4 Mar
2006
4 Mar
'06
8:59 p.m.
"Charles E. Fox" <cfox1 at cogeco.ca> wrote:
At 11:56 AM 3/4/2006, you wrote:
Oh, yeah, it also reminds me of a spot from the Simpson's last
night of a much younger Prof. Frink teaching some Springfield Heights
Institute of Technology students about the computer:
"I predict that in 100 years that computers will be twice as
powerful, 10,000 times larger, and so expensive that only the
five richest kings of Europe will own them".
Apu then goes on to describe his ten years of work on his Ph.D
thesis, comprising 20,000 punched cards and being a Tic-Tac-Toe
program capable of beating all but the best human players :-).
While the picture is obviously a fake, it's more fun that reading
those old Tom Swift stories. (I grew up on 'em, do kids read them
anymore?)
Tim.
This has got to be a gag, but what's its
origin?
http://subjunctive.net/images/2004/rand-home-computer.jpg
I am very glad the scientists were not correct. 