A peek into the future
A simple question: Let's assume that some time from now, we have (near) infinite computing power available everywhere at almost zero cost. How the world will look like?
Comments
- Anonymous
July 10, 2004
bliss!
assuming wi-fi everywhere, of course - Anonymous
July 11, 2004
and infinite data storage.... - Anonymous
July 11, 2004
and 2400 baud modems connecting it all... - Anonymous
July 11, 2004
No security or privacy... - Anonymous
July 11, 2004
If you're imagining a future in which we can all buy cheap CPU cycles from a utility company like we do today with electricity, we need a killer app before everyone can do anything useful (of even popularly frivilous) with it. In that world, a distributed statistical analysis app could be the next spreadsheet: a flexible tool geared toward a real business need that could be used for innumerable other tasks once consumers start fiddling with it. - Anonymous
July 11, 2004
Oops. Make that "or even popularly frivolous". Two mistakes in the same phrase. :-(