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Say hi, I am trying to get him on friendfeed. - Robert Scoble

That looks like it will need cooling. - Parth Awasthi

when can we expect to get such technology in our hands - Arvind

Hi Sunil, nice chips you have there :) - Richard pancakhaus Walker

I'd like my chips stacked like that - Harrison Powers

Interesting.... is this vertical (3d) memory??? Or just normal RAM chips stacked??? - Roberto Bonini

the website [ http://www.verticalcircuits.com/ ] says the the company has pioneered VIP ( vertical interconnect pillar ) technology that enables manufacturers to produce stacked ICs as this one.. - Arvind

Hi - RAPatton

Robert, come check out ZipTronix http://www.ziptronix.com/ in Research Triangle Park, NC - Jay Cuthrell

Wouldn't more chips mean less phone battery life? - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

Bruce: not necessarily. - Robert Scoble

wasn't there a cluster/super computer group working on building blades w/ multiple mobile chips in them? - clarke thomas

Arvind: they are expecting these chips to be in cell phones beginning later this year. Parth: these are flash memories, so don't need much cooling. If they tried to do processors like that, yes, they would need cooling. Roberto: yes, this is vertical/3D memory. Jay, would love to come out to Research Triangle Park sometime. - Robert Scoble

Why do we need more storage? And why do we need it to be smaller? I can already get an 8GB micro-SD card for <$12. Exactly what problem are they solving? - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

Steve: I have a 32GB card in my Canon 5D Mark II and it's not enough. We ALWAYS need more storage. Especially when the world moves to HD video. - Robert Scoble

But, are you wiling to pay for it? This seems like a "twice the storage at 3 times the cost" type of solution, and cost is the dominating factor in storage these days. I'm sure there are a few places where "size is king" but I still assert that "cost is king". - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

Steve: if you gave me 64GB I would pay 3x more than 32 cost me. How do you know this to be true? Because I do it every year. - Robert Scoble

Yeah, but you're totally outside the norm. I'm not disagreeing that there's a market for really fracking expensive (and dense) flash memory, I'm just saying that the market is pretty small, especially considering that Moore's law isn't on these guys' side. - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

I don't agree. The market continually brings new things that we pay a lot more for. You are sounding like that guy who said that 640KB is enough for everyone! :-) - Robert Scoble

I will never again pay more than $12 for any removable flash storage, this is likely true. :) - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

Does this guys tech give faster read & write speeds due to the chip-level parallelism? That would be worth paying extra for, especially for SSD-esque applications. - Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy

That is a good one - for iPod Touch offline reading, too! - Sarah Perez

Stanza is great. Haven't had it crash on me though... - Brad Brooks

@Brad I was messing around with the fonts and other settings when it crashed a couple of times. - Phil G

sometimes I wonder if I should get an iPod touch - Marshall Kirkpatrick from IM

@Marshall did you read Fred Wilson's entry on Sonos? http://www.avc.com/a_vc... Good stuff. - Phil G

@phil, have you tried it with the kindle? my kindle is coming in the mail tomorrow. i have heard that stanza works well with it. but would love confirmation...and i know, i know...the iphone is a good ebook reader too but i read so much that i think the backlit screen would make me go blind in the long run. - mike

@mike, I don't have a kindle, sorry. Actually, I still prefer my Nokia 770 for e-book reading because of its higher resolution and longer battery life, but the iPhone wins due to it being constantly in my pocket. I've entertained the idea of getting a Kindle, but I think I'm waiting for v.2 at this point. - Phil G

How does the iphone battery do running Stanza, it keeps the backlight on all the time, right? - Kevin Goldsmith from twhirl

@Jason - I'm with you on that. But for people who would normally tote a hardback with them, the Kindle makes sense.. say business travelers that constantly flying somewhere. @Kevin I installed the app this morning so the jury's still out on battery life. - Phil G

try ereader - you can buy books as well... - don loeb

I like Stanza! - Rochelle

@kevin - that's exactly my worry. also that i like to read a lot. i fear if i had to read on the tiny screen a lot, i would read less because of the eyestraing and a lack of comfort. i am hoping the kindle encourages me to read more, not less. i would love to hear about someone reading infinite jest or a neal stephenson book on the iphone. - mike

what sad is he should be running this country not the fed - sam from twhirl

Wow - Benjamin from twhirl

wow that is sad. - Brandon

Ok, i can't help it. Aside of anything, this is proof that the shoes make the outfit. - Patricia

Wow that's really sad. Too bad he is a creationist. - Sweyn Venderbush

Wowza, that's sad. Poor Guy. - Erin Kelly from twhirl

Ron Paul is a patriot and a gentleman. He speaks his mind and has a terrific character. I think he knows that he can't get elected, because his views are not mainstream enough to appeal to a large enough audience. The numbers just don't work out. But, he still trudges forward, giving a voice to ideas that don't receive a lot of press otherwise. I forget who said it, that 'those who have the least to lose can speak the most freely'. - Alex Hutnik

Apparently this picture is from months ago. Still sad though :P. - Costa Walcott

I think they photoshopped the background. - AJ Batac

Man, I don't wanna end up like that in 50 years! Sad, sooo sad... - Jason

hahahaha. - Caroline

Ron Paul should be the president. Obama is part of the same corrupt system as McCain Bush, etc. - Tokyo Dan

Wish we had someone like Ron Paul in the UK. I would of voted for him if I was in the US. Obama seems a nice guy but as Tokyo Dan said Obama and McCain are ran by the same corrupt system. God I sound like Adam Curry on the DSC, lol - Steven Horner from twhirl

Ron Paul wold have ended abortion rights in this country as we know it. - PC Easy from twhirl

There's no such thing as an "abortion right." - ComicList

is there some kind of godwin's law for when a discussion devolves into the abortion debate? - anna sauce

https://twitter.com/account... Your account is still in the process of being deleted. When it is done, (within 24 hours) you can come back here to restore it. - Noah David Simon

So wait, if you can't go - does that mean you succeeded? - l0ckergn0me

I agree - I have been trying to delete an account for two months and they won't let it go. Keeps user count higher, I guess. - Jeff DiStanlo

"he doens't know it yet......" i love it! - Jansen Lu

It's amazing how pervasive Twitter's downtime has become. - Ivan Stegic

Yeah. The downtime is as much a meme as the service :P - Brad McCrorey

Ouch, a "Dear @John" tweet. That's harsh! ;-) - Jim Stanger

Ha, close to the truth in some cases, heh - jjprojects

i really like this one... man :) - Ivan Stegic

Funny! - Tyler (Chacha) from twhirl

I agree. I am very happy with Twitter. Even if it does go down alot. But they are getting better. I haven't seen twitter down all week - Tyler (Chacha) from twhirl

MacRumors Live has always done a great job the last few years. Combined with Engadget, there's little to be missed. - Louis Gray

Engadget coverage is great! - Alex Sauceda

Has anybody created any room for this yet? - Jigar Mehta

Every year I revert to IRC since the websites continue to have issues. Macrumors has done the best to adapt, but they are generally 15-30 minutes behind which is a lifetime during a keynote. - Bwana ☠

Please do this... I will watch... I promise... - Mike Wills

Ryan Block just commented that someone has squatted the Engadget room name and the FriendFeed guys haven't responded yet. He is however considering it - Bwana ☠

Bwana, The one thing I am trying to figure out with the room I have created for next weeks Enterprise 2.0 conference is how do you get all the conversation into One room or a couple of rooms so that the conversation is not fractured ala Twitter? What if for WWDC next Monday 20 rooms were created for the conference. Would not prefer that activity take place in one room.... - OnDemand Beat

Great idea. We'll see if it holds up better than Twitter. - Daniel Shaw

Ameed, it's going to happen even if you did it the traditional way. For example, each Apple Keynote with Steve Jobs generally tends to have several journalistic/blogging outfits liveblogging: MacRumors, Gizmodo, Engadget, MacWorld, et al. To get a good discussion, however, you need to have someone with some authority on the subject doing it: I'm sure there are dozens of others liveblogging the events, but those 4 get most of the traffic because they have an established reader base. - Mark Trapp

Which is why it's pretty cool that Ryan Block was considering Friendfeed: he would bring with him much of Engadget's readerbase. Edit: Looks like Friendfeed is giving the room to Ryan and Engadget: awesome. - Mark Trapp

Isn't this a risk to have load that should be handled by the websites rather than a shared tool like this one? I mean the big websites you cite can handle this load during events like keynotes on their own blog... it's after all the concept of "I produce - You consume" - directeur

I've started a FriendFeed room called "Stevenote". It's public to encourage reporting-discussion-analysis, though I'd consider making it semi-public and co-administered if a top-tier personality wanted to liveblog directly in this room. For now, there are some links of interest for WWDC 2008, including links for major liveblogging sites. Feel free to add to it... http://friendfeed.com/rooms... - LogEx

I'll be sure to check it out Logical Extremes - Bwana ☠

Thank you Venturebeat! http://friendfeed.com/rooms... - Bwana ☠

@bwana - you bet. it's going to be a lot of fun i think and a really good way to spread the info quickly -- and of course have a conversation about it! - MG Siegler