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[Leatra]

As a principle, I never trust any gameplay footage released by the company that's developing or publishing it. Every little thing in the video could be scripted.

So, I'm just gonna watch the hype and see where it goes.

[dennislp3]

As a principle, I never trust any gameplay footage released by the company that's developing or publishing it. Every little thing in the video could be scripted.

So, I'm just gonna watch the hype and see where it goes.

+1...kudos to wisdom! XD

[Draco18s]

As a principle, I never trust any gameplay footage released by the company that's developing or publishing it. Every little thing in the video could be scripted.

So, I'm just gonna watch the hype and see where it goes.

+1
I don't preorder anything any more.  At least, not anything coming from the triple-a studios.

[zehive]

To be fair, smartphones are as powerful as desktop computers from 1995 or so. (I'm guessing there, don't shoot me.) By definition, a smaller computer will always be less powerful than a larger one, so phones and desktops from the same point in time will never change in relative processing power.

Well, Voyager I has less computational power than most phones today, a fucking space probe made by NASA which is currently measuring the differences in magnetic variation between the heliosphere, heliopause and interstellar space, less powerful than your typical iPhone.

[Aklyon]

Which would last longer at voyager's current point in almost-outer space? Voyager, or an iPhone with solar charging?

[zehive]

Which would last longer at voyager's current point in almost-outer space? Voyager, or an iPhone with solar charging?

Well you see, Voyager has about a decade left before it runs out of energy seeing as its getting progressively farther from its source of power, the sun, and an iPhone probably has higher power to computational ratio, so they can run an iPhone on an incredibly low power state and do the same things theyre doing with voyager for less weight, but an iPhone wasn't designed to withstand the rigors of space flight. So, probably an iPhone would last longer if it was given the proper modifications to survive space flight seeing as it can do more with less.

[dennislp3]

Voyager is like 40 years old...I would hope we have better computers now 

[Parsely]

Assassins' Creed: 2153
Thats all I have to say.  =.=

[Sergarr]

Which would last longer at voyager's current point in almost-outer space? Voyager, or an iPhone with solar charging?

Well you see, Voyager has about a decade left before it runs out of energy seeing as its getting progressively farther from its source of power, the sun

Voyager doesn't need sun energy

[Draco18s]

Which would last longer at voyager's current point in almost-outer space? Voyager, or an iPhone with solar charging?

Well you see, Voyager has about a decade left before it runs out of energy seeing as its getting progressively farther from its source of power, the sun

Voyager doesn't need sun energy

Correct.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1#Power

[Drakale]

Also, the fine electronics, especially the memory, contained in an IPhone would not last long at all in the hard radiation of space. At least without some very significant shielding. They still use older processor models for space application not only because they are well known and tested, but also because the circuit are big enough to be less affected by the random super energetic particle they can encounter.

[Osmosis Jones]

Also, the fine electronics, especially the memory, contained in an IPhone would not last long at all in the hard radiation of space. At least without some very significant shielding. They still use older processor models for space application not only because they are well known and tested, but also because the circuit are big enough to be less affected by the random super energetic particle they can encounter.

Androids, however, are fine.

[Drakale]

Not really, they sent it to low earth orbit, it's still well within the earth magnetic field. Same reason the astronaut aren't half cooked in the space station. Go far enough out there like voyager and it get brutal for the electronics, I don't think any smart phone would last very long.

[Leatra]

I love how this thread turned into a debate about the chance of survival of an Android phone in space. It says a lot about our community. At least Androids aren't something that can turn into a pile of gore in the name of !!SCIENCE!! so we are showing some progress there. I wish real life had a testing area like the one DF has.

[timferius]

I love how this thread turned into a debate about the chance of survival of an Android phone in space. It says a lot about our community. At least Androids aren't something that can turn into a pile of gore in the name of !!SCIENCE!! so we are showing some progress there. I wish real life had a testing area like the one DF has.

And then, as if the entire forum were calling out at once, all you can hear is a tremendous 'challenge accepted! '