The first computer I worked on was a TRS-80 Model 1.. People didnt much want to
do with it or any computer and I remember people only going 'cool' when they
saw the internets grandmama telnet.. Computers that werent networked just
]werent[ cool enough for the random person. It wasnt until America online got
America ONLINE that every idiot in the world started talking about, PUNCHING THAT
UP THERE ON THE COMPUTER and everyone became fascinated. This also came
about at the same time they got fast enough for multimedia and flawless .wav file
playback.
I think the market controlled what happened to computers, them getting faster and
cheaper and now that sort of seems to be leveling out and Im suggesting that although
it may take a while for this to come full circle the new circle wont be controlled by the
slap em together track house building methodology weve seen in technology development
in the last 20 years.
But more like on this virtual virtual, platformless platform
coolness will evolve that has nothing to do with writing software for OS 9 thats obsolete in two
years or getting your MS certification only to find out that everything changed again. I see this
concept stabilizing into some sort of consistent platform and revolutionizing the way we compute.
Can you imagine if someone like perkiset could still be using all his horsepower and building libraries
on top of libraries and retiring with the same toolbox hed been building since the mainframe days
instead of Porting the same functions from platform to platform and language to language?. I mean
I mean where is the singularity?
I think the next generation of coders will be able to do just this once the cloud gets going.
So if we go back to fat host thin client and the grid goes down, what good is it?
What happens when the last mile of fiber is torched by the afghanis?
(re: star wars phantom menace droid control ship shutdown)
What good would the entire client server model be.
Then what would you do with your computer>? I guess wed have to stop ordering
shit online and all those people at circuit city would get their jobs back selling overpriced
usb cables.
Fat client thin host, its all about the connection speed... thats why i owe cox 500$ and
im gonna pay them... The money is on the come back.... just ask my doctor.
But thats why the jedis went to clones ... cause the droid control ship was shut down by
a little boy.... Just like stan reset the entire internet on south park.
and as far as star wars goes...i think they just should have gone clone cyborgs cause the
storm troopers couldnt shoot worth a fuck....
