http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32431107/posts/summaryWed, 08 Nov 2006 03:52:41 +0000http://www.future-hype.com/blog/Future HypeBlogger115http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32431107/posts/summary/116122912184409365Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:37:00 +00002006-10-18T21:18:37.530-07:00About 500 miles of west Texas highway have a new speed limit -- 80 miles per hour, the highest in the country. Some observers are concerned about reduced safety, and some are concerned about reduced mileage. I see something else. I see an example of a technology that didn’t increase exponentially. With all the excitement about Moore’s Law and the exponential rise of computing power, we are http://www.future-hype.com/blog/2006/10/texas-highways-have-new-speed-limit.phpFuture Hypehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/32431107/posts/summary/116122899885601439Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:33:00 +00002006-10-18T20:59:11.513-07:00Did you feel it? The great American population odometer rolled over to 300,000,000 on October 17. (It was at 7:46am EDT, if you’re keeping track.) Three hundred million is a big milestone for us, but China estimates that its one-child policy has reduced its population by roughly the same amount. In other words, in 25 years, China has not produced as many people as the US only now has. This http://www.future-hype.com/blog/2006/10/american-population-reaches-300000000.phpFuture Hypehttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/32431107/posts/summary/116122770925472701Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:18:00 +00002006-10-18T20:33:19.113-07:00Amazon sells ebook readers for less than $200. More than 50,000 titles are available at online retailers. Are ebooks finally here? Let’s pause to remember some of the missteps in this field. In 1999, Microsoft predicted the end of printed books, magazines, and newspapers within 20 years. According to their timeline, by now we should have seen one billion electronic ebook titles and by 2008 we http://www.future-hype.com/blog/2006/10/amazon-sells-ebook-readers-for-less.phpFuture Hype