On Thursday, January 15, 2004, at 04:27 PM, R. D. Davis wrote:
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?
I sure don't, but it looks like what's comming in ".net"
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.
indeed. both.
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