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burfordTjustice

On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:17:17 -0400
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On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:38:05 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 15:26:44 -0400, burfordTjustice
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Computers will use more electricity than the entire world can
generate by 2040, tech experts claim

Nightmare scenario means humanity will be simply unable to power the
systems which keep us alive

But the current digital big bang could end with a disappointing
whimper because humanity may be unable to produce enough power to
keep computers running, experts have warned.

A leading technical organised called the Semiconductor Industry
Association has produced a study which said that computer-crazy
society will be running short of electricity by 2040

It wrote: €œComputing will not be sustainable by 2040, when the
energy required for computing will exceed the estimated worlds
energy production.€

The Semiconductor Industry Association meets every year to discuss
how electronic components called transistors €“ which power computer
circuits €“ can be made ever smaller.

Now the organisation is conceding that they probably wont get any
tinier, heralding the end of an era where computers got faster and
faster as transistors shrunk to every tinier sizes.

This means tech firms will have to think of new ways to make
computers powerful enough to keep up with demands.

€œDriverless cars and personalised medicine along with countless
other applications of intelligent systems are on the horizon, the
Semiconductor Industry Association added.

The year 2040 carries a huge resonance in the tech world, because
some people believe thats when artificial intelligence will become
as clever as us humans €“ a moment known as the singularity.

This is unlikely to happen if we keep suffering power cuts because
our computers are taking up too much energy.

Whats the best way to make sure a malign computer doesnt wipe us
all out?
Make sure its not plugged in.

I call bull**** on this. You just have to look what happened in the
last 25 years. Computing power skyrocketed and the electrical power
used plummeted.
Your smart phone that can take a whole day's worth of charge from a
5v 1 amp USB port in less than an hour, has the power of a mainframe
that had a 208v 100a plug on it.
Anything from Buford T Justice is totally unadulterated BS. You can
bet on it.

Aww you poor thing, would it help you if we
did more pictures, perhaps just lines you could color?