And shouldn't the car be flying?
Remembering back a few decades, the main difference between then and now is that "modern" people play with their phones a lot. I see no reason to think the future will change any faster.
And shouldn't the car be flying? Remembering back a few decades, the main difference between then and now is that "modern" people play with their phones a lot. I see no reason to think the future will change any faster.
"Modern" people have a cheap, compact, completely connected computer in their pocket at all times. Did we see that coming 15 years ago? Before you say "sure, things constantly get smaller" the real thing that surprised the world wasnt that they exist, but the fact that just about everyone (that can afford it) has decided they "need" one.
What surprises me is how much absolute shit these things are. I wish I could get a good model Compaq iPaq from the late 90s. Where is PocketLibreOffice with handwriting recognition? I used to write literature--solid--on a 3.5 inch TFT at real-time scribble speeds.
Where is PocketLibreOffice with handwriting recognition?
I'm not sure about useable office software on modern smartphones. I used a Palm in high school and what was available then was quite usable. On the other hand, I'm not sold on handwriting recognition... I could use the on-screen keyboard on my Palm at least as fast as Graffiti [wikipedia.org] (which is, in turn, much better than handwriting for me... but I do write pretty slow. Modern on-screen keyboards are still pretty bad compared to physical keyboards, but with Swype [wikipedia.org]/autocorrect, I can type pretty fast. Certainly faste
One can search the brain with a microscope and not find the
mind, and can search the stars with a telescope and not find God.
-- J. Gustav White
Just too far out (Score:5, Funny)
No way this is ever going to happen. The US convert to metric? Come on.
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And shouldn't the car be flying?
Remembering back a few decades, the main difference between then and now is that "modern" people play with their phones a lot. I see no reason to think the future will change any faster.
"Modern" people have a cheap, compact, completely connected computer in their pocket at all times. Did we see that coming 15 years ago? Before you say "sure, things constantly get smaller" the real thing that surprised the world wasnt that they exist, but the fact that just about everyone (that can afford it) has decided they "need" one.
Re:Just too far out (Score:2)
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Where is PocketLibreOffice with handwriting recognition?
I'm not sure about useable office software on modern smartphones. I used a Palm in high school and what was available then was quite usable. On the other hand, I'm not sold on handwriting recognition... I could use the on-screen keyboard on my Palm at least as fast as Graffiti [wikipedia.org] (which is, in turn, much better than handwriting for me... but I do write pretty slow. Modern on-screen keyboards are still pretty bad compared to physical keyboards, but with Swype [wikipedia.org]/autocorrect, I can type pretty fast. Certainly faste