Re: Microsoft's PDP-10s

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From: Mike Spencer
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 20:15

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Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> writes:

> On 2018-08-02, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 16:51:44 -0400
>> Michael Black <mbl...@pubnix.net> wrote:
>>
>>> It may actually be the same thing, an expectation of centralized
>>> computers taking care of everyone, instead of a whole lot of
>>> computers.
>>
>> That is certainly the picture that appears in every science fiction
>> mention of computers pretty much right up until reality did
>> something different.
> 
> And now, under reality v2.0, the wheel is coming around again.
> We're going back to centralized computers taking care of everyone
> (FSVO "care").  There are still lots of computers everywhere, but
> they're just being used as terminals.

And, with neural nets, AI and centralized social media servers, we're
trending back toward the very old joke (abbreviated here because y'all
know it):

   After spending 5 years and 1.3 gazillion quatloos on building The
   Ultimate Computer, the Governor was invited to ceremonially turn it
   on and enter the first question.

   So the Governor flipped the switch and the lights dimmed
   perceptibly.  He typed in, "Is there a God?"  The lights dimmed
   over 4 states for ten minutes.  Then the printer typed out:

        NOW THERE IS.

   ---

   "Pray without ceasing." -- I Thessalonians, 5:17

    Or check social media on your phone every 90 seconds?


-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada

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