Posts by brimstone

Five billion phones are dead in drawers – carriers want to mine them

"Boost recovery of mobiles and prevent devices going to landfill or incineration"...but what about the 'burners'?

It's time to mark six decades of computer networking

Re: Now forgotten

Yes, much networking going on inside IBM before the (WWW) 'internet' - I recall (limited) 'email' on RETAIN in 1976 and the easier email and messaging between worldwide users on VM systems in the early 80s!

EV battery can reach full charge in 'less than 10 minutes'

Horses for courses?

Time to reinvent the stagecoach approach, pull into your nearest coaching inn/charging station and swap the horses/battery...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagecoach