On 7/14/09, Preben Randhol <randhol_AT_pvv.org> wrote:
>> absurdity stems from the unintuitive laws of quantum mechanics, not
>> from the novelty of the technology, it won't change over time.
>
> perhaps not intuitively, but I also remember an IBM boss claiming 5
> computers would be sufficient for the world back in the good ol' days.
actually that is a hoax, thomas j watson probably never said it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson#Famous_misquote
> Another boss claiming 640kb was enough for everybody...
>
> Some years back 1Gb was enormously large. In 5 years 500Tb will
> probably be closer to standard ;-)
these are misjudgments of possibilities
i believe that quantum mechanics will be as absurd in 2020 as it was in 1920
Received on Tue Jul 14 2009 - 18:39:19 UTC
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