Original Message: ----------------- From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 11:10:57 -0800 To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: An interesting response
Dan wrote: > > > My argument is that we shouldn't think of green energy as merely a test of > our will. It is also dependant on the lay of the land. Past behavior > doesn't guarantee future behavior, but it's much more likely that, in 10 > years, we will have a 1 terabyte drive for $100 than have a plane that can > carry 1500 passengers that flies for the same price (not price per > passenger but total price) as a plane that carries 100. > >10 years? You can get one for $200 now: *http://tinyurl.com/62bmep >The way prices for hard drives change, I doubt it will be much more than >one. I stand corrected. :-) How about 10 Tbytes in 10 years for $100? I suppose that might seem expensive in 10 years, unless there is a lot of inflation between now and then and the minimum wage goes to $100/hour. When I first looked at the price of disk space, in 1978, the HEP department was paying $2.50 per week per Mbyte for its use of disk space. So, it's fair to say that I've understated my point. :-) Dan M. Dan M. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
