What role do you expect computers to take in the classroom in the next 10 years? I happen to be fortunate to live in Los Gatos, where every classroom has a computer, but student use is actually very limited. Is this the usage that you envisioned computers to have when you created the Apple I?
Granted, we have found these planets, but what good will they do us? Chances are, as stated in a previous post, that gravitational limitations will stop the growth of most things. So, the chance of life is slim. The only other possible use is a refuling station for ships to continue their journey farther out. Todays limits on fuel prevent us from even going there to get refueled. So, for now, these planets do us no great service. However, the future may bring more to bare.
Whether you're pro Windows, pro Mac, or anti both, you've got to admit that Steve Wozniak had one of the greatest hacks of all time with his Apple I. Without it, chances are no one would be reading this besides large corporations. His hack put the computer in the hands of common men. It definatly fits the quality of having a lasting effect on people.
Right now, it isn't the speed of the CPU that is slowing down computers... Nor is it the Bus (Most of the time). It's the HD access speed. HotlineHQ, a compny I used to work for, is a great example of this. The slowest part of the whole chain on our webserver is the hard drive (Ultra-wide SCSI II). and the server is only a 266 (Granted, it runs normally at 75-90% capacity). Hard drive manufacturers keep insisting on Larger drives, not faster ones. So we have this enormous riverbed for information to flow through, but a dam up the stream is preventing the full usage.
Ok, so we hand out free software to Third Wrold countries... hasn't anyone considered that the people who can afford computers in these 3rd world countries are also the ones who can afford the software? I'm sure those Somalians would have a difficult choice between food or that nifty copy of MS Office.
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What role do you expect computers to take in the classroom in the next 10 years? I happen to be fortunate to live in Los Gatos, where every classroom has a computer, but student use is actually very limited. Is this the usage that you envisioned computers to have when you created the Apple I?
Granted, we have found these planets, but what good will they do us? Chances are, as stated in a previous post, that gravitational limitations will stop the growth of most things. So, the chance of life is slim. The only other possible use is a refuling station for ships to continue their journey farther out. Todays limits on fuel prevent us from even going there to get refueled. So, for now, these planets do us no great service. However, the future may bring more to bare.
Whether you're pro Windows, pro Mac, or anti both, you've got to admit that Steve Wozniak had one of the greatest hacks of all time with his Apple I. Without it, chances are no one would be reading this besides large corporations. His hack put the computer in the hands of common men. It definatly fits the quality of having a lasting effect on people.
Right now, it isn't the speed of the CPU that is slowing down computers... Nor is it the Bus (Most of the time). It's the HD access speed. HotlineHQ, a compny I used to work for, is a great example of this. The slowest part of the whole chain on our webserver is the hard drive (Ultra-wide SCSI II). and the server is only a 266 (Granted, it runs normally at 75-90% capacity). Hard drive manufacturers keep insisting on Larger drives, not faster ones. So we have this enormous riverbed for information to flow through, but a dam up the stream is preventing the full usage.
Ok, so we hand out free software to Third Wrold countries... hasn't anyone considered that the people who can afford computers in these 3rd world countries are also the ones who can afford the software? I'm sure those Somalians would have a difficult choice between food or that nifty copy of MS Office.