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[_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)04:01 No.2109397
Marked for deletion (old).
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)04:06 No.2109403
It's only been like, 24 hours since this blew up on the internet and I'm already tired of
explaining to people how impossible it is.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)04:28 No.2109411
what is this, the hybrid car of phones?
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)04:41 No.2109415
It's funny how every is saying that they are not ready for this sort of technology. As if human
beings are stupid and don't want progress.
Also this phone would never work out, for the same reasons why our government wont replace
gasoline with ethanol. Plus teens want the latest and greatest and just upgrading piece by piece
won't exactly do just that.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)04:55 No.2109418
>>2109403
It's not impossible. But it's not going to happen anytime soon. Products that are ahead of their
time usually end up as a fad and die out pretty quickly. Because people are stupid, and can get
easily overwhelmed with too much technology vat one time. Human beings need to take baby steps so
as not to overload their minds and explode like the weak, pathetic people they are.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)04:56 No.2109419
>Drop phone
>Bloks go everywhere
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)05:03 No.2109422
>>2109419
put it back together then
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)05:05 No.2109423
>>2109422
Tetris style!
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)05:16 No.2109424
Why dont we just make phones that we can throw away?
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)05:16 No.2109425
The general idea is sound, if a little romantic, but wouldn't this concept singularize new forms
of computing under this Dave Hakkens guy? The last thing any market needs is monopolisation.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)05:16 No.2109426
>>2109423
I knew all those hours of tetris didn't go to waste !
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)05:18 No.2109427
>>2109419
>implying the bloks dont lock
the screws push a mechanism up to lock the notches on the pins in place
its... beautiful really...
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)05:19 No.2109429
BUT THEN WHO WAS BLOKS??
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)05:24 No.2109431
>>2109418
It's not cost effective in the least for companies to produce. No one would pick up on it.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)05:25 No.2109433
>>2109429
epic, simply epic :^)
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)05:27 No.2109434
>Implying new technology stays the same "Blok" size.
>Implying new technology would work with old technology seamlessly
I bet this is a kick starter project. Have fun with the scam my friends.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)05:34 No.2109438
>>2109434
>Implying new technology stays the same "Blok" size.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law
I can see where you're coming from with the new tech thing, and there could especially be
problems with power consumption, but I'm sure the pins on the "Bloks" will bottleneck developers
into cross-compatibility.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)05:52 No.2109452
>dat 4 pin processor
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)06:08 No.2109456
>>2109418
>anyone not liking the bloks is a pathetic caveman
>you haters just aren't ready for the bloks
What do you do when suddenly you want an extra data pin for the bloks-camera you're building
Oh, you're suddenly horribly restrained by the bloks?
Will the bloks-board update to make room for more pins?
Will old bloks become obsolete just like old phones?
Will it live long enough to become the villain?
What do you do when you want more sensors or things than the bloks allow?
What about cameras on the front?
What about processors with different numbers of pins?
What about the extra latency from having data travel longer?
Wouldn't interference be a problem?
I'm not saying bloks-type hardware isn't the future but we aren't there yet and it's not
something you can just whip up and have it work as good as anything else.
>tfw I'm missing 1x4 pinholes for my ultimate bloks-layout
I wouldn't want to feel that feel.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)06:17 No.2109457
>dont want the big speaker module but would like a decent sized camera, bluetooth, and wlan
module.
>after setting everything in theres a 1x1 empty fucking hole on the side of my phone
>phone cant lock and the software flips the fuck out because its got a fucking hole missing
>forced to buy some bullshit size of some dumbfucking module just so my phone wont TEAR APART IN
MY POCKET
and did everyone just forget about sliding keyboards? Is that not a thing anymore?
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)06:21 No.2109458
>>2109457
Why not just stick a blank block in the hole?
And yes, everyone has more-or-less forgotten about sliding keyboards by now.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)06:29 No.2109464
PC MASTER RACE!
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)06:31 No.2109466
>>2109464
That is actually pretty much what PC is compared to consoles.
Modules FTW
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)06:50 No.2109470
awsome
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)06:50 No.2109472
mhhh.. hmmm
this musik...
making world better place...
lets all advertise this over the whole world...
KONY 2013!KONY 2013!KONY 2013!KONY 2013!KONY 2013!KONY 2013!KONY 2013!KONY 2013!KONY 2013!KONY
2013!
KONY 2013!KONY 2013!KONY 2013!
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)06:57 No.2109475
>>2109456
You know... if you went to their site at all, right there they talk about updating the brick
model.
Easiest beginning would be something like a fire-wire or PCIe-type adapter, (maybe even based on
Displayport), since those techs are fucking erry where, and are faster enough for >99% of
hardware uses. Only things that could be bottlenecked by a 1x are cpu/ram. If each pair of pins
can act as a data lane, you could get retarded higher speeds.
>muh proprietary layouts
You build for the fucking form. You don't get to put random arrays of pins on your shit. Are you
autistic?
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)06:59 No.2109477
This is so retarded
You can really tell the idea comes from someone with absolute zero knowledge.
And about the garbage "eletronics are not made to last" its fucking impossible making them last
you dumb shit. Even the absolute highest grade components used in life support devices like
pacemakers have a limited lifetime.
The electronic market today is fucked because everything is sold under the manufacturing cost,
the electronics per se are useless. They are tools for selling contracts and commercials.
Even if they can make a functional prototype which i doubt because manufacturing 10+ reliable
100-1000pin connectors will fucking cost billions.
They will have no fucking chance in hell competing with phones sold under the manufacturing cost
today.
Fucking plebs
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)07:02 No.2109479
>>2109472
I thought the same thing
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)07:19 No.2109486
So it's like a tiny desktop PC???
Genious
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)07:38 No.2109496
>>2109427
unless you break the locking mechanism in the fall also.
I see what this guy is getting at, but this really seems like something Karl Pilkington thought
up.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)07:45 No.2109503
>electronics = legos
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)07:48 No.2109508
>>2109486
I'm trying to make a joke about like an iphone being a mac that somehow ties into this, but I'm
drawing a blank. I encourage others to do something with it though.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)07:56 No.2109514
>>2109508
Something about it not having buttons?
Fuck I don't know.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)08:03 No.2109519
>>2109514
something something MACS ARE GAY AMIRITE LOL
masterstroke
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)08:08 No.2109522
Isn't this just a breadboard?
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)08:14 No.2109525
>>2109522
more like a beard-bored!
because hipsters.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)08:15 No.2109526
>>2109519
atta boy
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)08:23 No.2109531
>>2109522
Not really. A breadboard just blindly electrically connects a bunch of stuff together based on
it's location.
This is more like a motherboard in a PC, only if SATA, USB, PCI-E and DVI were all actually the
same type of connection.
It could work.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)08:41 No.2109539
I find it amusing how the video assumes electronic waste is just piling up somewhere.
It's not, people make money off it, rare earth elements and heavy metals, nigga.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)08:45 No.2109542
Not too shabby, goyim.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)08:50 No.2109546
>>2109531
No, it wouldn't and you don't know how computers work.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)08:56 No.2109549
BLOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT 12 BONG
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)08:59 No.2109550
>>2109546
Care to explain?
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)09:07 No.2109555
>>2109549
I'LL TAKE IT FOR A QUID
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)09:08 No.2109558
>>2109555
U WOT M8? I'M TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING! I'LL BATTER YA, I SWEAR ON MY MUM'S LIFE!
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)09:10 No.2109560
>>2109550
Naw, I'm good.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)09:15 No.2109564
>>2109560
Okay.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)09:16 No.2109565
>>2109558
I'LL BLOK YOU GOOD UPSIDE THE HEAD YOU NITTY FOOL!
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)09:18 No.2109567
>>2109496
Rofl, iPhone screens break from a 1 meter fall, where you getting at?
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)09:21 No.2109571
THIS IS A BLOODY RIPOFF! IT DOESN'T DISPLAY THE TIME IN BONG!
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)09:51 No.2109585
>>2109452
Who needs throughput, really? After all, it's cycles that matter! Cache size is for losers!
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)10:00 No.2109597
>>2109565
OY YOU BE SAYIN THINGS THAT DESERVE A SMACKING AND I BE WILLING TO HIT YA ABOUT THE HEAD AT AH
WILL
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)10:07 No.2109607
kony2012!
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)10:08 No.2109608
It's a nice concept, but it's a nightmare on the technical level and the cost would be out of
control.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)10:09 No.2109609
>>2109456
I am not specifically referring to the bloks but technology in general. People as a whole refuse
to accept technology ahead of its time because most of the masses can barely fit their head
around current tech. When it comes to technology of any sort, such as a phone, computer or video
game system, people like to take baby steps, go one advancement at a time.
So when something comes out that is years ahead of everything else, maybe it becomes a fad, but
usually it becomes overshadowed by something else.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)10:09 No.2109610
its a nice idea, and i'd buy the hell out of it
but there's a huge chance its not gonna work
and for all who don't get the locking
its got a little notch so that when its forced up it causes it to lock in place
but even so it should be like a plugin for an audio jack
that doesn't just "come out" but it will be sturdier with a hold
but my main problem is it just sounds a little hippy-ish you know
all good ideas to save the planet but nothing really solid
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)10:12 No.2109616
The idea here is similar to what beginner electronics hobbyists call a breadboard.
Note that you still have to wire a breadboard in series to get it to work.
Note that a breadboard is never present in any finished product.
Note that a motherboard is required to wire every component in proper series.
You cannot just send power out to every pin and hope it fucking talks to each other.
FUCK.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)10:13 No.2109618
When we invent magic circuit boards which detect what is plugged into them and connect the pins
together the we can go ahead and have bulky modular phones like these.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)10:19 No.2109621
>>2109616
>The idea here is similar to what beginner electronics hobbyists call a breadboard.
Not if they plan on ever getting it to work.
>>2109618
Do you consider USB magic?
What about I2c?
There are plenty of ways to get a modular set up working, without going to ridiculous lengths.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)10:19 No.2109622
>>2109616
If they scaled it right back it could work better.
Dedicated places to plug in every part.
But what's the point then?
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)10:22 No.2109627
>>2109621
That's not even close to the same thing.
The part that everything is plugged into must have connections between pins. Unless you designate
a spot for every part to get plugged in then it won't work.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)10:23 No.2109628
>>2109621
>pins connected to a breadboard
Where they gonna put the I2C wiring? On the board?
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)10:25 No.2109630
>>2109628
>>2109627
I mentioned I2c as an example.
I don't think the "breadboard" idea with everything directly wired to everything would actually
work.
>>2109622
You don't even need dedicated places for each part.
Suppose rather than pins and sockets you had a "grid" of 6x3 "squares". Each square has a
standard connector (something similar to USB), and "blocks" connect onto a group of squares. You
have a "core" block, with the CPU, GPU and RAM are all combined. A battery block, a speaker
block, a camera block etc. then can be fitted on the rest of the backplane.
Simple.
>> [_] Anonymous 09/12/13(Thu)10:30 No.2109634
I hate people who have no understanding of technology. Hobbyist computing has been entirely
modular for decades. But it has major issues because motherboards quickly become obsolete in the
same way individual parts do. A better idea would be a "custom" phone builder where you can
choose smaller versions of things you don't care about and larger versions of things you do. This
modular layout with proprietary pin connectors sounds so fraught with issues that only a total
moron would ever suggest it.
