15 Jan
2004
15 Jan
'04
6:31 p.m.
Quothe Ron Hudson, from writings of Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 02:34:47PM -0800:
I suspect 50 years from now things will have turned
almost full
circle, The device that people will use will be small, portable, and
always connected to the Internet with a huge wireless pipe, all the
Who in their right mind wants that?
actual computing will take place in great mainframe
like computing
centers with everything carefully watched, monitored and
recorded. The user will be able to access their data from any device
Screw that. I'd go back to using a manual typewriter and re-inking my
own ribbons if necessary, if I can no longer get any of my older
computers to function at that point. Perhaps we'd all better be
stocking up on acid-free paper as well as computer parts for classic
systems.
anywhere, and it will be stored in the
"internet" for them free of
charge.
Free? Hardly. There would be a price to pay somehow, whether through
theft of intellectual property or taxes.
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