Numbers

June 24th, 2007 by Steven Gould

I can’t vouch for these figures but they sound right. In any case an interesting series of extrapolations for us SF writers. From my Mom.

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1. Caroline Spector Says:
   June 24th, 2007 at 1:10 pm

   On those $1,000 computers that will be able to out-think the human race, will we still be able to play Tetris on them? I mean let’s not lose sight of what’s important.

2. Rachael Says:
   June 26th, 2007 at 11:58 am

   Sure, you just won’t be able to win Tetris.

3. textiplication.com » Numbers Says:
   June 27th, 2007 at 6:22 pm

   [...] via Steven Gould [...]

4. Christopher Long Says:
   August 22nd, 2007 at 3:31 pm

   This puts me in mind of an original series Star Trek episode in which the Enterprise’s computer memory banks filled a good-sized room — and the memory was measured in megabytes (two-digits, I think).
   My iPod Shuffle (the smallest iPod made) weighs about an ounce, is about an inch and a half long in it’s largest dimension — and has a gigabyte of storage.

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