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The supercomputer in your pocket statement is meaningless. A calculator in my pocket in 1991 was a supercomputer compared to an abacus or the Apollo 11 computer
by aswanson 11y ago
The supercomputer in your pocket statement is meaningless. A calculator in my pocket in 1991 was a supercomputer compared to an abacus or the Apollo 11 computer. A gsm or star-tac motorola cell phone in my pocket in 1997 was a supercomputer compared to that calculator. So what?
- sswaner 11y agoIt is not meaningless, it is describing parallel (or at least comparable) revolutionary technology. Think about each you mentioned: How many industries where positively impacted by the advent of cheap pocket or desktop calculators? Would the Apollo missions have been possible (or as successful) if the astronauts had to calculate every azimuth with a slide rule? The slide deck seems focused on the point that mobile is the next major revolutionary technology, comparable to the introduction of super computers and the other revolutionary tech that you cite.
- GoldenMonkey 11y agoReally? You're going to dismiss the ability to pull up maps and be guided to your destination. Voice recognition, browsing the web, a music player, and having a video game console in your pocket.