The "bleeding edge" referred to all the "leading edge" stuff that didn't work as well as it was supposed to.
The new term should be "The bloody edge", or often "The bloody [EMAIL PROTECTED] edge" Although I have to admit that "Lightning" works well too. Conjures up images of burnt hair, convulsions and screams of pain . . . Do I sound bitter? Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So there was "Leading Edge", then came the slang "Bleading > Edge"... and now I'm introducing a new word which may become > a part of the new techno slang "Lightning Edge". > > I felt compelled to share this with all of you, as it has > potential in ALL aspects of computing... NOT JUST > Asterisk... but if a real super computer could be affordable > to the little guys, I think its a revolution in itself, and > we all could perhaps afford Space Age computing for our telecom > servers. > > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6235362.html > has all the details. Basically the topic is "Replacing wire with > laser, Sun tries to speed up data" > > If SUN accomplishes a proof of concept within the next 5 > years and is able to speed up data, then I think a new > revolution on not just computing, but telecommunications will > have begun. Sun has always played a major role in > Telecommunications in one form or another. A lot of soft-switches > run on Sun platform. So I can only imagine the possibilities if > wire's could be replaced by lasers. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
