(02-25-2014, 12:54 AM)pauldacheez Wrote: [ -> ]There's still enough inherent latency to that, at least in our current reality where data can't be transmitted faster than light, that plenty of processing still needs to be done on-device. You wouldn't want UI responsiveness, input lag, or audio latency to be dictated by network speed.
Well with regards to gaming the latency is always going to be there one way or the other. I'd rather see input lag as opposed to shooting a guy in the head and then him miraculously flying across the screen.
But away from gaming it's inevitable. Image and video prepossessing is all going to be done server side and not at a device within your home. Lag isn't going to be an issue for any of this kind of stuff.
Quote:Lag isn't going to be an issue for any of this kind of stuff.
What kind of fantasy world do you live in?
A world ruled by the Dunning-Kruger effect.
teh_speleegn_polease Wrote:By definition, if they become affordable to operate at home no part of it will be expensive. And if you're supposed to change it often, it should be affordable to do so.
Fair enough. I tend to treat upfront cost and maintenance cost as two separate entities when comparing products.
teh_speleegn_polease Wrote:That doesn't mean what you say untrue, but rather means that quantum PCs aren't going to become fully affordable and reliable for quite some time. If they do, however (which may never happen - IDK), then by definition it shouldn't be harder to operate than a traditional PC.
Why would making them cheap automatically guarantee that they become easy to operate? That doesn't make any sense.
As for cloud computing I'm not sure if I'm in the minority here but I'm still highly skeptical of the repeated claims that it's going to inevitably replace almost all client side computing models. Every example of it actually being implemented that I've ever seen in person has been objectively worse in every way than the client side application that was being replaced. Here in the US our internet infrastructure is terrible and thanks to the local cable/DSL monopolies it may take a long time for that to change. As long as that remains true I don't see how mainstream applications are going to migrate to cloud computing without creating a shitstorm (just look what happened to the xbone, there, I made this on topic now). A large portion of the computers in this country are either hooked up to dialup/satellite, no internet at all, painfully slow DSL, and/or have connections that drop out regularly. Those that are lucky enough to not be in one of these categories are typically running off cable or DSL that is still much slower than typical European speeds. So now imagine a world where you need fast internet to do anything... And then there is latency which is such a big deal for some types of applications that even the biggest proponents of cloud computing have been forced to state that it's impractical for use with them. Plus there is the fact that cloud computing is such a stupid term that years later I still cannot fathom how this became an official term in the industry.