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We went from basic monochrome computers that could barely hold the text of a single book in memory to having instantaneous access to the sum of human knowledge
by johngalt 16y ago
We went from basic monochrome computers that could barely hold the text of a single book in memory to having instantaneous access to the sum of human knowledge from a device that fits in your pocket.
Perhaps my definition of revolutionary is different than his.
- rbanffy 16y agoThe Apple ][ had color, you insensitive clod.
- johngalt 16y agoOh sorry, before my time. The general thrust of my point stands. You could always look back at the first breakthrough and call it revolutionary and every subsequent innovation derivative. Even when the "breakthrough" device was mostly useless in comparison. Evaluating innovation in this manner will always make the large advances appear to be in the past. Good current example would be sequencing the human genome. As of right now its mostly useless, but 30 years from now it may be seen as that revolutionary spark. Then some other critic will talk about how nothing big has happened since.
- rbanffy 16y agoSorry for the "insensitive clod". It's a slashdottism that's hard to leave behind.