If I create an Apple Pie (by mixing the ingredients together & putting it in the oven) that is very different from inventing Apple Pie, which only one person ever did.
By the same token, one could argue that there is only one Internet, so anyone involved in the creation is thereby involved in the invention. But I only offer that for the sake of argument, not to offer an opinion on the matter.
So, maybe we should demand an apology from Japan, because their fishing vessel off Honolulu was clearly at fault when it rammed into out submarine back in February, and it was in OUR waters!
Here's a perfect example of where we Americans did something unspeakably stupid, and admitted complete fault. Perhaps the Chinese government could learn from such an example, and follow suit.
It's a good point that historically, useful things that begin as general-purpose often break down into specialized devices.. however computers didn't really begin as general-purpose... they came about by combining several other types of devices... word processors, calculators, game consoles, etc. It's hard to believe that PCs will be completely dissected back into it's originating components.
However, there is a lot of merit to the idea that SOME specialized devices will exist... I just don't think that they'll displace PCs as completely as this sort of thing seems to suggest.
Lucida Console is an agreeable font in Win32... very readable even at obnoxiously small point sizes, like 8pt. Plus, the number 1 and the letter L are quite distinct from one another. Hot-diggety!
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By the same token, one could argue that there is only one Internet, so anyone involved in the creation is thereby involved in the invention. But I only offer that for the sake of argument, not to offer an opinion on the matter.
So, maybe we should demand an apology from Japan, because their fishing vessel off Honolulu was clearly at fault when it rammed into out submarine back in February, and it was in OUR waters!
Here's a perfect example of where we Americans did something unspeakably stupid, and admitted complete fault. Perhaps the Chinese government could learn from such an example, and follow suit.
It's a good point that historically, useful things that begin as general-purpose often break down into specialized devices.. however computers didn't really begin as general-purpose... they came about by combining several other types of devices... word processors, calculators, game consoles, etc. It's hard to believe that PCs will be completely dissected back into it's originating components. However, there is a lot of merit to the idea that SOME specialized devices will exist... I just don't think that they'll displace PCs as completely as this sort of thing seems to suggest.
Lucida Console is an agreeable font in Win32... very readable even at obnoxiously small point sizes, like 8pt. Plus, the number 1 and the letter L are quite distinct from one another. Hot-diggety!