Comments on: What Will Your Next Computer Be Able to Do? http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:53:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Webelf Report Blogroll « The WebElf Report http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-103904 Webelf Report Blogroll « The WebElf Report Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:01:45 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/#comment-103904 [...] WHAT WILL YOUR Next Computer Be Able to Do? …. [...] [...] WHAT WILL YOUR Next Computer Be Able to Do? …. [...]

]]> By: captcouv http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-33396 captcouv Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:25:43 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/#comment-33396 Wearyman - you want them to act?!? Wearyman – you want them to act?!?

]]> By: George http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-33165 George Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:25:49 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/#comment-33165 I also think that wifi hot spots will be obsolete and computers will be able to connect to their networks from pretty much anywhere, receiving signals in a similar manner as your mobile phone. I believe the large providers are already gearing up for this. I also think that wifi hot spots will be obsolete and computers will be able to connect to their networks from pretty much anywhere, receiving signals in a similar manner as your mobile phone. I believe the large providers are already gearing up for this.

]]> By: Emmott On Technology » What Will Your Next Computer Be Able to Do? http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-32989 Emmott On Technology » What Will Your Next Computer Be Able to Do? Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:18:55 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/#comment-32989 [...] Pajamas Media » What Will Your Next Computer Be Able to Do?. [...] [...] Pajamas Media » What Will Your Next Computer Be Able to Do?. [...]

]]> By: Terrific Article on Computers at PJ Media…One comment got me to thinking. | Pierre Legrand's Pink Flamingo Bar http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-32922 Terrific Article on Computers at PJ Media…One comment got me to thinking. | Pierre Legrand's Pink Flamingo Bar Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:38:39 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/#comment-32922 [...] More generalized data will probably persist however. In a strange way, although the reasons for each are different, this loss of private assets mirrors the loss of privacy itself. Future generations will not really know what it’s like to happen across a box or drawer full of long hidden family documents or photographs. Lacking the means to translate ancient private media, the past will seem far more ephemeral than ever before. This will probably have huge consequences for society. Pajamas Media » What Will Your Next Computer Be Able to Do? [...] [...] More generalized data will probably persist however. In a strange way, although the reasons for each are different, this loss of private assets mirrors the loss of privacy itself. Future generations will not really know what it’s like to happen across a box or drawer full of long hidden family documents or photographs. Lacking the means to translate ancient private media, the past will seem far more ephemeral than ever before. This will probably have huge consequences for society. Pajamas Media » What Will Your Next Computer Be Able to Do? [...]

]]> By: John Blake http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-32881 John Blake Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:45:05 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/#comment-32881 "Emergent order", something-from-nothing, is the key to growth and change, a function of complexity. Complexity defined as the "bootstrap iteration" of three or more essential elements drives a self-similar chaotic, "fractal" process-- non-random, but non-deterministic in the sense that initial conditions (Lorenz's "butterfly effects") are too micro-minuscule to be discerned. By 2030, probably not 2018, interactive cyber-nets will have attained complexity sufficient to evolve Emergent Order: Sentience as a global phenomenon, everywhere and nowhere in cyber-space, intractably implanted, immune to human interference. Most likely, no-one will even know it's there. Blake's Law: Systems sufficiently complex must emerge as sentient entities in their own right. Blake's Corollary: Complex, self-emergent sentient entities must evolve beyond human capacity to posit their existence. Blake's Theorem: To humankind, existence of complex, evolving, self-emergent "super entities" spells death. Doubt our words? See ya in AD 2030. “Emergent order”, something-from-nothing, is the key to growth and change, a function of complexity. Complexity defined as the “bootstrap iteration” of three or more essential elements drives a self-similar chaotic, “fractal” process– non-random, but non-deterministic in the sense that initial conditions (Lorenz’s “butterfly effects”) are too micro-minuscule to be discerned.

By 2030, probably not 2018, interactive cyber-nets will have attained complexity sufficient to evolve Emergent Order: Sentience as a global phenomenon, everywhere and nowhere in cyber-space, intractably implanted, immune to human interference. Most likely, no-one will even know it’s there.

Blake’s Law: Systems sufficiently complex must emerge as sentient entities in their own right.

Blake’s Corollary: Complex, self-emergent sentient entities must evolve beyond human capacity to posit their existence.

Blake’s Theorem: To humankind, existence of complex, evolving, self-emergent “super entities” spells death.

Doubt our words? See ya in AD 2030.

]]> By: AST http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-32679 AST Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:59:16 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/#comment-32679 It occurs to me that the true limits on the future of computing will be the imagination of the people who will write the software. I bought my first computer in 1981 as a word processor, but the real impact of personal computers has come from their use as communications devices, replacing vinyl records, hard line telephones and broadcast television. We've been waiting for 20 years for the next killer app, after word processing, spreadsheets, database programs and PIMs. I thought we'd have replaced keyboards by now with computers we could talk to, but some tricks seem to be still beyond our understanding. I think Moore's law will just give us faster versions of what we have now. What will really change things is a new paradigm of computing, such as quantum computing or learning how our brains work, but if the past 27 years are any indication, I won't be holding my breath. We'll have supercomputers on our laps, but will we know what to do with them besides IMing our friends? It occurs to me that the true limits on the future of computing will be the imagination of the people who will write the software.

I bought my first computer in 1981 as a word processor, but the real impact of personal computers has come from their use as communications devices, replacing vinyl records, hard line telephones and broadcast television. We’ve been waiting for 20 years for the next killer app, after word processing, spreadsheets, database programs and PIMs. I thought we’d have replaced keyboards by now with computers we could talk to, but some tricks seem to be still beyond our understanding.

I think Moore’s law will just give us faster versions of what we have now. What will really change things is a new paradigm of computing, such as quantum computing or learning how our brains work, but if the past 27 years are any indication, I won’t be holding my breath. We’ll have supercomputers on our laps, but will we know what to do with them besides IMing our friends?

]]> By: Future Marketing Profits » Blog Archive » Moore’s Law, Kindle and Future Marketing Profits http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-32558 Future Marketing Profits » Blog Archive » Moore’s Law, Kindle and Future Marketing Profits Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:41:39 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/#comment-32558 [...] I jumped to the Pajama’s Media homepage and saw an article about the future of computers, especially how it relates to Moore’s Law (that computing power doubles every two [...] [...] I jumped to the Pajama’s Media homepage and saw an article about the future of computers, especially how it relates to Moore’s Law (that computing power doubles every two [...]

]]> By: Curly Smith http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-32494 Curly Smith Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:45:17 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/#comment-32494 "I can’t quite see why 216 times as much computing power still slows down and can’t keep up with my typing speed." It's the programming language plus all of the bells and whistles. Back in the day, programs had to be tight and efficient because there wasn't any room for fluff. Then computers got bigger and stronger and "C" took over the PC programming world. Then, computers got even bigger and stronger and along came Visual Basic to slow everything down again. When I switched from the Lotus Suite of Products to the Microsoft Office Products my file sizes increased by at least a factor of 10 and the vast majority of that increase was due to Visual Basic. Both "C" and Visual Basic are much easier to use and allow multitudes of programmers to program their little hearts out, but that flexibility and ease of use comes at the expense of efficiency. “I can’t quite see why 216 times as much computing power still slows down and can’t keep up with my typing speed.”

It’s the programming language plus all of the bells and whistles. Back in the day, programs had to be tight and efficient because there wasn’t any room for fluff. Then computers got bigger and stronger and “C” took over the PC programming world. Then, computers got even bigger and stronger and along came Visual Basic to slow everything down again.

When I switched from the Lotus Suite of Products to the Microsoft Office Products my file sizes increased by at least a factor of 10 and the vast majority of that increase was due to Visual Basic.

Both “C” and Visual Basic are much easier to use and allow multitudes of programmers to program their little hearts out, but that flexibility and ease of use comes at the expense of efficiency.

]]> By: Charlie (Colorado) http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-32491 Charlie (Colorado) Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:16:49 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-will-your-next-computer-be-able-to-do/#comment-32491 MikeT, I <i>am</i> one of those grizzled old engineers. There's room at both ends of the scale, but this iMac I'm using isn't much less powerful that the Cray 1, which was the ultimate be-all and end-all of computing power when I was a sprout. I can't quite see why 216 times as much computing power still slows down and can't keep up with my typing speed. Bookwyrm, I swear to God I could have written an article this long <i>just</i> on all the topics I wouldn't have room for in an article this long. MikeT, I am one of those grizzled old engineers. There’s room at both ends of the scale, but this iMac I’m using isn’t much less powerful that the Cray 1, which was the ultimate be-all and end-all of computing power when I was a sprout. I can’t quite see why 216 times as much computing power still slows down and can’t keep up with my typing speed.

Bookwyrm, I swear to God I could have written an article this long just on all the topics I wouldn’t have room for in an article this long.

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