Subj : life ?
To   : Benny Pedersen
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Thu Feb 13 2020 23:21:26

Hallo Benny!

 BP> without java there would not be any android devices

Amen!  I could *EASILY* live with there being zero android devices in this 
world.  Anyhow I get the impression that Google would prefer that it didn't and 
that Google Go will replace java ... and python while it's at it.  :::evil 
grin:::  We'll see.

 BP> good or bad ?

So far neither.  The risc-v processor was supposed to go mainstream last June 
but for whatever reason it there still isn't a production release of it/them 
.... yet.  I don't know what the holdup on them and the evaluation boards I see 
are all way to expensive at this point in time.  However if they do manage to 
pull off a release then it *should* be as opensource hardware which is a good 
thing methinks.  I can wait ... as if I have a choice.

 BP> will explode ?

Not yet but they haven't been out that long to see what issues there are with 
LiFePO4 battereis at this point in time.  Theoretically there should be no 
issues with explosions and/or fires since adding iron to the mix supposedly 
makes them more stable than the lithium ion ones, or so the story goes.  
However they are VERY expensive compared to the more traditional batteries used 
in ups's and the such.  If they are as half as good as they claim then one has 
to look at this as a long term situation.  Right now I cannot afford this but 
am making a future plan given that nothing major happens in the meantime, such 
as an explosion and/or fire.

 BP> i got a sysquest drive, looked like it was a new 8" floppy disk in
 BP> cartridge design

I've never seen one of those yet.  Most of the ones I've seen in the real world 
are/were HP DAT drives with the cartridges being a tad larger than the tapes 
they used in answering machines from way back when.  Beats me what they sell 
for these days but I am betting sata drives are cheaper per byte and much 
faster.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

.... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.
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