On 7/2/2010 9:07 PM, Pat Flannery wrote:

Imagine for a second if your PC had the computing power of a good
electronic calculator...and weighed over 150 pounds.

What makes that really hilarious is that using present technology that
thing would be around the size and weight of a cellphone, 3+ orders of
magnitude faster, have around 10,000 times more memory, run off of a
couple of AAA batteries,and cost around $10 to mass produce.
Any problems with cosmic rays or solar storms screwing up its memory
could be defeated by sealing the whole works inside of a inch-thick
block of lead, reducing its overall mass by around 95%.

Pat