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It's not ridiculous to say at all. But I think that even slow computerization is orders of magnitude better than without. And by slow, I mean like kiloflops. In
by HCIdivision17 12y ago
It's not ridiculous to say at all. But I think that even slow computerization is orders of magnitude better than without. And by slow, I mean like kiloflops. In all seriousness, people used to use punchcard machines and were damn glad for it, as the computers before that were even slower and more expensive. And a few generations of machines before that computers were people who computed.
We'd definitely still be using mechanical computers. But I could easily see lots of eye candy being stripped out to conserve cycles (after all, having a 3D desktop on a Pi isn't all that useful :)
- jerf 12y agoYeah, that's pretty much what I mean. We could live on a great deal less than we actually have now, and I mean, we could live quite effectively. The transition would hurt (or perhaps rather, will hurt), but in the end I think we'll all end up surprised by the fact it wasn't harder. Think Y2K here. Probably bigger than that, but in the end, more blip than crash. Big blip, though. But at the current rate we're headed for that anyhow, regardless.