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The Fewture is here. Again. Kinda.

theFewture — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:19:27 +0000

Primitive computer and internet report.

2,000 Year Old Computer: Rebooted

theFewture — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:56:00 +0000

A British museum curator has built a working replica of a 2,000-year-old Greek machine that has been called the world's first computer.

A dictionary-size assemblage of 37 interlocking dials crafted with the precision and complexity of a 19th-century Swiss clock, the Antikythera mechanism was used for modeling and predicting the movements of the heavenly bodies as well as the dates and locations of upcoming Olympic games.

Monty Python Launches a YouTube Channel

theFewture — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:24:00 +0000

'No more of those crap quality videos you've been posting...'

USB 3.0 = 10x Faster

theFewture — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:25:00 +0000

Good. In the future, it looks like my video and music transfers will be downloading much faster. That means I will have much more time to fracture my reality by doing too many things at once.

Thanks a lot, Technology.

Via Wired: USB 3.0 to Deliver a Tenfold Speed Increase

The new spec will support data transfers at 4.8 gigabits per second, or Gbps, nearly 10 times faster than the current standard's 480 megabits per second and six times faster than FireWire 800.