Predictions of Bush Predictions

Well First he would predict that Iraq would be a nation state of terrible might and power if we pull out now. Then he would tout about how safe we would be though thanks to our Nuculer(sic) defense system that he implemented back in... Oh Vannevar Bush... My bad... hah.

He seems to have a pretty good grasp of evolution and the future. I can tell you what he would predict by predicting it myself.

Soon there will be instant on computers with hard drives so small and so efficient there will be no moving parts throughout the entire computer. These computers will have the ability to access memory so fast the user will become obsolete. Performing tasks and running processes on crystal core CPU's While accessing information seamlessly on disks that are formatted to accept billions and trillions of binary codes on tiny strands that cover the disc that respond to electrical current and nothing else will enhance computing to a level where desktops and minds meld. using projected light from high definition hovering displays with laser sensors to sense where your hand and fingers move through the light and interact with the display in ways that make the trivial 2 dimensional screen in minority report unsophisticated. All this in ten years. Imagine 40 years from now, walking into a room and sitting in a hammock, the room then comes alive as you are connected to a virtual 3d hookup reading your every facial expression and motion via laser. Video displays virtual conferences and interactive games not only feel life like but signals are transmitted in patterns that make you smell and feel like you are there. Games of course do not kill you when you are killed but transmit a feeling of loss and sorrow via the rooms lighting because 40 years from now, it's not just you hooked into your computer but the home you live in. A network is no longer necessary because you lease the usage of the computer through Microsoft who regularly updates the hardware and software to keep you jacked into the system. Work no longer requires commutes for the 30% of Americans who represent the elite lucky enough to have this system.

So I'm a little unclear on these deadlines.

So I am just going to post my HW in reverse order.

This supervening necessity thing is just another way of saying forced creation.. Ha talk about Neil Postman and academic gibberish... The secret code in the other reading... nm.

Anyway. This forced creation is like the automobile and the seatbelt. It just makes sense. While these two things are fundamentally separate in this instance I still see relevance to something like the buckle and the car. Buckles are used for hundreds of other strap-like things not just seatbelts but originally probably intended... With absolutely no research to back this up mind you, for cars.

Speaking of cars they are a perfect example of how unintended consequences such as pedestrian death due to drunk or just plain shabby driving can be unintended... Cars are a mode of transport not high powered killing devices, unless they are in the right hands.

This U&G paradigm is yet another fantastical way to say something very simple. What are people using the internet for? Like what are people using the telegraph for? It changes the function and the main reason for a technology to exist. My project this quarter is very tied up with this idea because my inquiry is essentially what are people using search for and how do I optimize it? How did they find the same information in the past?

Discussion:
People usually adapt new technologies for something other than what they were intentionally created to do. What do you think?

While the disruptive technologies is a good term to remember is it really that important that skype exists? I seem to have trouble grasping the idea of a voip network being more useful than a mobile phone... And contrary to the belief of the article... Any wireless user who uses skype on their phone will have to pay for airtime anyway but just be connected to the net instead of using the phone function... I mean it's amazing for long distance international calls.

A definite Ah ha moment with the theory of critical mass. It makes complete sense.. I wonder if apple/Mac will ever reach critical mass? Google was kind of a random player in the game up until very recently... They are making moves which shortly may have them achieving critical mass no problem... I don't know if they are quite there yet. I still use yahoo.

I don't know if there were really any others I usually don't get those from readings until i have a chance to discuss them in class with others.

This is primative.

But it works. This Blog is for a UW class. I am Magnus.