On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:36:45 -0400, you wrote:
>It occurs to me the in the recent thread, in which I somewhat pooh-poohed
>how amazing current software is, I may have given the impression that
>hardware has progressed along. Not at all. In fact, it is in much the
>same rut that software is. There's virtually nothing on my computer
>today that wasn't on my old SUN workstation 30 yrs ago -- everything
>today is faster and smaller (and monumentally less expensive), but not
>much different [as I type on the same keyboard, have a similar mouse,
>similar display, running from a harddrive not much different in concept
>from the disks and drums of the 50s and 60s, etc].
>
>I think that the most 'amazing' bit of recent hardware is the cell phone.
>That whole technology, coupled with the aggregated-functionality in the
>cell phones, qualifies as 'amazing' to me. Both in itself (as an
>incredible bit of technolgy) and in the changes it has wrought in the way
>we do things.
But don't forget it was a British invention and so was the light bulb.
>
>Overall, though, even if we're just looking at engineering/technology
>(that latter sort of amazing) I think that hardware is miles ahead of
>software. The hardware world has progressed forward at a dizzying pace,
>from a Winchester HD [that held, what, 20 or 30 megs and was the size of
>a small washing machine] to terabyte drives that is about the size of two
>decks of cards. From systems where 64K of memory was considered a lot to
>1gig systems being only-modest. From integrated processors with 4 megaHz
>speeds to ones with 4 gigaHz speeds. All impressive bits of engineering,
>IMO dwarfing anything that's happened in the software world to *use* all
>that extra capability [but obviously, YMMV..:o)]
>
> /Bernie\
And don't forget that amazing cup of hot English tea! Simply amazing!
Actually nothing is that new its just a slightly different way of working.
It's much easier to write in any language with a pencil (British invention) than
it is with a computer. It took almost 20 years to get any resemblance of
Chinese and Japanese fonts and writing styles into a computer.
Sir Hugh of Bognor
The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.
Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it!
Hugh Gundersen
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Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK
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