On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:14 AM, Bob La Quey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I challenge each of you to state the problem tha you think > general purpose computing (or some subset, if you think > the challenge unfair) is trying to solve.
Using a machine to do some complex task that we think it could do faster or more accurately than we can. "Complex" and "more accurately" being the subject of computing research. If you're going to ask such a fundamental question, you might take a step back and ask what "computing" is anyway. Does a hammer computer? Does a loom? Does computing mean numbers? The answers to these questions will define the limits of computing, and we could then be better prepared to ask what it is we think that "computing" will do for us. -todd -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
