what would one do with these if they were free?"<<
Herein lies the proverbial fly in the ointment. The answer according to prevailing wisdom, of course, is that these devices will be used to insert data streams onto the Internet, in an unobstructing way, without causing traffic jams and bottlenecks on the matrices that allow for optical cross connecting (heck, even where purely optical heterodyning takes place), while the Internet, at that time, will consist of an almost infinite supply of free bandwidth.
But which of these freebees will be considered the driver at that point? Will it be the greater abundance of easily accessed free bandwidth on the Internet? Or the unending supply of data streams emanating from new multimedia applications made possible through the use of free I/O devices and processors?
Reminds me of: "Can God create a stone that was so heavy that even He could not lift it?"
We tend to get carried away with the theoretical premises which lead us to conclude thoughts of freeness, where atoms and other peoples' toils and sweat are at stake.
Regards,
Frank Coluccio
<with tongue slightly, but not fully, in cheek> |
