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To: Doren who wrote (14430)	9/1/2000 3:18:36 PM
From: Jim Greif	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Thread, Looks as though we're getting a nice going-away present, as Sandisk nears 88. It's much more fun in the 80s than the 50s. Have a great weekend all. Jim

To: Doren who wrote (14430)	9/1/2000 3:49:08 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 60323

Doren, re: "the network is the computer" Hll, it Friday, let me get a little far out here. SETI uses my CPU to crunch numbers when I'm not using my PC. To be honest, they could use my CPU constantly, I'm using a very small percentage of it's capacity at any given moment. If you think of all the computation power that's out there, maybe 100++ million CPU's (?), my guess* is that collectively they are running at less than 1% of capacity. And the always on network has the capability, now, of using that processing power. At some point in the future (God knows when), I could see a free exchange of processing time. You might even get paid for the use of your CPU, as it crunches numbers while you sleep. It's sort of like the folks that have wind generated electricity, when they generate more power than they use, the electricity goes up line and they get $ credit. You can talk about the same thing with shared storage. The interesting thing is that the network, constantly connected, with Peer to Peer computing software, changes a lot of stuff. I am not smart enough to predict all the implications, wish I was. One thing is for sure IMHO, there is a lot more change in front of us. Just happy to make a few bucks on SanDisk today, it will cover what I will probably lose playing golf this weekend. Everybody have a GREAT looong weekend! John

To: Doren who wrote (14430)	9/2/2000 3:17:48 AM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Doren, re: "CDs will become virtually obsolete". Agreed. But, for home systems, .MP3s aren't any better (albeit far cheaper). I'd gladly pay a nominal charge to the Record Industry to be able to stream any record I want directly into to my home audio system. Beats the heck out of searching, downloading, testing to see that the song is complete, renaming and then cataloging songs. They could save us all a lot of grief and compile a single .MP3 DVD containing the 75 best-selling albums of all time on an annual subscription. It'll never happen but it sure would be nice ... Craig