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Doesn't matter. We all know there is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.

by interfixus 8y ago

maxwell 8y ago
No one actually wanted a computer in their home. They did want an interactive TV set.
- interfixus 8y ago
  Oh, that explains why there's no market for more than five computers in the world.
  - ddalex 8y ago
    That's an accurate description for certain values of the term 'computer'
chaotic_clanger 8y ago
that's so last century... now we believe that 'nobody needs a quantum computer at home'
- hamilyon2 8y ago
  1024 qbits is surely enough for everything and everyone
realharo 8y ago
This scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBxV6-zamM#t=1h28s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBxV6-zamM#t=1h28s (at 1:00:28) shows why people would think that.
overcast 8y ago
If smartphones are not considered a computer, then that probably is the case for the majority of people today.
- interfixus 8y ago
  Enlighten me. How can we twist concepts so that a smartphone is not a computer?
  - monsieurbanana 8y ago
    Google "computer", switch to images and tell me how many smartphones you see.
    - gowld 8y ago
      That's because of linguistic shifts over time, not conceptual shifts.
  - crysin 8y ago
    Depends on your perspective really. In my experience, the word "Computer" strictly defines a tower and monitor to people I've encountered outside of the tech sector. While Laptops, Desktops, Phones, Game Consoles, etc are computers when people here Computer in a conversation they think of a tower and monitor or laptop. Most people wouldn't immediately connect their Phone or iPad as a computer in that sense. To add: If were to be asked if I had a Computer in my house, and I didn't actually have my tower or MacBook, I would respond "No."
    - interfixus 8y ago
      Yes, I know what the perspective of probably a large majority is. Doesn't make it right, though. The vast majority of people believe - if you ask them - you are weightless in space because there is no gravity there. Or that atoms are composed of little balls. Or that what you and I know as a browser is called the internet or Facebook. My phone is a computer. Period.

Doesn't matter. We all know there is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.

maxwell 8y ago

No one actually wanted a computer in their home. They did want an interactive TV set.

interfixus 8y ago
Oh, that explains why there's no market for more than five computers in the world.
- ddalex 8y ago
  That's an accurate description for certain values of the term 'computer'

chaotic_clanger 8y ago

that's so last century... now we believe that 'nobody needs a quantum computer at home'

hamilyon2 8y ago
1024 qbits is surely enough for everything and everyone

realharo 8y ago

This scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBxV6-zamM#t=1h28s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBxV6-zamM#t=1h28s (at 1:00:28) shows why people would think that.

overcast 8y ago

If smartphones are not considered a computer, then that probably is the case for the majority of people today.

interfixus 8y ago
Enlighten me. How can we twist concepts so that a smartphone is not a computer?
- monsieurbanana 8y ago
  Google "computer", switch to images and tell me how many smartphones you see.
  - gowld 8y ago
    That's because of linguistic shifts over time, not conceptual shifts.
- crysin 8y ago
  Depends on your perspective really. In my experience, the word "Computer" strictly defines a tower and monitor to people I've encountered outside of the tech sector. While Laptops, Desktops, Phones, Game Consoles, etc are computers when people here Computer in a conversation they think of a tower and monitor or laptop. Most people wouldn't immediately connect their Phone or iPad as a computer in that sense. To add: If were to be asked if I had a Computer in my house, and I didn't actually have my tower or MacBook, I would respond "No."
  - interfixus 8y ago
    Yes, I know what the perspective of probably a large majority is. Doesn't make it right, though. The vast majority of people believe - if you ask them - you are weightless in space because there is no gravity there. Or that atoms are composed of little balls. Or that what you and I know as a browser is called the internet or Facebook. My phone is a computer. Period.