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[MonkeyPox]

I have to do a 5 minute speech tomorrow on computers and what they hold for us in the future, anyone got any good sites for information?

[Febnon]

talk about games

[Nimbus]

Not off hand.
A lot of it is pretty easy to think up. Maybe do some looking into computer history and then look up some stuff like Quantum computers.

[Mtx]

I have to do a 5 minute speech tomorrow on computers and what they hold for us in the future, anyone got any good sites for information?

Just watch SCI FI for a little bit and write down every piece of fantasy crap you see. ;)

[Everay]

ok basicaly go to google, and type in quantom computers, basicaly, in a nut shell, theyre supposed to be able to do everything instantanious, and compared to our harddrives, have a almost limitless amount of information able to be stored in it, basicaly, it would be like 1 byte of info for every one atom in the area. thats only the start of it all, it truly is facinating

[Flammey]

One word, Okay, maybe two....Matrix....Terminator

[Sputty]

No, if anyone really thinks machines are going to take over the world they're on crack

[Adun]

Heres some random things i can think of

-The first computer was the size of a room and was about as powerful as a small calculator, there were switches for every 1 and 0 and guys walked around the room switching them to calculate stuff.

(some stuff i learned in computer introduction class)

The idea for a GUI (graphics user interface) where you click stuff instead of just type like the first computers was by xerox (the copy machine company), but they didnt want to make stuff digital, they wanted stuff to stay on paper so bill gates stole it and now hes a rich guy who could buy a small country. Some people (proffesional futurists) think that games, computers and tv's will eventualy merge into one big entertainment and media machine for the ultimate lazy fattasses.

People are afraid of artificial intelligence and machines taking over the world for a good reason, theyre starting to outthink people. A supercomputer beat the worlds chess champion after a few games to learn his strategies.

And for the thing about where computers are going, they are now as powerful as people could possible want (except gamers, who allways need better), so evolution of the computers going to crawl, the average guy doesnt need a computer that thinks faster and better than him. Unless some new thing comes along that needs more powerful computers (i couldent imagion what, exept for real virtual reality), computers probably wont improve as much anymore.

This is just about all i know, I saw most of it on some educational video in school "revenge of the nerds" not something youd brag about seeing.

Another thing, the Macintosh commercial in the 80's was pretty much the most expensive commercial ever made. It was about a shitload of people get lead into a room, all shaved heads, barcoded, grey and chained, they watched a propaganda video of what looks like a drill instructer walking about how windows will rule everything. Then some chick runs in and throws this big sledge hammer at the screen.

[Sputty]

the average guy doesnt need a computer that thinks faster and better than him. Unless some new thing comes along that needs more powerful computers (i couldent imagion what, exept for real virtual reality), computers probably wont improve as much anymore.

Maybe to run Planetside well

[Incompetent]

possibly to get text to scroll properly in battlefield.

[Sputty]

possibly to get text to scroll properly in battlefield.
That's actually a non fixable bug, unless you want to lag out on every server(or at least get a ping of 2000)

[Flammey]

Actually, thinking about computers of the future, I wasn't talking about machines taking over the world. I should have been clearer and simply said AI

[Hamma]

Sputty is becoming a great troll.

[AztecWarrior]

Sputty is becoming a great troll.

!

[Sputty]

Sputty is becoming a great troll.
Because of my non fixable bug post? But...it's true.

[Hamma]

You don't even play PS anymore, you don't even know what bugs exist and dont.

[AztecWarrior]

Sputty, I'd recommend a cease-and-desist, I can see Hamma warming up the old ban-stick...

[Bighoss]

just say computers kick ass, and they will continue to kick more ass, and then well then I don't know.

EDIT: I DO KNOW! then hopefully we'll find some way to change the way our brain learns so we have the plug in the back of the head like in the Matrix, No more school! we are educated in a couple of days!!! But we'd learn like EVERYTHING!!!

man that would kick ass, then I would pass my spanish tests :(

[Sputty]

You don't even play PS anymore, you don't even know what bugs exist and dont.
I said something about BF, and I said that PS requires a really high system to run well.