The FAX machine's impact wasn't exactly tiny. Short-lived, yes. On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 7:04 PM Dave Beagle < 00000525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> Picking on Krugman is typical of the right. But, that’s not exactly what > he said. Here’s the context. > > > https://www.businessinsider.com/paul-krugman-responds-to-internet-quote-2013-12?amp > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Thursday, February 22, 2024, 5:12 PM, Bob Bridges < > 00000587168ababf-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Speaking of old predictions: /* By 2005 or so, it will be clear that the > Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax > machine's. -Paul Krugman, Nobel-prize-winning economist in 1998 */ > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2024 16:58 > > Sorry, the date has been truncated on the left. > That should be 11994. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Allan Staller > Sent: 22 February 2024 19:42 > > The last mainframe will be turned off in 1994 - Gartner Group > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Seymour J Metz > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2024 11:11 AM > > A 5-year prediction is generally safe, because in 5 years people will have > forgotten the predictions. Who remembers the failed 5-year predictions for, > e.g., controlled fusion, human level machine translation? > > I expect it to eventually happen, but as for when, Hypotheses non fingo < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypotheses_non_fingo>. > > On the flip side, hand optimization for pipelined machines is labor > intensive and fragile; a compiler with an ARCHLVL parameter is better > suited for the job. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
