It's pretty difficult to predict where technology is going to go, and what form it will take. I often think about a film that was made for the 1939 World's Fair, showing what life would be like in the future: (drum roll) Nineteen Sixty! Basically 1939 Fords that could fly.
A few years ago I had a very young editorial assistant who was interested in computers. One afternoon we were bs-ing and I told her about ENIAC, how it occupied several buildings (including a monstrous air conditioner), and how it had less computing power than a $19.95 pocket calculator one could buy at the corner drugstore. "The really amazing thing," I said, "was that ENIAC used vacuum tubes." (blank look) "You know, tubes, like in the back of old radios." (blank look) Maybe she was old enough to remember discrete transistors, but somehow I doubt it. That was a *serious* dinosaur moment for me. I've since given up prognostication. It's a dangerous pastime... ;-) Stephen - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
