18 Jan
1999
18 Jan
'99
10:19 a.m.
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
Your (and Eric's) point is well taken.
I guess I'm just an optimist, thinking that 100 years from now we'll be
living in a society like in Star Trek: The Next Generation, where you just
ask the computer a question and it (usually) has all the answers.
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We're
talking 100 years here. Computers didn't even exist in 1899, and
now you can wear one on a ring. I think aligning a 1999 hard drive, a
physical item that is still very visible by the naked eye, will be among
the more mundane tasks in 2099.
Do you think it's a trivial mundane task to make a part for a 100 year
old watch or a 50 year old camera? What about a mechanical calculating
machine.